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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.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- 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 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.