But don’t worry! There’s a specific way you have to be grateful otherwise you will still spend an eternity suffering. There’s a thousand and one different ways to be grateful. Be sure you pick the right one.
Oh, you want some confirmation your choice is correct? You just need to have faith it is correct. Just like that guy over there has faith his choice is correct along with the other guy. But in reality one or both of the two is going to be punished forever for making the wrong choice despite being basically the same morally speaking.
No it’s just words are meaningless, as in you can ascribe whatever meaning you want to a label, and so can I. But that is just called flapping the old gums
That is exactly how language works. Words act as a placeholder until we find something else to use. A chair and a table are two horizontal objects, one used for sitting one used for eating. But if we sit on the floor and eat off the chair, does that change the value of them? Inherently no.
If you call a crosswalk an intersection, does that change the value of them? You should probably look both ways before you cross anyways, so you don’t get hit.
CGI (computer generated imagery) was and is looked at as a type of art for decades. Now that AI has come along you really want to make a distinction between what is “traditional art” and “digital art” you are too attached to ideas and labels, such as words having inherent meanings, and missing the point underneath. The point being that it is too many words to describe the same thing.
What you call meaningful (words) some might call meaningless … does that change their value because one says so? Lesson adjourned
Or I'm going to cry because it's the first anniversary of my mom's death in a couple weeks. I'm not sure what prayers God thought he was answering, but I think he misheard me.
It's pretty weird that billions of fully grown adults, with no hint of irony or embarassment or self awareness, beg for special magical favors from a silent invisible friend with super powers, by shutting their eyes and wishing reeeeeally hard
and people just kinda treat that like its a normal thing for an adult to do
Oh you’re so right. A brand new jeep will appear in my driveway instead of the one I have that needs a new engine. I just know god will deliver this to me. Yup.
........ ..... i mean being a priest must be a relatively lucrative job in these times i guess?... i guess my querries about giving people jobs has been answered...i guess....
This is a manifestation thing, be grateful already is supposed to be like “if you think it, it will come” kinda mentality. I don’t personally vibe with that too much but just an explanation lol
Gods going to answer my prayers? Finally? He’s really going to come down and fight me like a man, 1v1, no magic? Well ain’t that great. I’m still totally going to lose but it’ll be fun.
Actually, my god that I follow did answer one for me, so I am thankful for that, but that doesn't work for everybody, and ultimately it's because my body was strong enough to fight off what I had. So... YMMV
Economy gets worse and worse, finding a good job is harder than ever, tensions rise between nations, oligarchs control justice, we have a new cold war, cloud capital is ruling our lives, authoritarian governments, fascism, and racism are on the rise and so on ...
I mean, maybe for some people, things will get better on a personal level, but then again, believing in miracles and false hopes because of some ignorant meme is just delusional imo.
The smitings will continue until morale is improved
Ha! That’s funny.
That's monotheism for you. You were born without your consent but you better damn be grateful if you don't want to spend an eternity of suffering.
But don’t worry! There’s a specific way you have to be grateful otherwise you will still spend an eternity suffering. There’s a thousand and one different ways to be grateful. Be sure you pick the right one.
Oh, you want some confirmation your choice is correct? You just need to have faith it is correct. Just like that guy over there has faith his choice is correct along with the other guy. But in reality one or both of the two is going to be punished forever for making the wrong choice despite being basically the same morally speaking.
There are plenty of polytheistic ideologies that speak of individual suffering and the power of gratitude but pop off I guess
As a pagan, would love to know which you’re referring to lol gratitude ideologies are fairly new.
Pagan is a useless word that doesn’t mean anything. The Christians were once called pagans by people the Christians later called pagans.
You can ask chatgpt to fill in your educational gaps 👍🏼
lol touched a sore spot did I? Bless your heart
No it’s just words are meaningless, as in you can ascribe whatever meaning you want to a label, and so can I. But that is just called flapping the old gums
That's how language works
"Traditional art" was just "art" before digital art was a thing, does that mean that "traditional art" is a useless term?
That is exactly how language works. Words act as a placeholder until we find something else to use. A chair and a table are two horizontal objects, one used for sitting one used for eating. But if we sit on the floor and eat off the chair, does that change the value of them? Inherently no.
