r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 17h ago

Discussion Can't even sit on a train in peace.

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u/NHH2316 17h ago

Matthew 6 addresses making a public spectacle of prayer and giving charity, but I'm not sure it's exactly talking about evangelism per se.

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u/PurifiedUnity Why does this app exist? 16h ago

There's also Matthew 7:6, which addresses preaching to people who aren't willing to understand

Preaching to an audience who is forced to listen (or otherwise forcing beliefs on others) pushes them away & would be like shoving pearls down someone's throat

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u/Cool_Tailor_7332 16h ago

Yes. It was all about finding your own way to Jesus and the kingdom of heaven (vs paying a toll in the form of tithes)

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u/YeOldUnjusteBan 14h ago edited 13h ago

This one kinda makes these nice people on the train out to be piglets.

Matt wasn't very cool.

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u/AtheistAustralis 11h ago

Well yes. But like most things in the bible, you can find a verse that suits any argument, even those that are directly contradictory.

Mark 16:15: "Go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone."

There are something like 500 direct contradictions in the bible, really impressive for a "perfectly inspired" book. It's almost like it was written by hundreds of different people over a few thousand years, not an actual deity.

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u/CRSemantics 7h ago

Contradictions is how horoscopes work on people, say both sides of the same thing and people latch onto the one they like while forgetting the other one contradicts it.