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Post by sidburn on Nov 29, 2011 11:43:25 GMT -5
One of my biggies is "love the sinner, hate the sin", especially pertaining to gay people. It's more or less saying "I hate everything about you and everything you stand for, but I still *love* you".
Another is "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve". It's such a tired and unoriginal phrase.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Nov 29, 2011 12:18:26 GMT -5
"We are in the world, but not of the world."
Any purple prose involving "birth pangs" and "Christ's Bride".
"Casting pearls before swine."
"It's not a religion, it's a relationship with Christ."
etc.
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Post by N. De Plume on Nov 29, 2011 13:05:16 GMT -5
“God helps them who helps themselves.” Had a bit of promise as an exhortation to get out and do stuff rather than sit on your butt waiting for God to provide. But then it got twisted into an excuse to not give a fuck when someone is in need of real help.
And the inverse: “God will provide” as an excuse to sit on your butt and do nothing. Also doubles as an excuse to not help out. Funny how that works.
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Post by gyeonghwa on Nov 29, 2011 13:27:05 GMT -5
"Not of this world" yet you keep bothering it. It has now become a consumer phrase to sell religiously themed products. Because Jesus would approve. "Marriage is a relationship with Jesus" but Jesus doesn't hold his end of the relationship.
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Post by Meshakhad on Nov 29, 2011 15:07:13 GMT -5
“God helps them who helps themselves.” Had a bit of promise as an exhortation to get out and do stuff rather than sit on your butt waiting for God to provide. But then it got twisted into an excuse to not give a fuck when someone is in need of real help. And the inverse: “God will provide” as an excuse to sit on your butt and do nothing. Also doubles as an excuse to not help out. Funny how that works. I still like and use "G-d helps those who help themselves" in its original purpose. "If it does not glorify G-d, it is evil" or variations thereof. So everything must be religious in nature.
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Post by Old Viking on Nov 29, 2011 16:30:10 GMT -5
I'll send you a religious phrase, God willing.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Nov 29, 2011 16:40:16 GMT -5
Gott Mit Uns or 'God with us'. The use of it I hate because of many reasons.
I also don't like "the Lord sent me here to tell you" did He now?
And this one: "I'll pray for you." I get this too damn much. Lady (it's almost always women), I don't need praying for. Not for my Soul, not to get better. Not for anything. Maybe it makes you feel better but it doesn't help me. You want to help me? Cook me a meal, donate to science, donate to your local hospital, give me gas money. But praying does squat for me.
"Invite Jesus into your heart" I did that when I was in CCD and again when I left the RCC and moved on. The way this is used is a way of trying to turn gay people straight, etc., Just... eugh.
"The Lord works in mysterious ways" Hm. Does He really? This phrase is usually said after a natural disaster and is sometimes said in the same breath as "it was God's will". God's a dick, then, I guess if it was His will to kill a bunch of people and destroy homes and families and lives.
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Post by Sleepy on Nov 29, 2011 16:58:02 GMT -5
The whole "I was once like you, too" bullshit that I've heard born-again religious folks say, trying to make me change my way of thinking. Do NOT try to compare yourself to me and talk down to me, you stupid twat. If you're feeding me that line, you obviously don't know a thing about me, so just shut the fuck up before you dig yourself a deeper hole. And your arrogance shines like the bleeding sun.
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Post by clockworkgirl21 on Nov 29, 2011 17:05:03 GMT -5
Ugh, I hate "I'll pray for you." Now that you're going to do something that only makes you feel better and helps no one else, please be on your way.
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Post by gyeonghwa on Nov 29, 2011 17:08:58 GMT -5
"Were you there millions of years ago?" Were you there during Adam and Eve's conception? Works both way.
"What if you're wrong?" Oh good god, pascal's wager is so over-done.
I'm fine with "God bless you" in most instances, but the way Internet trolls use it just fucking ticks me off.
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Post by oftenpartisan on Nov 29, 2011 17:10:53 GMT -5
Any platitudes from fundies that say stuff like "we're all sinners". Because the subtext is still "...but I'm better than you."
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Nov 29, 2011 17:15:59 GMT -5
"Did you know that the Bible says that the world declares the glory of God, so that we are without excuse? And that he who says in his heart, 'There is no God' is a fool? There's no other reasons why you're an atheist, except if your daddy didn't come to your ball games. That's also a perfectly valid explanation."
"Evolution is a religion too!"
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Post by Vypernight on Nov 29, 2011 17:48:10 GMT -5
"Marriage is a religious institution." I'm guessing religious=protestant Christian or something.
"Jesus, my King!" I don't know why, but that infuriated me even back when I was a Catholic.
Any religious version of, "I was only following orders."
"Pro Life." Yeah unless it's bigger than a few cells.
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Post by oftenpartisan on Nov 29, 2011 17:55:45 GMT -5
"Natural Selection led to Hitler!" Honestly I can't think of anything more unnatural than a totalitarian regime (requires modern techniques in itself) rounding up people and gassing them...
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Post by Wykked Wytch on Nov 29, 2011 18:13:22 GMT -5
Another is "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve". It's such a tired and unoriginal phrase. Also, people defending misogyny by saying that god made Adam first and Eve to be his helpmeet and blah-de-blah-de-blah GO FUCK YOURSELVES. First of all, that means slightly less than fuck-all about our rights as human beings just because we have vaginas and you think we were created second. (After all, you always make the rough draft before the final masterpiece, amirite??) Second of all, ADAM WAS MARRIED BEFORE EVE. But your bible cleverly pretends Lilith, who had a mind of her own and wanted to be treated as an equal, never existed. So basically the first marriage also resulted in the first divorce. Go fuck yourselves. Lilith being married to Adam does not occur in the Bible. This occurs in the Alphabet of Ben Sira, which was a satire. It makes immature references to masturbation, incest, and flatulence. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_of_Ben_Sira) The character of Lilith herself has been around since Babylonian times. She was not an invention of the Torah, though she did make her way into Jewish folklore.
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