If you call a crosswalk an intersection, does that change the value of them? You should probably look both ways before you cross anyways, so you don’t get hit.
CGI (computer generated imagery) was and is looked at as a type of art for decades. Now that AI has come along you really want to make a distinction between what is “traditional art” and “digital art” you are too attached to ideas and labels, such as words having inherent meanings, and missing the point underneath. The point being that it is too many words to describe the same thing.
What you call meaningful (words) some might call meaningless … does that change their value because one says so? Lesson adjourned
it never answered my prayers , december or not! never gave me respite either! so yeah if I cry it certainly won't be that!
be grateful already sounds so condescending! yuck!
I have so many questions.
Crowley had questions...
Smite me, Sky Daddy!
So much for answered prayers...
God better deliver or that random person will feel really silly
Feels like I'm gonna get run over, which at this point may not be that bad of an option
Or I'm going to cry because it's the first anniversary of my mom's death in a couple weeks. I'm not sure what prayers God thought he was answering, but I think he misheard me.
Hugs.
Yeah, his answer was “no” lol
Sounds almost like a threat: "Good things are comming your way, it is inevitable."
I know! Be grateful or else.
Ever since a little kid I’ve been crying because of how God never answered my prayers. And I never asked for fancy things.
God doesnt exist, because if a god does exist, I wouldnt be fucking crying now, would I?
If he does and he is ok with all of these bullshit going on, then it is not a cosmic deity worth respecting or following
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I’m gonna cry? Amazing!
Hang on, I’m gonna cry because he’s gonna answer my prayers for death? But how do I cry if I’m dead?🤔
The first part was starting off legit wholesome then it’d like “be glad or else”
There's a reason nobody answers.
I mean….im grateful that im not living with my bio mom, who is/was a drug addict, which caused me to be born three and a half months early.
It's pretty weird that billions of fully grown adults, with no hint of irony or embarassment or self awareness, beg for special magical favors from a silent invisible friend with super powers, by shutting their eyes and wishing reeeeeally hard
and people just kinda treat that like its a normal thing for an adult to do
The Be Grateful thing just makes me feel guiltier that I’m not grateful enough
Right!
Oh you’re so right. A brand new jeep will appear in my driveway instead of the one I have that needs a new engine. I just know god will deliver this to me. Yup.
Gratitude shaming. My fav
"you made us bound to fall"
........ ..... i mean being a priest must be a relatively lucrative job in these times i guess?... i guess my querries about giving people jobs has been answered...i guess....
This is a manifestation thing, be grateful already is supposed to be like “if you think it, it will come” kinda mentality. I don’t personally vibe with that too much but just an explanation lol
if anyone here knows i hasafacelulz this really sounds like a jx1dx1 threat
YOU.WILL.CRY.IN.DECEMBER
Right.. it cant be seasonal depression or anything 😂
Gods going to answer my prayers? Finally? He’s really going to come down and fight me like a man, 1v1, no magic? Well ain’t that great. I’m still totally going to lose but it’ll be fun.
Not them and their fucking god uhhhhh fuck him I will go to the hell and before that pee on their fucking god
Riiight... ok.
Actually, my god that I follow did answer one for me, so I am thankful for that, but that doesn't work for everybody, and ultimately it's because my body was strong enough to fight off what I had. So... YMMV
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I got your prayer right here. Answer this
This is just actively cutting the placebo effect by leveraging confirmation bias.
Also known as hope, just also with a dollop of faith healing. This doesn't belong here. Unless you'd post a horoscope here too.
While Im not big on the whole god thing why is this subreddit so against the idea that things might get better?
in this case it´s more the demand to be grateful pre emptively with no reason to think anything will change I reckon
Economy gets worse and worse, finding a good job is harder than ever, tensions rise between nations, oligarchs control justice, we have a new cold war, cloud capital is ruling our lives, authoritarian governments, fascism, and racism are on the rise and so on ...
I mean, maybe for some people, things will get better on a personal level, but then again, believing in miracles and false hopes because of some ignorant meme is just delusional imo.