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SergeyPrkl
I hate to tell you... There is no god.
LongoloidFartExplosion
I'm pretty sure all those were invented by man (including god).
minibois
I sent you a warning, a boat and a helicopter!
AnAverageAverageGuy
And also the flood...
TheConnArtist
God helps those who help themselves.
FBKatB3tadotcom1
hellalaura
this got a good chuckle out of me +1
RepresentativeOfNorway
Imagine how easy it is to was hands when you have so many! imagine the possibilities... of washing... hands
Lionskull
honestly she can walk around using all different hands for different things, open door, don't use that hand any more, shake hands?>
Lionskull
>wait till you get that hand washed before using it for anything else...
DiogenesPendergast
This would be true if God would cure people for whom we have no cure. So no those aren't from god
holymoly99
I love this ?
Scuzzlebutt142
“Faith and reason are the shoes on your feet. You get further with both than one or the other”
imullofmachine
Tomhanksjackinghimselfoff.gif
GodEmperorOfImgur
They way God helps you, is not to help you. But to make ready the tools with which you can help yourself.
FBKatB3tadotcom1
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Naefindale
It’s the same with vaccinations. Or any medical care for that matter.
Philosopherott
It's like an omnipotent God can't communicate to creation in a way that makes people understand proving it'snot as caring as people believe
GCRust
He's tried direct communication before. Scared the shit out of everyone, who then decided only Moses and Aaron should ever go hear.
JimPlaysGames
An omnipotent god would know how to communicate with us effectively. If it wanted me to know it existed I would know.
McThumpenstein
...and Covid. He gave Covid too.
GoodBrotherGrimm
"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." Isaiah 45:7
McThumpenstein
so the prayers for protection against Covid are just really, "Hey, uh, can you change your mind on that?".
GoodBrotherGrimm
Pretty much. I'm not religious, just thought I'd throw out a verse that people seem to forget.
McThumpenstein
I recognized what you were doing, and I appreciated it!
GoodBrotherGrimm
Thank you, thought I'd get that out there before I get downvoted for preaching :)
MeowMachine12
If God came to Earth and told everyone to wear a mask and stop being stupid, the cult would say it's a fake God, not their God
innocuousnonsense
You don't reason with idiots and lunatics, you teach them to analyze their reasoning process.
jacblake
But what if they are also Trump voters?
ilhares
"Never argue with an idiot. First they drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience."
drduffer
Willful ignorance has become a moral certainty for some and it will be the end of us as a country if allowed to continue unchecked. Anti- >
drduffer
> intellectualism and science denial are seen by some as moral high ground. Ignorance can be treated. Stupidity cannot. Vote Republicans out
innocuousnonsense
Oh, it can. It just requires a tremendous amount of sustained and varied pain, to teach the lesson of humility. But that requires -1
innocuousnonsense
a far more mature culture, that doesn't prioritize peoples fucking feelings over reality.
EmeraldLight
A prayer event in my area just infected 20+ people. They said exactly this.
Turbolibros
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
TBF, selective adaptation works the same way: It only works against the unlucky and the idiotic.
IAmTheBadW01f
DynamicBeardSurgery
Maybe it is cleansing
yomahnn
Yes and no. Not wearing a mask puts the people around them at higher risk not themselves (relatively speaking).
yomahnn
So idiots are cleansing the world of the safety conscious.
MagiicHat
It's more of a reading comprehension test. You see that label that says 'does not reduce viral transmission'?
HumbabaEpic2
You should be embarrassed.
theishist
Correct. The mask in question is unable to filter out small aerosolized virus particles. But it is effective, as are most cloth masks, at...
theishist
preventing larger droplets from becoming aerosolized at the source. IOW, you wear a mask to protect others, not so much yourself.
theishist
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/facebook-posts/disposable-homemade-masks-are-effective-stopping-a/
MagiicHat
Ahh thanks for clearing that up. Now we can safely vote in person.
RepresentativeOfNorway
Hey, thats the mask i used all day today. Deffo can support these, super comfortable if a bit hot some times. 9/10
Raikupath
Humans invited all of those things. Yes, god too.
