Why do people thank God for everything ?

[TransJenner]

Think about this


I don't believe in unicorns and you don't see me wasting my life telling you they don't exist






-Art Barr

 

[Menelik II]

Think about this


I don't believe in unicorns and you don't see me wasting my life telling you they don't exist






-Art Barr

But people who believe in unicorns aren't making pro unicorn laws, enslaving people because of their unicorn book, discriminating against groups based on the unicorn book, or banning teaching of science instead of unicorns etc etc

But yeah similar

 

[TransJenner]

But people who believe in unicorns aren't making pro unicorn laws, enslaving people beacuse of their unicorn book, discriminating against groups based onthe unicorn book, or banning teaching of science instead of unicorns etc etc

But yeah similar

None of that has nothing to do with me


Anyone can do anything in the name of god like the KKK

 

[mbewane]

It's really the "theists humility" which arrogance to everyone else.

God picked/watched over/guided/looked after me and only me, that how special I am to him. I feel humbled that he pays such an interest in my life when he busy running the trillions of solar systems.

Everyone else like

That's a very interesting point. Indeed the whole point of religion, especially the monotheist ones, is considering oneself special enough to have recieved the message of the "true God" (because of course my god is better than yours), and being "on the good side" of God. And giving thanks or referencing God for everything is a way of making you own life more important than it is, and connecting it to some "grand scheme".

 

[Menelik II]

None of that has nothing to do with me


Anyone can do anything in the name of god like the KKK

Slavery has nothing to do with you

people are doing what it specifically says in the bible In the name of god.

 

[TransJenner]

Slavery has nothing to do with you

people are doing what it specifically says in the bible In the name of god.

Slavery in the Bible and today's slavery is MUCH MUCH different


Which is why I never understand when people bring this up

 

[Prince Mongo]

It's really the "theists humility" which arrogance to everyone else.

God picked/watched over/guided/looked after me and only me, that how special I am to him. I feel humbled that he pays such an interest in my life when he busy running the trillions of solar systems.

Everyone else like

You have a very inaccurate interpretation of faith. Faith isn't saying that God favors me, and only me at all. It's the opposite; God favors all of his children and all of his creations. You, even as a non-believer still have God's favor, because you're his child. God gave you free will, that's why you can deny the presence of God. God is omnipotent, so he can run the entire universe and act in individual lives. That's part of being all-knowing, and all-seeing

 

[Prince Mongo]

Do y'all realize how often y'all cycle the same thread topics around? This is like a weekly thread, just worded differently each time

 

[Menelik II]

Slavery in the Bible and today's slavery is MUCH MUCH different


Which is why I never understand when people bring this up

It's not "slavery in the bible", the bible says canaans descendants "will be cursed with black skin and be slaves". What part of that is unclear? Europeans and the church used the bible as an excuse to ok the slave trade for hundreds of years. It wasn't till the mid 1800s when they had to fold under the pressure from the rest of the world that they said slavery was wrong, but still didn't enforce it.

but yes unicorns and god beliefare similar right?

isaiah 34:7 — “And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.”

But unicorns are mentioned often in the bible, so you should really believe in them too right?

 

[Menelik II]

You have a very inaccurate interpretation of faith. Faith isn't saying that God favors me, and only me at all. It's the opposite; God favors all of his children and all of his creations. You, even as a non-believer still have God's favor, because you're his child. God gave you free will, that's why you can deny the presence of God. God is omnipotent, so he can run the entire universe and act in individual lives. That's part of being all-knowing, and all-seeing

This isn't about faith, it's about god bestowing his blessings on a person.

Spoiler

And I'm not even going to start on the incompatibility of free will, with omniscience and omnipotence

 

[Prince Mongo]

This isn't about faith, it's about god bestowing his blessings on a person.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. You can't expect God to bestow his blessing on you if you don't have faith. There's no such thing as praying to God without faith

 

[Menelik II]

That's exactly what I'm talking about. You can't expect God to bestow his blessing on you if you don't have faith. There's no such thing as praying to God without faith

So god only helps you if you have faith and pray to him?

 

[Prince Mongo]

So god only helps you if you have faith and pray to him?

No. I said that even you as a non-believer still has God's favor, because you're his child. God's helping you now by the fact that you have wifi and a phone/computer, which allows you to post on this site

 

[Menelik II]

That's exactly what I'm talking about. You can't expect God to bestow his blessing on you if you don't have faith. There's no such thing as praying to God without faith

No. I said that even you as a non-believer still has God's favor, because you're his child. God's helping you now by the fact that you have wifi and a phone/computer, which allows you to post on this site

Which is it please?

 

[Afrodroid]

God granted your life, at least you should thank Him as a form of gratitude.

I praise God every day and i'm blessed