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What do you think about this?
- Thread starter Madsaac
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Its odd that thanks to family planning and social welfare policy Christians in the West get to thank God for things that people in the developing world don't have.
Accurate though it's unlikely that the children are speaking English
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
It makes me think of Matthew 25: 35-40
I think it's a sophomoric, tasteless, pointless attack on prayer.
How a family worships in the privacy of their own home has no relevance to children starving in third world countries.
How a family worships in the privacy of their own home has no relevance to children starving in third world countries.
siti
Well-Known Member
You think it's about prayer? You think there's no connection between a Christian family praying and their less fortunate brothers and sisters starving?
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Is it their fault people in other countries are starving?
PureX
Veteran Member
Yes. It is. As they are happy participants in the system that provides them with an over abundance by depriving others of necessities.
On the other hand, how much can they be expected to actually DO about it? We are all guilty. But what can or will we DO about it? "People in glass houses ...", as they say.
I thought this was explicit in my reply. I'm unclear about what you think I left to interpretation in my post.
Perhaps you'll explain to me how people offering a prayer of thanks before a meal results in people starving in other countries.
So you don't take the prayer as sincere?
Are you seriously asking me to make an informed opinion of the sincerity of the prayer of people who are pictured in a meme?
I took something different from the meme:
The family praying apparently acknowledges God as responsible for feeding humanity. Otherwise, they wouldn't thank God for their food.
... but if God is responsible for feeding humanity, then this implies that God is also responsible when people starve.
No. I'm asking you why you made a statement that implies that you do hold a position on their sincerity.
... but your later post made me realize that - I think - you were trying to express a different position than I thought you were.
libre
Skylark
I think it may address a survival bias.
When monotheists survive and thrive they loudly attribute their successes to god, when they suffer their voice is not heard loudly from the margins of society, and when they die they fall silent entirely.
This can lead to an eternal dogma: 'It seems simple. If the gods hadn't chosen us, somebody else would be standing here.' -Humandkind.
When monotheists survive and thrive they loudly attribute their successes to god, when they suffer their voice is not heard loudly from the margins of society, and when they die they fall silent entirely.
This can lead to an eternal dogma: 'It seems simple. If the gods hadn't chosen us, somebody else would be standing here.' -Humandkind.
PureX
Veteran Member
Always looking to slander God, aren't you.
The prayer is to thank God for providing humanity with so many sources of food. The fact that we do not then distribute this food equitably is our own fault. Perhaps that hope should have been included in the prayer.
So you interpreted the meme based on your assumption of what God does.
I don't read this prayer as God being responsible for feeding humanity. I read it as a prayer of thanks for the meal before them.
If someone takes me out to dinner, they are not responsible for taking everyone in the world out for dinner, and they are not responsible for feeding me every meal in the future. But I do say thank you.
Thank you for clarifying. This wasn't clear to me in your initial question.
If it's in writing, it's libel.Always looking to slander God, aren't you.
Beautiful…
This family supports 5 children in the disadvantage countries and serves food at the homeless shelter. They also are involved in the orphanage in that country.
It’s these people that I am wondering and worried about:
Actually, I was trying to point out the hypocrisy of religion.
It's funny how someone as bad at inferring people's thoughts as you tries to speak for others so often.
Do you seriously think that the Generic American Christian Family in the meme thinks that God considers food distribution outside his job description?
Not to mention that it assumes that they aren’t doing anything for those who are in need.
It makes me wonder if the poster is actually doing something about the situation posted. Does he have more than one TV? Does he have two cars? Does he have the latest cell-phone model? Does he eat three meals a day?
I think these questions would be good for anyone who mocks the meme
As compared to who? And how do you know?