A Boring Dystopia

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I'm gonna be really pissed if my christofascist parents were right (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by pubquiz@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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I grew up listening to fundie christian parents babble at length how we were living in end times. And mocking them mercilessly (at first among my fiends, later to their faces) as often as possible.

Now look at us - on the brink of non-existence politically, environmentally, and civilizationally. Not sure that last one is a word.

If they were right I'm gonna have some 'splainin to do.

Dammit.

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[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I’ve read their book several times. Take some comfort from the fact that if they are right, all of them are on the side they thought they were against.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Nobody is righteous. The only reason people are saved is through grace.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, and they don’t get saved by trying to anticipate the end times and leading others astray.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The book states 'no one knows when' several times; even in Revelations, the book literally about end times.

And there are many times in modern human history that people were sure it had kicked off. But it didn't and things just got better again. It's like our thing to almost wipe ourselves out but miserably kick on for another day.

We only just appeared here anyway so we'll likely disappear just as recently as well and some other living thing will have its turn, and so on, and so on, until the sun takes out the atmosphere and then the planet. And fin.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

That ball of meat we have in our skulls is too limiting in imagination. I like to think that we can’t even comprehend what comes next (the other side of whatever this is). but, having done enough LSD back in the 90s, I know it will be fun… Edit: Yes, also, it will come like a thief in the night…

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You must have skipped the Old Testament

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Lol..i’ll admit that i’ve skipped over more of it. it’s a lot more tedious than the new one. i have my own path though and don’t need no stinking books. my god encompasses all gods and everything. no one can think of a greater god because mine will just eclipse it. it also doesn’t require worship because it has much more self-confidence than those little pussy gods.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Funny you say that given how petty and insecure Yahweh is in the OT.

Definitely traits that I want to see in my all-knowing, all-powerful god... Jealousy and pettiness.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, my god calls that one a little tantrum baby