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For example, you put yourself through university by studying hard and working full time. Then someone says, you should thank god for giving you the strength. Like wtf do you mean, I busted my ass day in and day out but I'm supposed to thank god for it?

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Not irritated but it is slightly annoying. Just try to remember these people base their entire personality on their religion and without they don’t know who they are. It’s why it’s so hard to get people to leave.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not to irritate you, but you sound like someone who hasn't accepted Our Lord in your heart.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yep it's definitely annoying and it's so pervasive that we even have lemmings that do that stupid shit.

[–] chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

they can wishfully think themselves into anything as long as it makes them better than other people and they can play victim

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago
[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Well it is nice to realise that despite putting in the work, it is a huge privilege to have the freedom to be born in a time and place where you actually get the chance to realise your potential - instead of having suffered abuse at home, being sent to a farm or factory at 8 years old or simply dieing from diarrhoea. So yeah, sucks if people want to be thankful to god for that, but being thankful for what good exists in the world is a positive thing.

[–] G_M0N3Y_2503@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

My take is that it is all subjective, I feel like I busted ass, I feel like a god interviewed, I feel like it was my lucky socks. Without a study and metrics we can't objectively measure reliably, but that would be overkill for every little thing. So we take our subjective shortcuts and move on. My advice would be focus on the sentiment, "that's impressive, it's good that hard work/gods intervention/lucky socks helped that outcome, because it seems so surreal otherwise.". That or have the heart to heart and put in the effort to align if it's important and they are important to you.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

probably not half as irritated as god would be

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I'm annoyed by anyone with a personality that consists of exactly one thing and one thing only, even more so when the one thing they picked for their personality is a tradition of extravagant bullshit that has been ruining lives for millenia

[–] Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My mom is similar, anytime I ask her some question, she just circles around the discussion (if not outright mentioning) God and how he's the one behind it all.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Religious proselitism sucks

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

I don't have that issue. I don't think I talked about God or religion in years. I do go to a church for mutual aid but it's not religious

[–] gray@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I do the same just with Karl Marx and I don't see the problem

[–] peoflor@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago
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