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Gwen Stefani invites us to pray with her, Chris Pratt and Mark Wahlberg to promote a meditation app



The world has gone to shit anyway so y'all let's pray with them.

Pray for No Doubt and Hollaback Girl as well cause i felt this was a bad SNL skit.

The video...the filter...Chris Pratt and Mark involved in this somehow...i'm so confused.

This topic isn't even about the prayer part is the context of it all.

Pop culture used to be fun as fuck.

Did any of your favorite artists become boring like this? Not saying she is an artist i appreciate but holy shit.
 

jcorb

Member
Super weird. I know Chris Pratt has been pretty open about being religious in the past, but Mark Wahlberg seems about the worst choice you could land on for something like this. Gwen Stefani being involved seemed totally out of left field, though; has she ever alluded to being religious in the past?

I dunno, I don’t want to be too judgy. Something about this feels very shady to me, though.
 

mansoor1980

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jason10mm

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I can't tell if hollywood types are just more comfortable about being open with their religion (when it's Christianity) or if this is just a new performative angle for them. Pratt has been like this for a stretch seems like a bunch these days.
 

poppabk

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Super weird. I know Chris Pratt has been pretty open about being religious in the past, but Mark Wahlberg seems about the worst choice you could land on for something like this. Gwen Stefani being involved seemed totally out of left field, though; has she ever alluded to being religious in the past?

I dunno, I don’t want to be too judgy. Something about this feels very shady to me, though.
Are you kidding? Divine intervention (or infernal intervention) is the only thing that could explain Mark Whalbergs career.
 
Yeah Nah, your religion is spot on the real one out of some 3000 currently going around.

Faith is cool, community support is cool, pushing religion given its history is bullshit.
 
I really didn't open this topic because this is about god...or prayer...come on now. I think it's obvious.

As someone else said, using god to promote an app int he first place is ridiculous. And then the 3 names involved and everything it's just weird.
If you think this is weird wait till you hear about celebrities and Holywood.
 

ResurrectedContrarian

Suffers with mild autism
Super weird. I know Chris Pratt has been pretty open about being religious in the past, but Mark Wahlberg seems about the worst choice you could land on for something like this. Gwen Stefani being involved seemed totally out of left field, though; has she ever alluded to being religious in the past?

Wahlberg has been very outspoken for many years about his Catholicism--doing interviews in Catholic publications, speaking about it in his film interviews, etc. That one is not a stretch at all, quite the opposite.

Obviously Pratt is outspoken as well, in a different tradition. Stefani... I don't really know anything about her so I can't say.

The profit side of the app bothers me a bit; anytime a product gets involved, even hiring a marketing-type person at a local church to boost their outreach, I find it distasteful (as a member of the congregation). But I'm sure there's some benefit to the app's visibility.
 

Trogdor1123

Member
I'm not religious. But it seems like prayer isn't something people should be paying a subscription for.
I am religious and I 100% agree. There are loads of apps that help with this that are free. My own church promotes one and it’s fantastic.

That being said, anything that helps bring people closer to God is a good thing imo… but I don’t like anything that costs you money like this. You give to support the ministry, not to support profit of any nature. Not sure this is a good thing. Maybe I’m not informed enough to properly judge it.
 

nkarafo

Member
If you showed me this 10 years ago, i would be very annoyed by it.

Nowadays, with islam being heavily protected and christianily being the only religion that is allowed to be mocked, it doesn't bother me at all. In fact, please, do more.

I mean, it's still cringe. And i',m still an atheist. But i prefer being an atheist among christians, thank you very much.
 

Cyberpunkd

Member


The world has gone to shit anyway so y'all let's pray with them.

Pray for No Doubt and Hollaback Girl as well cause i felt this was a bad SNL skit.

The video...the filter...Chris Pratt and Mark involved in this somehow...i'm so confused.

This topic isn't even about the prayer part is the context of it all.

Pop culture used to be fun as fuck.

Did any of your favorite artists become boring like this? Not saying she is an artist i appreciate but holy shit.

Isn’t Prat a pretty religious dude? Also aren’t they all Evangelicans aka weirdo Christians?
 
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Mr Reasonable

Completely Unreasonable
I just looked to see what your subscription gets you, it seems like you get some sleep aid stuff, some music and radio stations and some other more bible-y stuff. But the headline is that you get to support their mission.

Most of what they offer seems to be included with the free version.

