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Showerthoughts

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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: 1

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Stereotypical religious nutjobs in the 80s and 90s were all "The end is nigh!" Now that science supports them, they're all "Everything is A-OK!" (lemm.ee)
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[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It never explicitly mentions a “rapture”, but describes an event that evangelicals have interpreted to mean one will happen. Not all denominations believe in the idea…per usual amongst the many diverse belief systems of Christianity.

The most popularly referenced text is this:

In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (New International Version), it is written:

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I was raised Orthodox and it was never talked about as a "rapture" that specific day was talked about as a good thing when the dead will be reunited with their loved ones and stuff. As bringing heaven to Earth. And that's why Orthodox are resistant to the idea of cremation, so that you have a physical body to rise. (But I don't think most view it as literally necessary, just a symbolic thing.)