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Solly Mack

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3. And people always assume you're one of their fellow believers.
Sun Apr 16, 2017, 08:52 PM
Apr 2017

A lot of Christians do anyway.

I can honestly say followers of other religions have never assumed I was also a believer of their religion.

You express a thought that so-and-so is never going to be held accountable and some well meaning, albeit bubble-living, person says to not worry. That one day god will hold them accountable.

Because, you know, everyone lives in your bubble and everyone believes in a celestial judgment day, where all wrongs are righted, and justice finally prevails.

Where bad people finally get theirs and said judgment is the only type of real justice people can ever know for sure. Because someone tweets from above to give progress reports on all that justice. So much justice you will get tired of justice.

Kind of like telling people in misery and poverty that their suffering on earth merely brings them closer to heaven.

I guess thoughts of an empty stomach or justice being filled on some unknown day in the future can keep a person feeling good about their pain and suffering, because when their starving or beaten bodies finally give up the fight, heaven will open its gate.

It's merely the price they are paying for a great reward. How noble is that!

I mean, we could help people now and right as many wrongs as we come across in life to improve the lives of all humans....or we could tell people to just wait...heaven is a gift awaiting the meek, the hungry, the suffering, and the broken - etc..

What's a little justice on earth compared to the everlasting justice of the unknown? (and I ain't seen no tweets)

I'm still cranky it seems.











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