Rayfasa
Facts
DaNylz
Yeah like the story with the flood and that douche denying help from boat, heli, etc.
OverlyUnprotective
You're free to kill yourself in this country, unless you're already dying.
pattyymac
Reminds me of Pursuit of Happyness when Will's son tells him the story of the buffalo along the river. "I sent you 2 buffalo you dummy!"
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
Fauci is the second coming: confirmed!
fadecomic
This is just the flood joke but with COVID.
iCanOrderPepperoniPizza
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sweetnaivety
A flood comes and a religious lady becomes stuck on her roof. She prays to God to save her, and a truck comes by and says, come get in! -
sweetnaivety
(2) She says no, my God will save me! The flood becomes worse and a motorboat comes by and says, come get in! She says no, my God will -
sweetnaivety
(3) save me! The flood becomes even worse and a helicopter comes by and says, come get in! She again says, no my God will save me! -
sweetnaivety
(4) Eventually the flood becomes so bad the woman drowns. As she reaches the pearly gates, she asks, God why did you not save me? and He -
AnythingQuiet
Sometimes re-purposing a joke or parable for current events helps people understand a concept better.
Aeolys
The one with the truck, motorboat and the helicopter?
PandAnomoly
That's the one!
Turbolibros
Matthew 4, 7: Jesus replied, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test'".
NoeCarrier
Ex 20, 5: Thou shalt not bow down to them, for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
HunglikeaHamster
Oh wow, so he warned against electing Trump? No wonder we got plagues of biblical proportions..
Damnenginelight
In modern terms: "Fuck around and find out."
Btint11
Yeah just have complete blind faith.
NoOneLikesYourSelfies
God wants spiritual fruit not religious nuts
Sneemaster
Ah got it, like Klaus from Umbrella Academy: https://www.hjacket.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/klaus-hargreeves-coat.jpg
TuantheFruitBat
I appreciate people pointing out silliness with actual scripture +1
Blutsaugher
So pretty much "don't test him" because it'll fail. Be it his arrogance as a god, doesn't give a fuck, can't do it or simply doesn't exist.
GimmetheSauceySauce
Checked the context - definitely seems to fit! Well done - +1 for you!
TheBigBadBonerBiter
Also Proverbs 27: [12] A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
LieutenantScarecrow
Ight, imma test the fuck otta you, but don't you even dare try n test me. Blind faith all the way -_-
GimmetheSauceySauce
Lol, in context, Jesus was told to jump off a building to see if God would catch him. This is a little different from “Give me a sign”
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
'The Lord' isn't Jesus referring to himself. He's saying why he doesn't have his Father miraculously save him: because it's arrogant to ask.
AluminiumFalcon
And Im gonna need 10%
TheBlueMuppet
"...bitch."
aflarge
I'd say if we were made in God's image, then my curiosity is a reflection of Gods, and dismissing it is dismissing God's image.
mmartin762
I mean, if you did, you would eventually realize it's all a lie
MasterMookie
Ahh but we should put God to the test. So you know. We can actually prove his existence.
jery007
What a fun rule to include in a cult. The all powerful god hates it when you ask him for stuff. Don't worry your shitty life will end soon.
Turbolibros
Marwick42
Night court.
chuz0
Dan and Bull... such good memories.
ShrubNinja
Saying that god gave us these things belittles the achievements of the human beings who worked hard to provide them.
DomeGuy
Nomoreso than saying "that doctor saved me!" belittles the the nurses who kept you alive or the original surgeon who invented the procedure.
DomeGuy
(Or, for that matter, the EMTs who got you to the hospital, or the orderly who cleaned your bed before you needed it...)
ShrubNinja
No, because the doctor actually did something to affect the outcome. God has no part in the availability of masks or anything else.
ShrubNinja
Lol this asshole replies to my comment and then immediately blocks me. What a chump.
prufock
Yes yes yes.
OiishikataAK
Yes, but also sometimes your trying to convince religious zealots to do the right thing sometimes you have to speak their language. 1/?
