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$20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by CSSer »

hprotagonist wrote: post #6

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagan…

It's been awhile since I've seen this passage. I forgot how much of the bible is a diss track on the pagans.

> Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

I find this bit in particular pretty humorous because it makes it sound like god's voicemail inbox is overflowing and he doesn't have time for your shit.

Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by tekknik »

alasdair_ wrote: post #15
ro_bit wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But if the blockchain is truly append-only, what stops me from paying the first payment and then disappearing? Even if I pay it all upfront, what if I charge back?

Maybe it's like most other NFTs and is just a pointer to the server where the actual data is stored? If you don't pay, they can just change the prayer to "Jesus, please ignore this prayer" or something.

You think that’s how it works? One person can tell Jesus/God to ignore another’s prayers?

Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by xwdv »

hprotagonist wrote: post #6

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagan…

Amen

Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by markdown »

hprotagonist wrote: post #6

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagan…

Move along, heretic! We follow Al Franken's Supply Side Jesus around these parts. Supply Side Jesus approves of Megachurches and Bitcoin.

https://imgur.com/gallery/bCqRp

Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by undecisive »

hprotagonist wrote: post #6

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagan…

I believe you're reading Bible2.0 - it's ripe for decentralisation. The new one has improvements, such as "Our father, who art in blockchain, hallowed be thine nonfungible token. Thy singularity come, thy Ðapp contract executed on earth as it is in blockchain." See? Much nicer.

Seriously though, you do have to wonder who it is they think they're praying to. Also, if the love of money is the root of all evil, is the love of blockchain the root of all foolishness?

Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

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Post by 0xcde4c3db »

_aavaa_ wrote: post #2

I think we've reached that point (which I know has a name) where I honestly can't tell if this is a satirical gag or genuine.

Especially considering that there's a surprisingly on-the-nose analog in The Handmaid's Tale. I can't find the actual passage, so I might be mangling the details, but from what I recall there were printing companies that pivoted to printing prayers... only for the paper to be immediately recycled and used for the next order. The point of paying for it was basically to signal that one was pious and/or wealthy enough to not care about the waste.
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