@Amarok Please spell out exactly how thanking all of the causes (in this case God you can fill in the blank with unicorn or whatever)either detracts from another person's thanks or negatively impacts a situation. Also, so if you believe your car is sitting in your driveway, and you go outside and it's not there, what happened to your fact then? It's a belief based on experience that you assume every day.
@mordant Perhaps a better verse "No matter what happens, always be thankful for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 There are probably a ton more. I agree with an interpretation should be everything should be [b]done[b] to the Glory of God, and I feel most Christians would as well. There could be a huge conspiracy that people pray for everything to prove that prayer works. More likely would be just a feeling of gratitude that needs an outlet for most, IMO.
@Cod see my comment to Amarok. Acting on beliefs is a normal and secular response. Beliefs that cultivate a sense of gratitude would then be of positive benefit. Why, because it acknowledges contributions and is beneficial in developing humility for the individual and pride/ownership of the contributors. The target of the gratitude is irrelevant and having multiple targets doesn't mean there's less gratitude for a contributor..
@mordant Perhaps a better verse "No matter what happens, always be thankful for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 There are probably a ton more. I agree with an interpretation should be everything should be [b]done[b] to the Glory of God, and I feel most Christians would as well. There could be a huge conspiracy that people pray for everything to prove that prayer works. More likely would be just a feeling of gratitude that needs an outlet for most, IMO.
@Cod see my comment to Amarok. Acting on beliefs is a normal and secular response. Beliefs that cultivate a sense of gratitude would then be of positive benefit. Why, because it acknowledges contributions and is beneficial in developing humility for the individual and pride/ownership of the contributors. The target of the gratitude is irrelevant and having multiple targets doesn't mean there's less gratitude for a contributor..
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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