• Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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            There’s lots of people out there who don’t think playing pretend with magic is enjoyable man. Some people think it’s silly shit. If you like that stuff you’ll just have to accept that part of it.

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              Look dude, there’s people out there who believe in magic and you’re just going to have to live with that. Don’t get your panties in a twist when you see them online and give into the urge to tell them it’s silly.

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                lol I didn’t get my panties in a twist, you do you, but I’m not going to pretend I don’t think adults practicing witchcraft isn’t silly. And it’s obviously not an unpopular opinion. Y’all are being way too defensive about this.

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                  If you were defending Christians believing Jesus is the Son of God people would probably be flipping their shit.

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                    Yeah I’d never do that. Also this is the internet, people are gonna flip their shit no matter what I say.

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      You don’t have to believe it literally to justify participating, plenty of people who understand rationally that prayer won’t instantly get them what they want still pray

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          Mindfulness is its own reward and prayer, even to a rock, can help. It’s about surrendering and accepting that there is something in the universe that you have no power over.

          It’s not about believing the rock is alive or capable or changing things for you, but by simply reframing your desires as a universal one rather than an internal/personal one you can find yourself motivated in a different way and opportunities may present themselves differently.

          I’m also talking about the traditional concept of prayer, not whatever the fuck the Christians are doing.

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            A lot of Christian’s see how they pray very similarly to what you just described my man.

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              If you actually practice Christianity, and really the majority of popular religions, in the way they are intended, they all sort of circle back to a lot of these same concepts. It’s when you start attaching material specifics to these intentionally abstract concepts and governing others based on those specifics that things get messy. A true follower of their religion is often not vocal about it.

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            I’m not worried about it. I just think it’s silly just like people who think the earth is flat are silly. Ultimately I don’t care and I’m not going to tell anybody not to practice witchcraft.