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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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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I’m atheist, so I don’t particularly care. Jesus was a socialist in the simplest terms according to his actions in the bible, and even his system placed demands on his followers. Or at least the system created in his name.
As I said, you have no idea what he said but you're confident he'd agree with you.
You’re insistent that a mythical person would agree with me? Like I said, you might as well be arguing with me that Gandalf would as well. You’re changing the subject.
I'm confident that he would disagree with the Republican party!
Yeah, that’s like saying vegans wouldn’t eat pork.
Ah, you're one of those "Both sides" people. Gotcha.
Invoking the name of the Lord for the purpose of partisan politics is cringe no matter who does it.
Denying Jesus' insistence that you should look after the poor, the widows and foreigners is aok by you, though, for some reason. "If you love me, follow my commands." "When did we see you hungry and not feed you?" "It is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle."
You've corrupted a message of "no, pay your taxes and your synagogue" and "love your neighbour (meaning anyone who is in need, including foreigners, and put your money where your mouth is)" into "it's fine to advocate for and vote for tax cuts for the wealthiest and aid cuts for those on greatest need, and incarcerating people for being foreign".
There is no get out clause for selfishness and hatred via the ballot box as you're claiming.
If I thought for a moment that you meant something other than that you find yourself excuses for supporting the Liar in Chief and the grand old party of selfishness, hatred and racism, I wouldn't be calling you out on it, but you're not just lying about Jesus' message, you're lying about your political neutrality which is non-existent and attempting to draw others into your duplicity and self deception.
I'm sorry, but what exactly made you think I'm supporting the Republican party here, just because I hinted at the fact that the Democrats are no angels either? What did it matter that Democrats were in control for the last four years when grocery prices still went up by 100%?
Where did I advocate for tax cuts for the wealthy, or cutting welfare to the needy? All I said was that as far as I understand it, Jesus didn't advocate for voting to have the government take care of your neighbor, but to do it yourself instead. Which, as far as I understand it, just means that you can't vote your way out of your problems, you have to take personal responsibility as much as you can.
If there is someone in your life that needs more help than the government is providing, and you have the means to help them, you should do so, instead of complaining that the government isn't doing enough. It doesn't matter who's in charge of the White House, what matters is what you do with what you're given.
You consistently "both sides" politics and choose to see no difference between the party of hate and the party of compromise. There's only one reason to equate the evil party with the unhelpful party.
Jesus didn't say "justify your moral errors whilst choosing the path that reduces your tax burden" and he certainly didn't say "it's ok to vote for the ones that stand for almost everything I preached against, I certainly didn't mean that the whole country should act lovingly, and your tax reducing charitable donation and your 'charity begins at home' excuses you from moral culpabilty if you vote for more cruelty and selfishness to wash over the whole country"
Did you think Jesus can't see what you're doing on the voting machine? Did you think he doesn't know why? Do you really think he doesn't care about the poor people that have their benefits cut so that the rich can have a tax cut?
"Weep and wail, ye rich men. You have not paid the wages of those who reap. In their anguish they have cried out to the Lord, and he has heard them."
But no, sure, God has no opinion on kings and leaders and doesn't care if they are the enemy of truth and justice. That's the message of whatever Bible you're not reading, I'm sure. /s
Jesus didn't live in a democracy, so he never talked about how people should exercise their right to vote, all he said was love your neighbor and pay your taxes. That's why I said it's cringe to invoke his name for the purpose of partisan politics, because anything you say about what he would or would not have approved of is pure speculation.
Also, I don't vote (and I never have), so please stop blaming me for whatever issues you have with the current administration. I don't rely on the government to make ends meet, so I'd rather not carry the burden of feeling responsible for whatever mess they're deciding to create. If you feel like taking part in that process, that's your choice, but I'm going to wash my hands clean of that guilt.
So you walk on by on the other side of the road.
Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.