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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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This might have been better in unpopular opinions.
But I don't entirely disagree with you. There certainly are some true believers out there, some are better people than others.
But there are also a lot of people who use their status as Christians to essentially cover up their true personalities, there's a lot of people who believe that just because someone goes to church that they are a good person.
I was raised Christian, but left because I just saw too many people preaching one thing but then doing the opposite in practice. There's a lot of hate attached to a lot of Christians and I personally believe that's against the true intended spirit of the religion.
There's also the general history of how the church was used to control and such. But that's a discussion I really don't want to get into.
I mean not to offend, but arguing with a strong believer is a waste of time. The basis of religious belief is to trust without evidence, but that goes against my personal belief that nothing can be proven to be true without at least some evidence.
Let me add this, if religion provides comfort or makes someone want to be a better person? That carries value still.
A less problematic person in some social situations usually results in bottled up emotions that become oppression when let out. Spirituality and faith aren’t bad things (I consider them essential to the human experience), but not the social climbing pyramid that is the white Christian church of the first world.