Christian figures of speech Puns

If churches wanted to end poverty, they are more than capable of doing so with all the tithing money they receive.

Here is the simple fact: Christians choose not to do so.

They'll pay a pastor 6 figures just to write an hour long (if that) speech per week. They'll spend millions building a huge new worship complex.

But the homeless camp under the bridge down the road? Oh, they'll take them some bottled water and say a few fucking incantations (prayers) and act as if they've done something that actually changed the world.

Until the church starts ending poverty, I don't want to hear shit about how it isn't the government's job.

I will never forget an experience I had back when I was still somewhat religious. I went on a "mission trip" to a very poor country. The group I had traveled with brought a shit ton of supplies with us -- clothes, shoes, etc. We visited a gypsy camp. It was the middle of winter, absolutely freezing cold --- and there were children running around with nothing on their feet. A few people in our group began to get one of the huge bins of shoes out of the back of our van to give to the kids, and one of the leaders stopped them and said, "NO, we can't give these shoes to them -- they won't take care of them." I still to this day hold a grudge against that piece of shit.

I also understand that many pastors of small churches do a lot more than merely write one speech per week. However, when it comes to mega churches, nine times out of ten the head pastor delegates nearly all of the duties to other employees. I've witnessed this myself.

EDIT: For those saying that 6 figures is an exaggeration, the median income of pastors as of this year is $92,389. That's pretty damn close to 6 figures. And that's just the median income. source.

He is the one who enabled Christ’s sacrifice to save humanity, which supposedly has blessed all of us with penance for our sins (poor Old Testament people.) Not only that, but the book implies Jesus’ willingness and foreknowledge to undergo this event through prophecies he has beforehand. So, as such, did Judas really have a choice on this matter? Did he have any free will to make this choice, or was his part in this scripted? Did he really deserve to get chewed up in Satans’ mouth for eternity? And it’s really weird because In a way, Judas played out his own part in the salvation of the human race alongside jesus.

It really is a fascinating glimpse into Smith's mind. This character makes solid point, natives shouldn't be cursed due to a parent or original sin, the corruption among the church leaders is gross, as evidence that Korihor is bounded/ arrested for speaking his mind and which passages before said he had a right to free speech, the narrator even praising the violation of Korihor's civil rights of free speech, saying the arresting party was wise to bound him because of his successful preaching against unfounded claims being made by church leaders.

Church leaders won't even debate him when they arrest him they just ignore him and the best that Alma, the chief judge can say to him, is Well, you can't prove there's no God and you know it's true and we have testimony that it's all totally true. This is exactly the church today, won't answer claims of corrupt, won't answer critics and just tells people that their thoughts are not what they really believe that they know the church is true, so there.

And then Korihor wants a sign, understandable I think, because he's right is saying if it can't be observed/ seen it doesn't really exist until it is documented using science. And what does a so called kind, merciful God do? Takes away Korihor's free speech forever, making him a mute. A great story outlining the Mormon God of cursing for exercising a right under the law of free speech. And even though this Korihor character denounces what he believes, in a way understandable as if this were to happen to someone many would panic, kind Alma says screw that. Well I guess the atonement has its limits, thus proving Korihor's point even more that he was making at the start, that an atonement is foolish and the idea that one would stand in for a guilty party does not satisfy justice or mercy.

So Korihor calls out the corruption and the violation of the Christian Government. His free speech is met with the leader of the church gaslighting him, and simply telling him to take his word for it. Then asking for a sign, something to observe so the burden of proof is met, this God takes away his voice. And then no forgiveness and Korihor the only somewhat logical character is killed after being trampled.

And this story is then sent out to the people of the land as an example of what happens if anyone tries to speak out and then the people fall right back in line. Reading this story just now displays the tyrannical dictatorship in which I'm sure Smith wanted in his new Zion.

