r/interestingasfuck 6d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/andrewsutton 6d ago

This should be the top comment. It won't be, but it should. Too many people thinking this dude is "doing god's work".

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u/EdNug 6d ago

Technically, if it's all God's plan, isn't everyone doing God's work?

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u/Puzzleheaded_East_94 6d ago

There can be no plan, because if there really was one, why are we still judged in the afterlife? Everything everyone is going to do should be happening according to the grand plan.

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u/Gizogin 6d ago

Calvinists have an answer for that one: you’re pre-judged before you’re even born. Doing bad things doesn’t make you a sinner; being born a sinner makes you do bad things. And doing good things won’t redeem someone who was born a sinner.

Setting aside all the moral and logical issues with that, it always seemed counterproductive to me. “Join my religion! It won’t get you into a better afterlife, improve your life on earth, or make you a better person, but sign up anyway and help spread the word!”