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rampaigehalseyface:

notaprettygirl27:

themodernfallacy:

This would be the ONLY time I would care enough to even rebut because I despise anything Justin Bieber related. So moving on, he stands correct. I can’t see why people are criticizing the fact that he would like to thank God, and Jesus. 

Now I don’t expect people, especially atheists, or any other religions besides Christianity, Judaism, Islam to really understand his stance. But based on the Christian religion, God is the father and Jesus is the son. They are two DIFFERENT entities. Whereas in the Islam and Judaism religion, they only recognize God and not Jesus. 

Learn the basis of the relgious doctrine you all are targeting before making yourself seem like dumbasses. 

reblogging this for that comment

Actually, not quite. Christianity is a little tricky on this bit here and I think you’re misunderstanding the doctrine. According to Christianity, Jesus is the son of God but when he ascended, he became part of the Holy Trinity. The Holy Trinity is the Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit which are three aspects of one deity. When the Irish were being converted, the way this was explained was by comparing the Holy Trinity to a clover: 

Three parts, one plant. Three holy entities, one god. Christianity is confusing in that sometimes a reference to God implies all of the Holy Trinity and sometimes it only means God the Father. Meaning that Bieber’s comment is a bit redundant from one perspective. (This might not be how it’s taught everywhere but this is how it was taught to me growing up.)

The problem with the responses up there isn’t that they’re being redundant, it’s that they’re using the wrong order in which to respond. So if we’re assuming he means the Holy Trinity definition of “God”, then Jesus would be a subcategory under God. By that reasoning, you would have to say “I want to thank my parents, but also my mom and dad” since mom and dad are subcategories of Parent, not the other way around. For once, syntax is the problem, not a misunderstanding of mythology/theology.

Omg, I think I love you Rampaige.

Its posts like this that make me wish I had taken more/studied better when it came to my Religion classes in college. Instead I focused more on eastern religions, Judaism and Islam.

Me being the big idiot that I am, I thought that I had learned all that I needed to know about Christianity from bible camp and my youth (therefore I was tired of learning about it by the time I got to college), but I suppose I could use a refresher…

Anyway, thanks for posting this and for addressing the situation like an adult rather than immediately poking fun at Beiber (like I initially did <_<).

fylum-qordata:

I’m sorry, but I expect people to know God and Jesus are different things, even if they are not religious. I’m not religious, but all I need to know is “GOD SENT HIS SON, JESUS,” which clearly indicates they are different things.

Seriously, why would God and Jesus be the same thing? How ignorant are people?

Heh, I’ve been sort of just mulling over this question for a little while… it seems like an interesting one to tackle, though I don’t really know where to begin.

I guess it should be pointed out that there’s always been this sort of dualistic nature of divine beings throughout most of today’s big religions. For instance, the Hindu deity Vishnu is considered to be the protector of creation and at times he needs to “re-balance” the universe by sending himself down to Earth in a human form. There are 10 Avataras of Vishnu, with 9 (The Buddha, believe it or not!) being the one we’re currently on.

Some of the early Christians started to artistically depict Jesus as a center for worship because… well, its fairly hard to draw God. Until Christianity was legalized by Constantine, worship in the Roman catacombs was commonplace. In fact, some of the earliest Christian art is actually from these catacombs, where they depicted both Jesus and Old Testament stories. Stories like Jonah and the whale, which have some similarities to the passion of Christ (metaphorically speaking). By bridging between these two books they essentially make one massive narrative with one main character: God/Jesus. 

What I’m trying to say is that I think its reasonable to think that a divine being can be multiple places at once and, indeed, can inhabit multiple bodies at once. It seems to be within the realm of possibility… Don’t you?

vampiricangel:

desmondgetinthefuckinanimusmiles:

nyiro:

gifs for the-white-lady 

give me the keys jesus you’re drunk

u ok jesus

btw I love how this memegenerated thing makes no sense without context. Folks on that site must be really confused…

boomette:

i was hoping id see this today

Me too, damn netflix!