I adore my neurotypical boyfriend. I really do. Even if he roasts me for my divergence tactics. Because it is all fun and games. We always knew I was bad at sarcasm and such but lately he discovered how I have zero comprehension of idioms. He wants me to explains things like “seeing a gift horse in the mouth” “killing two birds with a stone” “putting money where your mouth is”… are other autistic people disturbed by these turns of phrases? I guess I’m just lucky to have someone enjoy my confusion with gentle understanding… what are your favorite idiom misunderstandings?

If I am outside, or on a webcam chat site or something and someone tells me "Eww you're so ugly", then I feel this actual physical stab right to my heart. It is not a figure of speech. It literally is like a knife or boxing glove just striking my heart. It is straight in the heart. It knocks the life out of me. It is then followed by a panic attack and the whole rest of my day is ruined.

I sit and wonder how they can do that to another human being and sit and pull my hair out as I try to think of what adjustments I can do to stop them from seeing me like that. I go through 100 hairstyles, I kill myself in the gym, I avoid any substances and spend a fortune on skin and hair care products and die in front of a mirror every morning to try and do something with myself and then after all that effort, I get that "ugly" comment, which just penetrates my heart. It is not a figure of speech. It is not a figure of speech. It is right in the heart. I feel it.

I am surprised how few realize they are being compelled to feel ways. Deliberately. That’s the art of story telling. Because if they did, they would be obligated to step outside of their assumptions, about the circumstances being written here. Though for me, from childhood that has been a real focus in my learning, and people aren’t naturally good at it. Not to say I’m good, I just find my self seemingly doing it when others aren’t. This is a couple where I feel stepping back a bit adds different perceptions.

There are three I can list in this book series, mentioned in this post, and that were discussed elsewhere in this sub recently. I posted it in one that was dead, and have decide to edit it, and repost it here.

Butters. Pay a bit of attention to the character dynamics, and the themes of who how power is supplied to servants of this White God. A concept appears. Another also shows up in how Harry is treated, and how he acts when he messes up. This only takes a bit of attention, in order to become pretty clear too. The whole arc of Butters is his learning to choose good, and right, despite not being able to back the bill. Unlike Harry seemingly. Though the Crux of Harry, and as we learn about all his cohort, is that they more or less are in the same boat. Acting on what they believe is right, especially when the numbers don’t add up to victory. So when Harry acts recklessly, like for example when he gets Molly kidnapped. Daniels soul chewed up, and he is ashamed it, he covers it. Through action. He says barely anything about his contriteness, he just acts to correct it. His friends roll with him, with that being understood between them. It was same in the aftermath of that scrying being discovered. Harry chases, and Butters believes his worst fears are realized, and Harry proves otherwise. And Harry accepts the change immediately, when Butters finally gets it. And then does what he can, to correct with them like Harry showed him.

Then Murphy’s mistake blows up, and everyone once again understands eachother, and moves to correct. And they survive. The pure heart of Michael, and the deep risk from Uriel are enough. Though the Sword is shattered, and so is Murphy. It’s the price of the stakes they play for. Butters is then relegated to helping protect the fort with Charity, Mr.Sunshine, and their Families. And provide triage for Murphy, and he pushes Harry’s distrust and fear down hard, to save Murphy’s life. Because he’s the one who has the capability

Let's get this out of the way: no one should watch Game of Thrones. The ending was so abysmal that it killed any rewatch value for the series. If, for some reason you feel compelled to, only watch the first six seasons and assume it ended there and HBO Max is mistaken when it says there's an additional two seasons.

With that out of the way, the question of "should Christians watch X?" Is a question I grew up hearing in the church.

"Should Christians read Harry Potter?"

"Should Christians listen to Fall Out Boy?" (I'm aware I'm showing my age here.)

"Should Christians read comic books?"

In the clip I saw of Paul and Morgan, they had a guest on who said that she thinks it's a red flag when a (Christian) man she's interested in watches Game of Thrones. This was likely from a few years ago. But, Christians are notoriously behind the times (until Lil Nas X releases a new song, then they're suddenly pop culture savvy) that they could think the show still has relevancy.

