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[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 52 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"you know how when a corner shop closes in town, you're still able to go to a different store, but if safeway has driven all the other stores out of business and then shuts down you'll fucking starve to death?"

[โ€“] OpenStars@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

A little pain in exchange for longtime gain?

Oh no, TIL that the Fediverse is "exercise" - no wonder most Westerners avoid us! ๐Ÿคช

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is exactly what happens with Churches. Someone starts a "hip" new church plant. Everyone leaves the local long-established churches. Long established churches shut down. Church plant falls apart because the guy starting it doesn't know what he's doing. No Church.

I could've sworn it was because young folk were disenamored with preachers and churches who are nothing more than whited sepulchres but what could I know

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

what a weird take. if anything, the church is the safeway and this happened hundreds of years ago. churches are basically macdonaldses already; all franchisees of the same central entity.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

in the uk? the anglican church. generally in the west? whatever lutheran, protestant, or catholic denomination is approved by the state. generally? the main church of that country, which for most of them is in a 90/10 sort of situation, with some notable exceptions, like the us, which shouldn't be counted because a) it's such a small part of the world's population and b) their view of religion is so screwed up that it doesnt compare to anything.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anglicanism only makes up a portion of British Churches. There are also Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist and various independent congregational churches.

Only Roman Catholicism is truly centralised at a pope. Anglicanism tends to stop at the Archbishop or the Primate. Which the UK has four. The Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Church in Wales, the Church of England and the Church of Ireland which also operates in the Republic of Ireland, but the majority of adherents are in Northern Ireland.

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you do understand where i'm coming from though?

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There is a misconception that the Church has a central earthly authority surrounding it. It doesn't. Christ is the head of the Church.

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah but he's not really around much

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think He's doing a lot of work in Asia now. Probably done with the westerners. They had their chance LOL

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

i think we'd heard about a second coming by now

also that's some typical absentee landlord behavior

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They were waiting longer for Him to come the first time, soooo

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

most religions are still waiting for the first time.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i'd expect at least a bit of self-reflection.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you want me to reflect on? The fact that God could love a wretch like me that He - the literal creator of the universe would die for me?

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

no, belief is a good thing if it helps you. but i'd expect at least some thought given to the fact that a majority of the world's religions disagree with you and that they most likely have a good reason for believing it, other than "we're right, they're wrong". always remember the human.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't change the fact that they're wrong. The only other belief systems I can find justification for believing in are agnosticism and atheism. Nothing else really makes sense. But even then, Christianity just seems like the most likely answer given the history surrounding it.

[โ€“] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 3 weeks ago

it does though.

[โ€“] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

no church

Exactly as God intended.