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Christians, what do you think about this quote?

"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." – Emo Philips

Do you agree with it? It seems to be true.

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    That maxim is taught in most management classes.

    it goes like this:

    "In large organizations, it's easier to be forgiven, than to get prior permission to do something."

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Research shows that the reason humans struggle with emotion to find equitable solutions is pinpointed the region of the brain called the insular cortex, or insula, which is also the seat of emotional reactions.

    The fact that the brain has such a robust response to unfairness shows that sensing unfairness is a basic evolved capacity.

    The emotional response to unfairness pushes people from extreme inequity and drives them to be fair. This observation shows our basic impulse to be fair isn't a complicated thing that we learn.

    It therefore fully illustrates that all humans have morals controlled by the brain and that Christians are entirely wrong to try and claim morals as their own!!!!

    But Christians found a way round it!

    Government statistics show that christians are vastly over represented in prisons for sexual, violent and fraudulent crime whilst year on year government figures show atheists make up only 2% of the prison population!

    The Catholic church is paying millions in compensation for the sex/pedophile crimes of their priests alone!

    Christians are vastly over represented in the divorce courts!

    Christians invented the concept of sin and then the idea that you could sin, ask forgiveness, get pardoned and start with a clean sheet!

    So no surprise that they are so expert at it is it‽

    A Christian is a man that feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday. - Thomas Russell Ybarra

    Source(s): California Institute of Technology
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    If I was that kid i would have sold stuff on ebay till I could buy a bike.

    If you're capable of making something happen yourself, God will give you the resources to get it done but not do everything for you.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Hey :-)

    Haha that was kind of funny, not gonna lie. I don't agree with it though. God works in mysterious ways and sometimes he gives you opportunists not just direct things. We should not steal if we know it's wrong to steal because you should not willingly disobey and displease God.

    Have a blessed day!

  • 8 years ago

    yep quite good but then its owner found Philips and gave him such a beating that he never recovered and that's why he's an emo (if he hasn't yet committed anything drastic , that is).

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Christians are offended... but then again, Christians are offended by almost anything.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    Go to hell.

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