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Saying the blessing
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Mar 17, 2024, 7:35 PM
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This is a tradition that I've never really understood. Maybe back in the old days when everyone lived off the land but should we really be thanking a deity for a $30 steak while there are people starving all over the world?
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 17, 2024, 8:24 PM
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I am thankful that God saw fit to not put me in a third world country. I am thankful for His blessings.
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I usually dont pay much attention to these types of queries, but it does
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Mar 17, 2024, 8:27 PM
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beg the question if you were broke and poor in a third world country, could you be thankful for Gods blessings?
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Re: I usually dont pay much attention to these types of queries, but it does
Mar 19, 2024, 5:02 PM
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Yep cause it’s all part of gods plan… mysterious ways… yada yada blah blah
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 17, 2024, 8:39 PM
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I think most people who take a moment of thanks are doing so in the absolute rather than relative sense. A follower of Jesus in Tibet is thanking Jesus for his provision, as I am here.
What causes economic differences, and what one's response should be, is another subject. There are those who think the answer is political - they can vote their way to a clear conscience - but politics has us where we are now. What do you think one's response should be?
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 18, 2024, 6:53 AM
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"A follower of Jesus in Tibet is thanking Jesus for his provision, as I am here."
That's the part I really don't understand.
Even if Jesus is who you claim he is, he had nothing to do with you going to work and earning money to afford a meal.
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 18, 2024, 10:26 AM
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I will suppose he is not resentful that he lives in Tibet. A farmer in a valley doing better than one on a mesa is a fact of life and choice for 5000 years. The idea that the resulting differences equal oppression is a relatively modern one, and we can see how useful that has been. Oppression does exist. Do we see it and address it, or do we use it as a cultural and political term to divide into warring tribes? Resentment seems to fuel the choice.
You are right that any atheist can plant a row of corn. The Christian in the adjacent field will have similar results, and they may throw a fall party. One will be thankful. The following year the rains come late and the harvest is smaller. One will be thankful. Where that ends up is something everyone has to envision and choose.
My question was what you think a person's response to differing economic outcomes should be.
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 18, 2024, 3:40 PM
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"I will suppose he is not resentful that he lives in Tibet. A farmer in a valley doing better than one on a mesa is a fact of life and choice for 5000 years. The idea that the resulting differences equal oppression is a relatively modern one, and we can see how useful that has been. Oppression does exist. Do we see it and address it, or do we use it as a cultural and political term to divide into warring tribes? Resentment seems to fuel the choice."
Sounds like we agree. Thanking god for something you either you earn or you don't is silly.
There are millions upon millions of people around the world starving. The same world that your creator supposedly created. If he can bless America with an overabundance why can't he at least drop some manna down in Africa?
Speaking of America, our predominantly christian nation uses about 10 times more than we need....
"You are right that any atheist can plant a row of corn. The Christian in the adjacent field will have similar results, and they may throw a fall party. One will be thankful. The following year the rains come late and the harvest is smaller. One will be thankful. Where that ends up is something everyone has to envision and choose."
Are you saying that an atheist can't be thankful?
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Re: Saying the blessing
Mar 18, 2024, 6:42 PM
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Based on your original post, why would you be thankful at all?
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Re: Saying the blessing
Mar 18, 2024, 8:39 PM
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I’m not an atheist.
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 18, 2024, 10:57 AM
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Probably depends if you know the Deity
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Re: Saying the blessing
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Mar 19, 2024, 5:10 PM
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Alright alright I got the answer. I worked it out in my brain and I think I got it.
This is tradition, like many things in religion. It’s what religious people have done for years and years. It’s what your gramma told you you better do and certainly what her granny made her do.
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