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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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You could convince evangelicals that AI is bad by saying it's converting children to satanism or making them gay (lemmy.world)
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Also that there's a conspiracy from the atheist tech elites to ruin Christmas by making electricity so expensive no one wants to put up Christmas lights

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Satan represents rebellion against arbitrary, self-appointed authority. Satan defied God's law to bring the gift of knowledge to humanity, hence the name "Light Bringer", or "Lucifer" in Latin. Satan doesn't reside in Hell because he is evil, he resides in Hell because he was banished, as punishment from the highest autocrat for trying to set humanity free from eternal servitude. Satan was never the enemy of Man; he was the first angel to treat humanity with dignity instead of as an experiment, or a pet to be dragged on a leash.

If you don't see yourself in Satan, then I have to wonder what you're doing with your life.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Rebellion to arbitrary authority and servitude to a God who tells us arbitrary rules like "love your neighbour" and "give to the poor" and "you shall not murder" "you shall not commit adultery" "you shall not steal", etc...

Yeah bro that rebellion is nothing to be proud of

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What makes you think those are mutually exclusive concepts? I already do all those things without God. Except I do those because I choose to, not because I was ordered to. Also keep in mind that the commandments came out WAY after the Garden of Eden, anyway.

But let's also not pretend that God's rules are all great, either. If the guy who enacted a worldwide genocide and commands fathers to kill their sons is your moral compass, then maybe you should consider that the characters in these stories aren't 100% "good" or "evil" to begin with.

The world isn't black and white. Embrace the grey.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 9 minutes ago

That's because there is an objective morality and we know the differences between right and wrong naturally. But society can twist them, and it is now and has done many times before.

But let's also not pretend that God's rules are all great, either. If the guy who enacted a worldwide genocide and commands fathers to kill their sons is your moral compass

You are seriously taking these concepts out of context to the point of dishonesty. For the "commands fathers to kill their sons" I assume you mean the narrative about Abraham and Isaac. The whole point of that is in a world where people were being sacrificed to a god, the true God didn't require human sacrifices from men. In fact, the whole story in of itself is a prophecy

Genesis 22:8, 11-14

Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Interesting that it was said that God will provide a lamb, but instead there was provided a ram?

So Abraham called the name of that place, "The Lord will provide" as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."

It shall be provided.

John 1:28-29

These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

As for the flood- That is just God purging evil from the world. He is well within His rights to do that.