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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”
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
The author of Job and the authors of Matthew and Luke obviously disagree about what kind of relationship humanity supposedly has with God. I think it's important to see the Bible as a collection of books from different times and places, each with their own rhetorical goals.
I don't see any disagreement. The Bible's theme throughout is that God's people should expect and ensure suffering. God "did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all" (from Romans 8) -- and he doesn't spare us either from suffering. "It was the Will of the Lord to crush him [messiah]." (From Isaiah 53)
Christians "who suffer according to God's will should entrust themselves to their faithful creator while continuing to do good." (from 1 Peter 4)
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." (from Romans 8)
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning the shame, and sat down at the right hand of God" (from Hebrews 12)
So Job, like Jesus himself, serves as an example of a faithful son who endured suffering and after a short while was restored.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#83I 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.
Moneygrab, as is all that uses blockchain.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#84And 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…
> 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.
It's interesting to me that Christians never seem to consider praying standing in churches where they can be seen by others as a violation. They invented a new word (at least in English) for their places of worship, to allow public prayer on a technicality.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
The lord of the Hebrew Bible was clearly running on the testnet, and should not have been used for actual transactions.
Or an pretty horrible character, giving horrible advice... Generally not a great moral beacon, with all things done and all things advocated like bashing children against rocks and so on... Then again, what can you expect from ancient tribal religion...
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#86This is such an amazing art piece. Shopify as a medium, what a world.
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#87Can we just flag those scams and move on now? Why does HN allow so much clear spam if it happens to have the word blockchain involved?
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
The author of Job and the authors of Matthew and Luke obviously disagree about what kind of relationship humanity supposedly has with God. I think it's important to see the Bible as a collection of books from different times and places, each with their own rhetorical goals.
I don't see any disagreement. The Bible's theme throughout is that God's people should expect and ensure suffering. God "did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all" (from Romans 8) -- and he doesn't spare us either from suffering. "It was the Will of the Lord to crush him [messiah]." (From Isaiah 53) Christians "who suffer according to God's will should entrust themselves to their faithful creator while co…
* expect and endure suffering
Re: $20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you got that twisted. Everybody has the idea that their religion is the only correct one, but not all religions have the same god. So if they’re not praying to the same god, how can they tell that god to listen to them but not the others?
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