(January 31, 2016 at 2:55 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:Quote:And then there is the second absolutely horrifying thought that people could actually believe that god cares about the outcome of their silly little game, but doesn't care about starving children - abused children - raped children - homeless children - sex slaves - - - all of the people who are crying out to god for help, but NO . . . he's hanging out at football games and helping my friends find their car keys. Right. Sure. They don't care about people who are suffering, they only want to feel that they're SPECIAL.
I don't think they actually think that way at all.
I think it's just that they don't really think about it at the moment.
Like I said, it's easy to become wrapped up in our own lives and make a big deal out of things that are very important to us but don't matter at all in the grand scheme of things, and certainly aren't as important as starving children in Africa or whatever. We're all guilty of this at times.
I thought about this while I went shopping. And I appreciate the voice of reason and understanding that you present, CL.
However . . . I don't think the "oh, there's no harm, it's innocent, it's a little moment of gratitude to god" quite flies. True, the majority of the people committing this action are probably not thinking about the greater implications at all. But to dismiss it as a harmless act of giving thanks is to perpetuate it.
I was reminded of an article about saying "I'm blessed". I think you would enjoy it. (seriously. you will.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-dann...68963.html It's pretty much the same thing. And it's time for Christians to stand up and tell other Christians to stop - - it would only bring about positive change.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
