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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Er, wut?
Have you read anything about Christianity? Not just criticism, but actual dispassionate, objective learning, like a 300 level Religions of the World course?
I have (I'm not Christian, not religious at all), and what you're espousing is completely antithetical to Christian thinking, and sounds more like projection of your own ethics.
Ifnyoure a Christian, you don't have a choice about Judgement - it's a fact for them. What you're espousing has even been addressed (by the Catholic Church anyway), and even part of why Martin Luther protested, and why Protestant religions even exist.
You should educate yourself before condemning what you think other people believe. Because everything you've described is from your own head, not Christianity. And don't tell me "Christian so-and-so said so", then they're wrong, and it's very well documented and clear. Again, this specific idea is even part of the creation of Protestantism.
I highly recommend any of the courses on religion from The Teaching Company, available in your public library. Each one is roughly 30 lectures, each 45 min to 1 hour. It's a recording of the college-level courses presented at places like Harvard. I know for sure there are close to a dozen courses in religion from TTC, maybe more.
I have an encyclopedic understanding of several forms of Christianity, and yes I got it from scholastic sources including higher education (some of it at Dallas Seminary). My point still stands, and you are wrong.