The Truth
I’m not really sure where to start with this sign, so I guess I’ll start at the end and work backwards.
Truly. – This word was added I guess to reinforce that the message posted is true. Maybe they’re worried that with all the bullshit they post, people need to be reminded when they’re telling the truth.
Thing is, just saying something is true doesn’t make it so. Just ask Trump. He’s still not the president even though he’s been proclaiming that for two years now.
…from your sin. – What exactly is the appeal of this branch of the Lutheran Church or any other church where you are constantly told you’re a sinner? How well do you think your child would turn out if every day you reminded him he’s a bad kid? Why do people want to hang around with someone who’s going to label them a sinner, even if they aren’t?
“But we’re all sinners,” the pastor will say.
Thousands of years and billions of people and god still has a 100% failure rate for creating someone in his image. You’d think by now he’d at least get a few right, just by chance.
The truth will set you free… – I actually agree with this part of the message. Once you realize the truth there are many benefits:
1. You don’t have to waste your Sunday mornings going to church
2. You don’t have to financially support the church and the pastor who has been lying to you all these years.
3. You will actually start believing in science rather than 2000-year-old mythology.
4. You will want to take care of the planet that you live on since there isn’t a god who has control of it.
5. You will learn to love and accept other human beings, not just those that belong to your particular religious tribe.
6. You will make the most of this life, living it to the fullest because this is it. There is no other life after this one. Depending on your wishes, your body will be burnt to ashes, or you will become worm food. Nothing but memories of you go on once you die.
So be nice to yourself, be nice to your family, be nice to your community, and just do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That’s the truth that will set you free.
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