OiishikataAK
For example once I had a conversation with a super religious girl that maybe god caused evolution and denying it would deny gods way. 1/3
OiishikataAK
And it ended up being a super interesting conversation in the end where she agreed it would be possible.
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
I mean it also literally says in Bible that physicians are to be listened to because they devote their time and life to healing people...
BeeCups
Jesus also says you don't need to bathe or wash because nothing that goes in your body can make you unclean, so the bible has problems here.
Naefindale
You actually think Jesus was telling people they shouldn’t wash themselves? When his people had like a hundred rules on how to be clean?
robertschulze1
Lol not their physical cleanliness. Unclean was used in the context of a person's spiritual state, not their physical one.
FakeShake1324
Nearly all of the people with this attitude have never actually read the bible
Joyika
Yes I can certify to that one as I do and am (I am reading now).
DatDarthCaedus
"Ohio lawmaker refuses to wear mask because he says it dishonors God. "We are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image 1/2
DatDarthCaedus
is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask," state Rep. Nino Vitale wrote on Facebook."
Raveyard2407
What a fucking idiot. He must be no fun at Halloween parties.
DatDarthCaedus
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-lawmaker-refuses-wear-mask-because-he-says-it-dishonors-n1201106
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
Yeah that guy is dumb, Im a doctor and a Christian. I look for spiritual advice from the Bible and only that. Faith and medicine can be seen
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
As linked but do not affect eachother at all
GodEmperorOfImgur
"By that argument... do you think we could kill god with a well-placed bullet, or snapping his neck? Or could God die from Covid-19?"
DatDarthCaedus
I'm mostly wondering if that dude also feels the same about other masks, beards, surgery, glasses, sunglasses, etc.
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
Found it, sirach 38. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biblegateway.com/passage/%3fsearch=Sirach%2b38&version=NRSV&interface=amp
highwayheater
Technically that's in the Apocrypha - not in most Protestant Bibles. The Baptists, Presbyterians, Protestants won't accept it as authentic
sweetnaivety
This isn't even in most Bibles
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
61% of the worlds Christians follow this as well...Catholics and orthodox are the majority. USA and protestant isnt the centre of the world
Raveyard2407
That is some top notch bible-ing. I feel a lot of "Christians" only think the bits that support their viewpoint count though...
Raveyard2407
All those fake Christians in their clothes made of two different types of fabric!
sweetnaivety
This isn't even in most Bibles
Raveyard2407
Well that's one problem right there, picking which version you like best is problematic right off the bat!
DrDoALittleMoreThanBareMinimum
It's in 63% of the Bible's... even a lot of protestants agree that the dead sea Scrolls should be part of the Bible so it's probably higher
AwesomeTeddybear
At this point I'm convinced that if god himself said to wear a mask, Americans would say it's the damn libs with their loud megaphone
Foxhack
They already worship a false god that bases his strength on how much money he has. That specific kind of American can't be helped anymore.
Turbolibros
Turbolibros
Philippians 3, 19: in the end they will be destroyed. Their own emotions are their god, and they take pride in the shameful things they do.
JuddDocherty
Nice one.
LocalZoophile
Which version is that? I can only find where "emotions" is replace by "appetite" or "stomach" or "desire"
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LocalZoophile
Thank you!
DrunkChristian
That is eerily (idk how to spell that) specific to modern times. +1
stradivarius151
The more things change, the more they stay the same
GodEmperorOfImgur
Welcome to modern times, eerily similar to every other time in the past.
ShaveSteedlesmack
The Bible says it’s ok to own people as property and has a rape price. Who cares what that evil book says?
LychFinderGeneral
You cannot fathom how progressive the idea of paying fines to take care of your victim was in 4,000 BC
ShaveSteedlesmack
Remember the 10 Commandments plus about 600 additional biblical laws? Anything in there about not raping people? No? Any “Thou Shalt Not Own
ShaveSteedlesmack
People As Property”? Also no, right?
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LychFinderGeneral
Pulled it out of the air. The point remains
rexkraft
Not a lot given that even god himself said that the nations surrounding his "chosen people" were more civilized