I wonder if they assume that people will pay up because they'll just want to.

I also wonder what Pratt/Wahlberg/Stefani get from it. I imagine the app would have to make serious cash for them to be motivated financially to do this. I also wonder if it would it be a good look for them to be seen to be making money from it.

I know in America there are a bunch of super wealthy preachers flying around in private jets thanks to the blessings of the lord (and their congregation's generosity...) but does this seem likely to be what these 3 would want a slice of?

It does seem strange though, I thought it was an AI Gwen at first.
 
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DKehoe

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I am religious and I 100% agree. There are loads of apps that help with this that are free. My own church promotes one and it’s fantastic.

That being said, anything that helps bring people closer to God is a good thing imo… but I don’t like anything that costs you money like this. You give to support the ministry, not to support profit of any nature. Not sure this is a good thing. Maybe I’m not informed enough to properly judge it.
Yeh, it seems like prayer is about a personal connection between you and God. If a tool like an app or a community help you with that then great. It's a personal thing and whatever works for you works for you. But people should be wary of anyone trying to charge a recurring fee for that kind of thing.
 

Doom85

Member
Wahlberg is a racist.

Is there evidence of Wahlberg doing or saying something racist in recent years?

Yes, he had violent incidents in the 80’s against black individuals and Vietnamese individuals that were extreme, but he has had no such behavior since to my knowledge, aside from assaulting a man in the 90’s……and that’s because Wahlberg was with someone (who was black) and another person walked up and called the person with Wahlberg a racist slur and Wahlberg assaulted the person for it. Not legal behavior on Wahlberg’s account, and not how to immediately react even towards such disgusting behavior from the racist person who had walked up, BUT that obviously contradicts the notion that Wahlberg still supported racist behavior towards black people.

As for the Vietnamese man, Trinh, that Wahlberg assaulted: Wahlberg decades later reached out to the man to apologize, and Trinh publicly forgave him. It was also noted that Trinh’s blindness in one eye was not caused by Wahlberg himself, as Trinh himself clarified that he had sustained that injury from his service in the Vietnam War.

Listen, I’m not saying I know for certainty Wahlberg doesn’t still hold some racist views. But we can’t know that for certainty about ANYONE. The fact is, he did the jail time for his assaults, he made some efforts to make amends (which is more than we can say about some people who have done racist things in their past), and to my knowledge (so please someone correct me if I’m unaware of an incident or more I did not know of) has not displayed openly racist behavior towards anyone in a long time.

People are capable of change.
 

Deft Beck

Member
Super weird. I know Chris Pratt has been pretty open about being religious in the past, but Mark Wahlberg seems about the worst choice you could land on for something like this. Gwen Stefani being involved seemed totally out of left field, though; has she ever alluded to being religious in the past?

I dunno, I don’t want to be too judgy. Something about this feels very shady to me, though.

Her husband Blake Shelton is a phenomenally successful country music star. She pivoted to tradwife territory to better appeal to his fanbase.
 
Is there evidence of Wahlberg doing or saying something racist in recent years?

Yes, he had violent incidents in the 80’s against black individuals and Vietnamese individuals that were extreme,

Stopped reading here.

“Is there evidence he is racist? I mean, besides all the horrific hate crime shit he did?”

🤷‍♂️
 

Doom85

Member
Stopped reading here.

“Is there evidence he is racist? I mean, besides all the horrific hate crime shit he did?”

🤷‍♂️
lol. lmao, even

Do you all know the meaning of the word RECENT in the “recent years” part of what I said?

Or are you immortal elves, who have lived thousands and thousands of years, so events that took place over three decades ago, which would not qualify as recent by any reasonably intelligent human being, might seem recent in your perspective due to your infinitely extended lifespans?

Genuinely curious. Let me know.

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Do you all know the meaning of the word RECENT in the “recent years” part of what I said?

Of course I know what recent means. I just don’t make excuses for racists, especially ones in Hollywood who have a lot to lose if they continue to be openly racist shitbags.

“But he hasn’t beaten a minority nearly to death in years!”

Steve Harvey Wow GIF by NBC
 
Do you all know the meaning of the word RECENT in the “recent years” part of what I said?

Or are you immortal elves, who have lived thousands and thousands of years, so events that took place over three decades ago, which would not qualify as recent by any reasonably intelligent human being, might seem recent in your perspective due to your infinitely extended lifespans?

