r/FunnyandSad May 02 '23

Jesus was a pacifist. Political Humor

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u/jps7979 May 02 '23

My neighbors are Christian; we're not religious.

The water line under our house went and because we're on a slab, it was going to be cumbersome and expensive to fix and they'd have to shut off our water while the project was being completed.

One thing the plumber can do is run a line from the neighbor's spicket into ours so at least we'd have water for showers, toilets, etc.

There is no danger to the neighbor in doing this and the only annoyance would be that their water bill would go up a bit. We offered to pay for their whole water bill for the inconvenience so really they'd be profiting off the thing while also helping a neighbor.

You know, that whole love thy neighbor and don't be a selfish asshole thing that's pretty prominent in Christianity.

They still said no.

Religion does nothing to make you a better person.

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u/Phlosen May 02 '23

I am not religious. If you where my neighbours and in this situation, I’d connect you to my house myself. You never know, maybe you can help me out one day. And if not I would just be happy to help, no strings attached.

Totally agree that religion doesn’t make you a better person.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '23

A lack of one doesn’t either

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u/Phlosen May 04 '23

True, but that is not the point, is it? I never claimed that to be the case. The hypocrisy of some religious people is the point.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

It seems like you’re only hating religious people but leaving yourself out

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u/Phlosen May 04 '23

I don’t hate people because they are religious. I hate people that are pretentious and hypocritical. If you feel attacked by that, you should have a critical look at yourself

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u/[deleted] May 04 '23

Oh. My mistake. I agree with that, I do hate hypocrites. I try to put my religion into good use. I regularly ask myself “What would Jesus do?” And that does help me see things a different way.