Agnostic.com

12 12

I thank me for my daily bread....

In this case I bought a loaf from Jimmy John's.

Seriously, I never understood that when I was a kid. We were supposed to thank god for the bread, but what about the rest of the meal? 🤔

Paul4747 8 Nov 4
Share

Enjoy being online again!

Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.

Create your free account

12 comments

Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.

0

Bread was the primary staple food back then. It probably would be better if it said “give us this day, our daily Ben & Jerry’s...”

I kind of like the sharing of food in a somewhat ritual manner, for example birthday cakes, wedding cakes, brunch... I see it as a social thing, not religious. What do you think?

0

Rather than thanking the Invisible, Imaginary Sky Daddy who actually does Sweet F**k All, thank the farmers that grow the grain, the Millers who mill the grain into flour, the transport system/s who take the flour from the Mills to the Wholesalers, the Wholesalers who sell it to the shops/stores, etc, the Bakers who buy the Flour, then mix it with water, etc, etc, knead it, then bake it in hot ovens to turn that dough into BREAD.
And, exactly the same goes for the rest of EVERY single meal you and I eat.

0

My take on this is that if Jesus said "man shall not live by bread alone" and then went into some spiritual nonsense it would mean people ate a lot of bread in that time. Sometimes maybe bread only. maybe it's all some people had.

Yes, well eating meats was a kind of 'rarity' for the lower classes, especially in those times such as in Rome, etc.
Main foods during those times were mostly bread, usually with a 'dribble' of Olive oil over it, Olives, Porridge and what ever vegetables were available.
Though the 'knobs, etc,' ate a greater variety such as Dormice, Songbirds, Sea Urchins, red meats, Goat/Sheep/Cattle Testicles, various other thins such as 'elite' vegetables, etc, etc.

0

That's just stupid, any food on my table is because I bought it or grew it.

1

I thank thee for the baker that made this bread while you sat on your ass...

I thanked the baker already, by paymeny for their labor. Capitalism, baby. And I tipped the delivery guy.

1

You thank the person who made the meal.

0

What is Jimmy John's? Isn't that like Subway? So. Is it really bread? Have you checked the sugar content?

Don't rain on my parade.

2

Lord, we cleared this land.
We plowed it, sowed it, and harvest it. We cook the harvest. It wouldn't be here and we wouldn't be eating it if we hadn't done it all ourselves. We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel, but we thank you Lord just the same for the food we're about to eat, amen

0

I liked the dinner prayer that Jimmy Stewart gave on the movie Shannondoah.

Never seen it, likely never will.

@Paul4747 good movie, 1965

0

Jesus broke the last bread with friends including with Judas and Jesus was then hanged.

I hate it when I break things. Give me a loaf and some butter, I will perform magic!

2

Boycott JJ, the trophy hunter.

1

During the middle ages , when that particular prayer was written , the majority , (the serfs) often had only bread as a meal , particularly in thw inter months , so the term then , was equal to a meal for them .

Write Comment
You can include a link to this post in your posts and comments by including the text q:549572
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.