The resurrected fantasy Kennedys were mentioned. Trying to equivocate Trump and Kennedy family crimes is not the topic of this thread.
For the hardcore cultists, I’m talking the sorts who physically went to Dallas for weeks at a time to camp out and await the resurrection of Kennedy, the job/house/family is more of a past tense thing. Sounds like at least a few hundred if not a few thousand ruined their lives with that stuff (not even counting the 1/6 people, which also included some QANON’s). Weird times.
The emotional need to believe in a higher power seems almost universal. For example, how does one otherwise explain the belief in a God who sent his son from who knows were to walk the earth, and then, after his death, to ascend to who knows where? It's absurd IMHO, but believed by millions. For many, life has no meaning or purpose without those beliefs.
You would be far better served asking your question of the local Republicans. Dems will correctly dismiss it all as rantings of lunatics. To the extent people have bought into the QAnon thing, they are far, far more likely to be Pubs than Dems.
I think he's suggesting that the only folks who talk about Qanon are liberals. Worth noting that Qanon has been covered by Fox News and promoted by Trump himself.
its been reviewed quite a bit over last few years. But basically it’s one of the drivers for conspiracy theories maga blindly embrace. below is a good summary. And beneath that discussion of inmate number P01135809 embracing it. QAnon - Wikipedia Trump signals affinity with QAnon followers in social media post, at rallies
I bet there is some truth to it, though. I mean, a small percentage of Christians falls for this stuff at this level of stupidity, obviously, but it seems self-evident that this group is Christian based since part of their belief is that the Kennedys are decedents of Jesus. But I think the point is, when you teach your kids that it's okay to believe in something hugely important, magical, and world changing -- without evidence -- it opens the door to this. I mean, these are not scientifically minded people searching for evidence to support their beliefs, that's for sure.
I understand that faith is a mystery and faith is something you have or you dont. I think the tangible aspects of faith are the more important part. The fruits of the faith as the scriptures say. People can say what they want about not needing faith to be their guide, but the honest truth is that much if not most of the tangible good being done, (feeding hungry, clothing poor, mission work in 3rd world counties etc) is being done by faith based groups. The core desire to help others comes from an innate spark of the divine. Our belief in that spark is of no consequence to the truth.
The question I have is would good people continue to do good without faith. We know bad people of faith are bad without regard to their faith.
Here is the thing.if God is real and involved than all good comes from the creator regardless of your belief in Him If God is not a real entity than no good comes from Him. Our belief or unbelief does nothing to change that.
Well we don’t agree on his existence that is true. I think good people are good people on their own. You think good people are only good because god wants them to be good? That makes zero sense to me.
I have read this waiting on the climate change cult to chime in!! Don't we only have like 10 years left? And to think there was a thread about going to college and planning for your future, it will be over in less than 10 years.
I am saying all good comes from God. Even the good that you do in the absence of belief. You do understand that believing this universe went through what it went through and that we ended up with this amazing mystery called life, with the ability to love our fellow man yet with zero actual purpose and are just walking dirt fending for ourselves makes no sense to billions. Right?
... in summary, yes. You would do good deeds and likely do. But the good is the image of God inside of you. Your unbelief isn't strong enough to extinguish that powerful of a light.
