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[–] 129 points 11 months ago (12 children)

I have never prayed to god and I've never been in a plane crash.

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  • [–] 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I am constantly praying to god, and I've never been in a plane crash. Checkmate atheists!

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    I say "jesus christ" about a lot of things. Does that count as praying?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I think that's actually a sin

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Nope, that's not taking his name in vain. No matter how much the christian busy bodies would have you believe. That particular idea is about shit like the prosperity gospel or christian nationalists.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    I had understood it to mean, like, making an oath ("I swear to God..." or the whole hand-on-a-Bible swearing) and not following through, or making it lightly.

    Jesus had a whole thing about it, saying that not only should you not make an oath in God's name lightly, but that you shouldn't at all (implying it shouldn't be necessary, if you're already an honest person). "Let your yes be yes, and your no be no."

    Which, honestly, makes way more sense than some nonsense about not saying their names.

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