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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You say that as if you HAVE to believe in magic.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's a lot more fun to believe in magic when you know it's not real than to actually believe in magic.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

True. But it’s still silly.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So? Ffs have some fun with life before a climate emergency or secret police get to you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There’s lots of people out there who don’t think playing pretend with magic is enjoyable man. Some people think it’s silly shit. If you like that stuff you’ll just have to accept that part of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look dude, there's people out there who believe in magic and you're just going to have to live with that. Don't get your panties in a twist when you see them online and give into the urge to tell them it's silly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol I didn’t get my panties in a twist, you do you, but I’m not going to pretend I don’t think adults practicing witchcraft isn’t silly. And it’s obviously not an unpopular opinion. Y’all are being way too defensive about this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you were defending Christians believing Jesus is the Son of God people would probably be flipping their shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I’d never do that. Also this is the internet, people are gonna flip their shit no matter what I say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All were trying to tell you is don't go out of your way (which you did) to belittle somebody's faith. It's kinda cringe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Religions are absolutely not above criticism, what a ridiculous thing to say. If your faith requires you to oppress people for things like, say, being born homosexual, then I’m absolutely going to belittle it. And if your faith says that you believe you can cast magic spells, then I’m going to think that’s fucking silly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The word faith applies in both contexts that I used it for so I don’t understand your point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

No it doesn't and I know you don't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

No shit?? 😒😑

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FYI around the time you sent this I rubbed my eye, but forgot that I had cut jalapeños earlier...I do not like you

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Fear my arcane spells.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't have to believe it literally to justify participating, plenty of people who understand rationally that prayer won't instantly get them what they want still pray

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah well that shit silly too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Mindfulness is its own reward and prayer, even to a rock, can help. It’s about surrendering and accepting that there is something in the universe that you have no power over.

It’s not about believing the rock is alive or capable or changing things for you, but by simply reframing your desires as a universal one rather than an internal/personal one you can find yourself motivated in a different way and opportunities may present themselves differently.

I’m also talking about the traditional concept of prayer, not whatever the fuck the Christians are doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

A lot of Christian’s see how they pray very similarly to what you just described my man.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

If you actually practice Christianity, and really the majority of popular religions, in the way they are intended, they all sort of circle back to a lot of these same concepts. It’s when you start attaching material specifics to these intentionally abstract concepts and governing others based on those specifics that things get messy. A true follower of their religion is often not vocal about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And? There's more important shit to worry about than people being silly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I’m not worried about it. I just think it’s silly just like people who think the earth is flat are silly. Ultimately I don’t care and I’m not going to tell anybody not to practice witchcraft.