HardMirror:
Please I want to know why Christians come to church and give testimonies about the misfortunes of other people and use it to thank God for their own lives.

E.g you were in a vehicle and several people died and you were part of the few that survived. Then you go to church and praise God for sparing you while others died.

What is the point?

I told a christian sister that I am bothered that Millions don't have food to eat around the world and she said it is really none of my business that I should just thank God for my own life and having food to eat.

I am trying to make sense of this Christian practice.

Cc Lalasticlala, seun

emerged01:

1 thess 5 vs 18 says give thanks in all circumstances......

HardMirror:
Please I want to know why Christians come to church and give testimonies about the misfortunes of other people and use it to thank God for their own lives.

E.g you were in a vehicle and several people died and you were part of the few that survived. Then you go to church and praise God for sparing you while others died.

What is the point?

I told a christian sister that I am bothered that Millions don't have food to eat around the world and she said it is really none of my business that I should just thank God for my own life and having food to eat.

I am trying to make sense of this Christian practice.

Cc Lalasticlala, seun

malvisguy212:
If she advice you to thank God for His blessing, does it mean she is at the same time laughing at the misfortune of others ? It is because your heart is mischievous and harden that is why you see it this way. Atheists will always look for a way to blame God for suffering. So if we disobey God, is God fault ?

HardMirror:

By rejoicing over the misfortunes of others?
By using their unfortunate circumstance to make yourself seem special?

Strawman:
OP it's a common human practice oh, I dunno what the fuss is about. I once told an atheist in school that a wicked lecturer deducted marks from some students, he said "Good thing I was not among!". The only difference is that some Christians would say "Thank God I was not among!"

HardMirror:

By rejoicing over the misfortunes of others?
By using their unfortunate circumstance to make yourself seem special?

malvisguy212:
If she advice you to thank God for His blessing, does it mean she is at the same time laughing at the misfortune of others ? It is because your heart is mischievous and harden that is why you see it this way. Atheists will always look for a way to blame God for suffering. So if we disobey God, is God fault ?

Strawman:
OP it's a common human practice oh, I dunno what the fuss is about. I once told an atheist in school that a wicked lecturer deducted marks from some students, he said "Good thing I was not among!". The only difference is that some Christians would say "Thank God I was not among!"

emerged01:


1 thess 5 vs 18 says give thanks in all circumstances......

Chai, atheists ehn ..See how they turned "give thanks in all things" to "give thanks over the misfortune of others".
Lol Op, whatever the christian sister told you is hers and yours alone. We give thanks not because of the misfortune of others but because God deserves out thanks no matter the circumatance.
Plus, this issue has been dealt with before, click HERE

So why recycle such DOA threads in your bid to defame christianity.?

winner01:
Chai, atheists ehn ..See how they turned "give thanks in all things" to "give thanks over the misfortune of others".
Lol Op, whatever the christian sister told you is hers and yours alone. We give thanks not because of the misfortune of others but because God deserves out thanks no matter the circumatance.
Plus, this issue has been dealt with before, why recycle such DOA threads in your bid to defame christianity.? Are you out of ideas?

orunto27:
It's like a Plane Crash in which all the Passengers including a Pregnant woman died and only the baby that was forcifully delivered was saved. God has just delivered "A Lot out of Sodom and Gomorrah" and demonstrated His Wonders before our very eyes. Praise God!!

cloudgoddess:

I think the difference is that the atheist will openly acknowledge that his fortune was indeed a matter of pure luck. That it could've been him in the unfortunate situation, and it was merely chance that made it otherwise.

But when one introduces God into the picture, it very much implies that they were intentionally favored in a way that an atheist would probably never claim to be. Suggesting that somehow, the supposed creator of the universe chose to prioritize their lives or happiness over that of others.

I think the non-God perpective makes room for (but of course, does not necessarily guarantee) a more humble sense of gratitude, as well as compassion on the part of those who were not so fortunate. Whereas the "God did this for ME" perspective is more likely to breed self-centeredness and disconcern for the misfortune of others.

HardMirror:
Please I want to know why Christians come to church and give testimonies about the misfortunes of other people and use it to thank God for their own lives.

E.g you were in a vehicle and several people died and you were part of the few that survived. Then you go to church and praise God for sparing you while others died.

What is the point?

I told a christian sister that I am bothered that Millions don't have food to eat around the world and she said it is really none of my business that I should just thank God for my own life and having food to eat.

I am trying to make sense of this Christian practice.

Cc Lalasticlala, seun

damogul:
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https://www.nairaland.com/3485930/exposing-hardmirror-tale-two-mirrors

HardMirror:
Please I want to know why Christians come to church and give testimonies about the misfortunes of other people and use it to thank God for their own lives.

E.g you were in a vehicle and several people died and you were part of the few that survived. Then you go to church and praise God for sparing you while others died.

What is the point?

I told a christian sister that I am bothered that Millions don't have food to eat around the world and she said it is really none of my business that I should just thank God for my own life and having food to eat.

I am trying to make sense of this Christian practice.

Cc Lalasticlala, seun

HardMirror:
Please I want to know why Christians come to church and give testimonies about the misfortunes of other people and use it to thank God for their own lives.

E.g you were in a vehicle and several people died and you were part of the few that survived. Then you go to church and praise God for sparing you while others died.

What is the point?

I told a christian sister that I am bothered that Millions don't have food to eat around the world and she said it is really none of my business that I should just thank God for my own life and having food to eat.

I am trying to make sense of this Christian practice.

Cc Lalasticlala, seun

hopefulLandlord:
Hardmirror, your attention is needed here

HardMirror:

hey oga landlord how u r side? where is my attention needed?

hopefulLandlord:


see those posts up there, while you slept, the enemies came to plant weed in your plants