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[–] SuddenDownpour 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really believe God will break you down until you have no choice but to trust in him.

And this is good! This is totally normal behavior for a loving being! He only wants me to follow the right path! Out of my own choice, through my own free will and everything!

Jokes aside, this person has gone through some shit, and rather than getting therapy, she is doubling down.

[–] FuglyDuck 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering that, according to them… he made everything and everyone cuz he was bored and lonely. (Yup. We’re a mid-life crisis puppy.)

Now, remember that he’s all knowing and omnipotent and like, exists outside of time. Such a being would therefore have known they’d eat the damn fruit. More importantly, any being with more awareness than a turnip would have seen that one coming, even if they didn’t see it literally coming. You know what I mean.

So this means it was all part of the plan. Which means the plan was, for this supposedly all-powerful, all-knowing being to come down here and LARP the white knight.

[–] linearchaos 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

he made everything and everyone cuz he was bored and lonely

Oh... Incel tendencies. That never clicked. They must see themselves as the posterchild for pre-creation god.

[–] FuglyDuck 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

total Nice Guy™️ vibes. The entire book of Job is... what...? ruining some guys life over a bet... only then to say, "wtf do you know? you don't know me, can't understand me. who the fuck are you?"

[–] linearchaos 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've read this 4 times now. Sorry, I have zero idea what you're trying to say here.

[–] FuglyDuck 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the 2 speeches by god at the end of the book of job, god is basically saying "you can't possibly understand" - like a total Nice Guy abuser. This, after allowing satan to destroy the man's life (to the point of killing off a very successful business, killing off his very large family, and very nearly killing him off, too.) ostensibly because there was a bet about whether or not Job would still worship/respect/follow god if he still had all the good things in his life.

[–] linearchaos 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh gotcha, thanks! Most of my bible training is pre-third grade :) Manager to get out of there quick