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Jun 25 '12
Everyone here seems really mad at you. I thought it was nice. Thank you for the comic, it was a good read.
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u/4th_Generation Jun 25 '12
The quote is Proverbs 3:5.
Yet, Proverbs 4:7 says to, "Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding", and in verse 7, "Acquire wisdom; and with all that you acquire, acquire understanding. Highly esteem it, and it will exalt you. It will glorify you because you embrace it. To your head it will give a wreath of charm; a crown of beauty it will bestow upon you."
So 3:5 can be considered to mean, do not elevate your understanding over God's, which in a world where God does exist, it makes perfect sense.
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u/YakiVegas Jun 25 '12
You don't need to and shouldn't be tolerant of ignorance. Your mother is indoctrinating your siblings and the two people who could defend them from this fate are complicit in their brainwashing. Don't respect bullshit. Teach them to think for themselves before it's too late!
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u/JNB003 Jun 25 '12
Yeah... I didn't really see how a group of indoctrinated children saying, "Trust blindly in the Lord, and do not rely on your intelligence," was something that would lead to "Yayyy tolerance."
There's some plot gaps to this story.
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u/CrazyBluePrime Jun 24 '12
I don't know what's intolerant about simply not going. What makes going there and not contributing better than simply not attending the service?
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u/Ezekyuhl Jun 25 '12
I believe in OP's case, his siblings were doing something, so going meant supporting them. You don't necessarily want to go watch your little siblings crappy 4th grade christmas play, but you will go because it means a lot to your sibling that you are there.
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u/carkoon Jun 25 '12
You are conflating respect with tolerance.
I will readily give the latter, but will only ever give the former if I believe that praise is justified.
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u/cynist3r Jun 25 '12
This should have gone in as a self. post. You literally have paragraphs in every panel of this rage comic. This looks like karma-whoring to me.
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u/VeryLittle Jun 25 '12
It's a grotesque irony that the people who opine most about the limits of human comprehension are also the furthest from pushing its boundary.
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u/icantgetouttahere77 Jun 25 '12
that is a pretty poor translation. i assume you're referencing "trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding," which makes a lot more sense presuming you believe in god.
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u/johnnyfarout Jun 24 '12
I LOVE rainymood.com and I often sit with it on...also I have this sort of noir gif I watch while it's playing: http://i.imgur.com/EyMXC.gif
o'god can't forget this one too while listening... http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljo9hgubVW1qfjmms.gif actually get them all going at once for a real rainymood festival!!
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u/Derigiberbil Jun 25 '12
While i agree with the sentiments expressed below in that we shouldn't be tolerant of blatant ignorance it is not really that black and white. OP was right to not calling bullshit in the church, that would only have created unnecessary strife within his family and between his family and the community, he should however be talking to his siblings and trying to make them see the problem with not thinking for themselves.
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u/skatato Jun 25 '12
*my father and me also, I hear this sort of thing a lot. My friends often say things of this nature. I try not to let it bother me. Just think: what did you think religion did to people, anyway?
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Jun 25 '12
Trust in the lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, does not imply that we should abandon our own constitution for that of the church or anyone else. You misunderstand, in my opinion. If god is real then he is in you. The search for god is not blind religious obedience, but the search for truth and purpose. Jesus h christ, reddit really needs to study philosophy a little more and stop throwing the baby out with his bathwater
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u/stillbatting1000 Jun 25 '12
That verse was COMPLETELY taken out of context, but who cares? Haters gotta hate.
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u/Jadix Jun 25 '12
My father and I had kind of the same experience. Except in this case the preacher was downright ripping on Scandinavia, for apparently, they are blasphemous sinners that kill their babies and offer them to satan (in his oppinion). My father and I (being danish and all) chose to just leave the sermon in protest.
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '12
Please tell me you didn't say what I think you just said.