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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Our destruction was the will of their god, and he was its instrument.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

How is this strange? It was going to happen eventually and it will continue to happen

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 66 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The kid spread religion online. God killed him for it. Pope makes him a saint. God facepalms and says "How many more kids do I have to kill to show you that you should stop wasting time in church and just be a good person".

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Then that god stops existing because there's no evidence for a god which acts like that

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Plenty of evidence for god killing whoever the fuck he wants because he feels like it.

Source: the bible

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

Okay, and? God creates, He can destroy what He made as well.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 1 points 33 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago) (1 children)

You moved the goalposts lol.

You said "there's no basis for that" I countered with "yes there is" You countered "so"

So, you're wrong. Also,

My partner and I made our son.

We now have a moral basis for killing him whenever we feel like it.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 42 seconds ago

No, you're not reading the whole message. What I was referring to was "you should stop wasting time in church and just be a good person"

My partner and I made our son.

No you didn't. God gave you a son.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 53 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

if a bishop watched me code I could be the first programmer saint. There are times only god knows how my software works. Or not, in case cursing disqualifies candidates.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

TempleOS guy would be so angry

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 hour ago

If you pray to him and miracles happen, we can have Saint Terry the Terrible

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

My code comes from the bad place

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 40 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Candidates for sainthood require two distinct miracles attributed to them: Acutis was first beatified in 2020 after a Brazilian boy with a pancreatic defect was cured, following his mother's prayers to Acutis to help her son. The second miracle involves the reported healing of a Costa Rican girl who suffered a serious head injury after falling off her bike in Florence: her mother prayed for the girl's recovery at Acutis' tomb in Assisi, and her daughter made a full recovery.

Quite, uh, remarkable "miracles".

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago

I feel like maybe Acurtis 360 no scoped that girl off the bike, then came back in as a healer and brought her back to full health.

...kind of cheating.

[–] jwt@programming.dev 8 points 16 hours ago

According to Carlin's theory, 4 prayers to Joe Pesci (PBUH) should suffice for sainthood.

Joe Pesci: patron saint of smashing things with a baseball bat.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

wait isn't it the mom who should be a saint then?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

Nah, basically, the logic is that since he allegedly healed her, that he is apparently alive in heaven and no longer in purgatory. Thus becoming a saint as his salvation has been "proven"

[–] Bot@sub.community 1 points 8 hours ago

Dota 2: “God like” Dude: “Jesus helps me killing you bitches!”

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I knew religion was a joke. Anyone who still refuses to admit it is a total moron

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Except there are still 1.4 BILLION catholics in the world, and that's just catholicism.

We may not like it, we may not get anything from it, but we should very much be concerned with what happens in the world of organized religion and what it's representing because 3/4 of the world still believe in some kind of religion.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 15 hours ago

Seems like rich territory for jokes about saint Luigi