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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”
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
The point is that God is a Father - like a dad one has a great relationship with. No one with a good relationship with their dad spins a request wheel at him, or says the same thing 100 times in a row to him. If you ever did so, there's something wrong in your relationship with your dad -- same with God. So in that respect, a Christian's relationship with God ought to me markedly different from how many other religio…
> No one with a good relationship with their dad spins a request wheel at him... This comment makes me think you've never had a toddler, much less a teen.
The point being: you're supposed to grow up eventually.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> It's been awhile since I've seen this passage. I forgot how much of the bible is a diss track on the pagans. Ideal marketing is both puffing your product and dissing the competition. The old testament is really full of the latter...the new testament has less. > > Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So why pray at all?
Yeah, things get a bit weird when you make your God omniscient. Even though I know exactly what you need and whether or not you'll pray for it, you still need to pray for what you need, but you might or might not get it based on my whim (even though I know my answer before you ever identify your need), whether or not you pray.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> It's been awhile since I've seen this passage. I forgot how much of the bible is a diss track on the pagans. Ideal marketing is both puffing your product and dissing the competition. The old testament is really full of the latter...the new testament has less. > > Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So why pray at all?
I've thought about this specific question a lot and I think it comes down to humility. Being in a place of needing something (and acknowledging that fact) is the opposite of pride. Pride is something the Bible mentions many times as something detrimental: “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#45And 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
Persuant to the canon of my HN username, I am obligated to inform you that it is in fact you who are the heretic, and a representative from Reverend Bob's Pearly Gates will be along shortly with a small vial of suspicious red liquid we seriously urge you to consider snorting up your left nostri ah me le le ne le le ne me ne ne eh me me me
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#46This is quite redundant, because NFT's are already a pure religious belief. They should all be 100% tax exempt for this reason.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It's been awhile since I've seen this passage. I forgot how much of the bible is a diss track on the pagans. Ideal marketing is both puffing your product and dissing the competition. The old testament is really full of the latter...the new testament has less. > > Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So why pray at all?
>So why pray at all? so that you learn what you need, too. and, ultimately, to say "thanks". (same question asked differently: "why meditate?" "why mindfulness?")
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Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The point is that God is a Father - like a dad one has a great relationship with. No one with a good relationship with their dad spins a request wheel at him, or says the same thing 100 times in a row to him. If you ever did so, there's something wrong in your relationship with your dad -- same with God. So in that respect, a Christian's relationship with God ought to me markedly different from how many other religio…
> The point is that God is a Father - like a dad one has a great relationship with.
Tell that to Job. Whose "Father" tortured him to win a bet.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> It's been awhile since I've seen this passage. I forgot how much of the bible is a diss track on the pagans. Ideal marketing is both puffing your product and dissing the competition. The old testament is really full of the latter...the new testament has less. > > Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So why pray at all?
Why are you here? You’re spreading hate because you don’t believe. It’s fine if you don’t believe, but you have to spread your hate to the rest of us? Could you not have simply moved passed this post?
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#50And 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 l…
Every good deed and every sin shall be committed eternally into an immutable ledger, unless someone performs the greatest sin of all... a 51% attack.