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flicker@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf an all-knowing creator didn’t want humans to eat fruit from a specific tree, he shouldn’t have grown that tree in the only garden he had humans in.
Comment on Cheeky
flicker@lemmy.world 1 week agoIf an all-knowing creator didn’t want humans to eat fruit from a specific tree, he shouldn’t have grown that tree in the only garden he had humans in.
Aermis@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Missing the point of obedience by choice.
flicker@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Oh, right. The obedience only matters if you have to make yourself do it. It doesn’t count if it’s natural and painless and costs you nothing. Can’t believe I forgot about that?
Aermis@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It doesn’t seem you believe in much. Be at peace with your natural choices. There will always be a cost
flicker@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I have a ton I believe in.
I believe in being kind, I believe in helping others, I believe in the hardworking men and women in medicine. There’s so many things I believe in that it would take forever to list it all.
I also believe that telling other people sanctimonious things like “Be at peace with your natural choices. There will always be a cost” is not only off-putting and self-aggrandizing, but exactly the kind of crap the Bible tells you not to do.
I’ll leave you with some advice my favorite nun gave me when I was 12. No one left alive hasn’t heard the message of Jesus Christ. There’s no one left. So proselytizing the way the Bible commands you to do is almost impossible. Since you can reasonably assume most people who aren’t Christian have reason not to be, the best way to reach them isn’t by being a holier-than-thou preacher, it’s by living the light of the word and showing non-Christians what that means. “Live by example, what Christ has done for you.”
Because one of the other things I believe, is that genuine Christians, who follow their book, are some of the best people on Earth. But for every one of them, with a kind heart and forgiving words and judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged stamped on their lips, there’s about three hundred assholes saying vaguely judgemental shit on the internet and to one another behind closed doors. The “cost” of which only serves to help close those hearts and minds further to any positive message the Bible encourages you to spread.