Genuinely curious. Let me know.

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I'm a believer that if you grow up to the age of 15 to be a racist violent cunt, then you're a racist violent cunt for the rest of your life.
 

Doom85

Member
Of course I know what recent means. I just don’t make excuses for racists, especially ones in Hollywood who have a lot to lose if they continue to be openly racist shitbags.

“But he hasn’t beaten a minority nearly to death in years!”

Steve Harvey Wow GIF by NBC

If you have evidence of Wahlberg saying or doing something racist since the 90’s to today, please provide said evidence.

Cause if not, you’re trying to act like you’ve got two Aces when we can all see you’ve got a 2 and a 7 off suit. So sit down and shut up if you have nothing concrete to add.

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I'm a believer that if you grow up to the age of 15 to be a racist violent cunt, then you're a racist violent cunt for the rest of your life.

Cool, that not how human beings, psychology, etc. work, but continue to live in your own delusional version of reality where human beings are incapable of inner change despite the infinite number of examples throughout human existence that contradict your bogus nonsense.
 
Cool, that not how human beings, psychology, etc. work, but continue to live in your own delusional version of reality where human beings are incapable of inner change despite the infinite number of examples throughout human existence that contradict your bogus nonsense.

I mean, I remember my teenage years pretty vividly, and beating people to near death isn't something me or my peers ever felt inclined to do, but you do you champ.
 
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Doom85

Member
I mean, I remember my teenage years pretty vividly, and I beating people to near death isn't something me or my peers ever felt inclined to do, but you do you champ.

Gotcha, I didn’t realize all of human psychology could be summed up by A SINGLE PERSON’S mental state. Why, why have we wasted time doing psychological research for all these years, when we could have just asked this rando what he’s thinking and completely solved and have full understanding of the mental state of every human in existence!

Seriously, do you hear yourself right now? Your past is fucking irrelevant to what I’m saying. People can change, whether it triggers you or not. Nobody is denying what Wahlberg did back then, but he did jail time for it, he’s shown no evidence in over THIRTY YEARS that he’s that sort of person anymore, and he’s made steps to make amends.

And seriously, how fucking arrogant are you to think one of these incidents should be still held against Wahlberg when the victim himself forgave Wahlberg?! But you know, maybe you should go find Trinh and tell him about how he’s wrong for forgiving Wahlberg. I’m sure he’ll change his mind and thank you instead of, you know, telling you to fuck off and let him worry about himself.

You’re like the town in Halloween Ends. When the kid who was killed in an accident, and the town hates Corey for it even after the kid’s father forgave Corey, and the father tells Laurie, “even though I was the one who lost something, it didn’t matter to all of them. They just took my pain and made it about themselves.”

That’s what this is. I doubt you give a shit about the people Wahlberg hurt back then. You just want to make it about you. Hence why you brought up your own behavior, so you could pat yourself on the back for it.

You’re not fooling me, pal. Kindly step off now.
 
Gotcha, I didn’t realize all of human psychology could be summed up by A SINGLE PERSON’S mental state. Why, why have we wasted time doing psychological research for all these years, when we could have just asked this rando what he’s thinking and completely solved and have full understanding of the mental state of every human in existence!

Seriously, do you hear yourself right now? Your past is fucking irrelevant to what I’m saying. People can change, whether it triggers you or not. Nobody is denying what Wahlberg did back then, but he did jail time for it, he’s shown no evidence in over THIRTY YEARS that he’s that sort of person anymore, and he’s made steps to make amends.

And seriously, how fucking arrogant are you to think one of these incidents should be still held against Wahlberg when the victim himself forgave Wahlberg?! But you know, maybe you should go find Trinh and tell him about how he’s wrong for forgiving Wahlberg. I’m sure he’ll change his mind and thank you instead of, you know, telling you to fuck off and let him worry about himself.

You’re like the town in Halloween Ends. When the kid who was killed in an accident, and the town hates Corey for it even after the kid’s father forgave Corey, and the father tells Laurie, “even though I was the one who lost something, it didn’t matter to all of them. They just took my pain and made it about themselves.”

That’s what this is. I doubt you give a shit about the people Wahlberg hurt back then. You just want to make it about you. Hence why you brought up your own behavior, so you could pat yourself on the back for it.

You’re not fooling me, pal. Kindly step off now.

Having a mental breakdown over racist hollywood scum bro 💀
 
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