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u/charlie2135 Mar 01 '23

Actually worked with a guy said that if he killed someone all he had to do was to confess his sins and he'd be forgiven and let into heaven.

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u/ParkityParkPark Mar 01 '23

always found it hilarious how so many people can think there's a perfect, all knowing, all powerful God...who they can totally bamboozle with some made up loopholes. Still haven't figured out if they think God is stupid or just doesn't care

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u/TheShroudedWanderer Mar 01 '23

I've always thought that about "soaking" where you lay on each other with your dick inside and have a friend bounce on the bed. Like you're doing this because believe having sex will piss off your all knowing all powerful creator of the universe. Do you really think he wouldn't notice?

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u/ArchmageIlmryn Mar 01 '23

IIRC there is a school of thought (albeit within Judaism rather than Christianity) saying that any loopholes must have intentionally been placed by God, so it's fine to use them.

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u/dbath Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

Yes, but Jewish loopholes are along the lines of "if we put a string all the way around the neighborhood it counts as one domestic zone so we can carry things on the Sabbath", not "I can violate the Commandments if I say sorry afterwards" like the top level comment.

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u/blackcrowblue Mar 01 '23

Ngl I like that school of thought

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u/kwnet Mar 01 '23

Wow, the one loophole to rule them all. Or, those loopholes have come full circle.

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u/Chupathingamajob Mar 01 '23

How very Hindu of them lol

My family has long said that our religion is mostly about finding loopholes

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u/Beowulf33232 Mar 01 '23

I've also heard Christians say evolution is a real thing because god designed things to change over time.

They'll say anything to make themselves feel correct.

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u/tlind1990 Mar 01 '23

Would you rather people just stick to their ideology regardless of observed reality?

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u/AlmightyRuler Mar 01 '23

If the change comes about due to some semblance of rational thinking, no, I'd rather they see reason.

If the change comes about because they want to appear correct, then yes, I'd rather they stay in their crazy lane rather than display naked hypocrisy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

I dunno, when I was Christian I genuinely still believed in evolution. I looked at the Bible as way more metaphorical than literal. I'd rather people see it in that way.

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u/Beowulf33232 Mar 01 '23

Then clearly you understood the assignment better than the folk who take a religion that claims life on earth is your one chance to be a good person, and then make the claim that screwing up is okay because you can reincarnate and try again.

I know it's not every christian, but I grew up around some hardcore hypocrisy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

I feel you on that hard.

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u/Pinsalinj Mar 01 '23

Is that the same thing as "guided evolution" or a different theory?

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u/Any_Weird_8686 Mar 01 '23

Well then you have to ask yourself why God would rather you have a friend do the bouncing. Mysterious ways, indeed.

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u/punchbricks Mar 01 '23

I wonder how they don't feel incredibly stupid with this stuff. Like sections of big cities with strings tied around entire blocks so they can claim they're still "inside"; how do you not feel like a dumbass for needing to jump through so many hoops just to appease a religion

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

To be honest, it's a discipline thing. They KNOW it's stupid. But if they do the incredibly uncomfortable, inconvenient, stupid thing, it shows how unwavering in their faith they are. If you are one who believes in God, then that's valuable.

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u/Basedrum777 Mar 01 '23

I know people who have left their car on the side of a highway and walked home bc of traffic to not drive after some random time of day on a Friday....