I know hypocrisy runs rampant in these circles, so I have to ask, if a Christian isn't supposed to watch a certain show, how is a cringey youth pastor supposed to compare Jesus to Geralt of Rivia?

Telling 30-year-old Christians what they should and shouldn't watch is incredibly infantalizing and really emblematic of how growing up in the church is really nothing more than having your social-emotional development levels be about the same as a preteen.

To the point that, when we left the church, that is when we began to start growing up and it's an ongoing process.

Are you all familiar with the question of "should Christians watch X?" What were some things you were told a Christian wasn't allowed to watch?

Yo, does anyone have scans of the "Figures of Speech" book? I'm mostly wondering about the Yeezus album covers but MBDTF covers could be cool as well.

It's like "it's all downhill from here" but something a bit more euphoric or exciting than that. When you're snowballing to victory. Something that communicates the excitement of having a desired goal in your hands.

EDIT: I don't know grammatically its role in a sentence. It could be a noun instead of a complete sentence, like "the last sprint" or something.

Obviously asking this to someone who feels this way isn't going to get anywhere. They do seem to be hung up on victim mentality and so on. While really a lot of the times I do see them say they are for freedom of speech they really aren't so for opposing views and are for censoring out opposing views.

An example of this being the fact that on Facebook I am blocked from Alliance Defending Freedom for posting iiiluminaughtii video in the comments of a post and in that video it does point out ADF's creator has a college where sexual assault cases are hidden and they blame the victim.

I was called a troll by a person and judged just for pointing this out by their supporters. I do see it as odd that when Christian street preachers do what they do and warn people it's out of love but when I try to warn people about stuff that's Christian-related I am called a troll and criticized for it. No really seems pretty comparable I think.

And it really is ironic and bigoted I feel the fact that I am not a Christian I am not allowed to speak on Christian topics apparently. And really I use to be an atheist that was okay with what ADF was doing at one point but then when I didn't support them any longer they blocked me and denied me from saying anything about them. It really is the fact they would rather only help people that agree with their ideas.

And by supporting them yes I did agree with the whole denying service based on anything because I felt yeah they are only hurting themselves. But now I do see how stupid it really is to start a business to deny money from others. While I agreed with them I did feel that in no way would I go to these businesses and support them because yeah if you're going to deny money because you don't want to serve for a same-sex wedding then I really wasn't going to be for giving you my money either.

But really really it does come down to you could just not say it's for a wedding and be served as one gay man did to Memories Pizza and recorded it. They went out of business which I do feel shows as an example that denying service isn't going to be good in the long run of your business and once the people that supported you stop caring you will go out of business because the people who do care are going to be the type of people you wronged.

And I am not against religion either but with the attacks, I have faced and the fact that I have been blocked by Christian pages it does tell me that yeah even if I did start agreeing with these ide

Well, I’m here because in r/Poetry the automoderator has removed my post about thrice in a row, but okay.

I will give as an example a poem by Jonathan Chacón. I’ve translated as accurate as I could:

>I like the ojeras^([1]) in your eyes
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>from not sleeping for being learning.
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>I like your hair without fixing
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>because you have better things to do.
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>I like that you complain
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>because it shows that you think for yourself.
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>I like that you dress how you want
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>because you know you have the right to do it.
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>I like that you fight for what you consider right,
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>you’re not domesticated, and it’s what I like the most.
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>It’s because of all of that… you enchant^([2]) me….

1. more or less livid spots, perennial or accidental, around the base of the lower eyelids; coon eyes.
2. encantar is not the same as amar (“to love”), it’s actually to delight, be delighting to, to charm, enchant.

The poet tells the lady that he likes a certain feature of hers, and then proceeds to say why; what is that sort of poetry called?

I’m just an amateur enthusiast of poetry and a newbie one of the English one, pardon me if it is a very basic stuff; until recently I didn’t know how to use thou, thee, thy, and thine.

I think having watched the entire proceeding, I found it interesting that there were many words used, which you would normally otherwise not hear in the usual social context. What wete some of these?

I had to look up the word Germaine, before I realised that the spelling was Germane