▲ 868 ▼ Trump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom, but just wanted to (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone) submitted 9 months ago by io@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 131 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-melania-upset-east-wing-demolition-b2862932.html
[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 child) Fuck you and fuck this take. Theists don't have a monopoly on the capacity to be charitable and a positive influence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -2 points 9 months ago (2 children) But we do on rational charitability. You know what's right and what's wrong. You can believe in good and evil without believing in the same God who put it there. Just how someone can also believe the summer is especially warm without believing in man-made climate change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) If there was a just god, it would hate people like you, that's for sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) And why's that? Because you hate me and you are always right? If there was a god who was perfectly just and nothing else, wouldn't he hate all of us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago No, because you’re a sanctimonious asshole who thinks they’re automatically better than other people because of a belief that you have. A belief, I should add, that would be wildly different had you been born in, say, Cairo of Hangzhou or Bangkok, or any number of other cities with religious traditions outside of Christianity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 point 9 months ago troll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -2 points 9 months ago (2 children) But we do on rational charitability. You know what's right and what's wrong. You can believe in good and evil without believing in the same God who put it there. Just how someone can also believe the summer is especially warm without believing in man-made climate change. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) If there was a just god, it would hate people like you, that's for sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) And why's that? Because you hate me and you are always right? If there was a god who was perfectly just and nothing else, wouldn't he hate all of us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago No, because you’re a sanctimonious asshole who thinks they’re automatically better than other people because of a belief that you have. A belief, I should add, that would be wildly different had you been born in, say, Cairo of Hangzhou or Bangkok, or any number of other cities with religious traditions outside of Christianity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] noxypaws@pawb.social 1 point 9 months ago troll. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 child) If there was a just god, it would hate people like you, that's for sure. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) And why's that? Because you hate me and you are always right? If there was a god who was perfectly just and nothing else, wouldn't he hate all of us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago No, because you’re a sanctimonious asshole who thinks they’re automatically better than other people because of a belief that you have. A belief, I should add, that would be wildly different had you been born in, say, Cairo of Hangzhou or Bangkok, or any number of other cities with religious traditions outside of Christianity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child) And why's that? Because you hate me and you are always right? If there was a god who was perfectly just and nothing else, wouldn't he hate all of us? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago No, because you’re a sanctimonious asshole who thinks they’re automatically better than other people because of a belief that you have. A belief, I should add, that would be wildly different had you been born in, say, Cairo of Hangzhou or Bangkok, or any number of other cities with religious traditions outside of Christianity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago No, because you’re a sanctimonious asshole who thinks they’re automatically better than other people because of a belief that you have. A belief, I should add, that would be wildly different had you been born in, say, Cairo of Hangzhou or Bangkok, or any number of other cities with religious traditions outside of Christianity. permalink fedilink source parent