Fortune Cookie Religion describes religious beliefs that are not based on reading religious texts in their entirety but by reading one disjointed verse at a time, as though getting small doses of wisdom akin to a fortune cookie.
The reader then forces that one short verse to apply to their lives and those around them without reading the chapters before or after. This style of religion creates a tendancy for the words to be misinterpretted or taken out of context. Also the reader usually does very little to understand the culture at the time, or other inferences surrounding the time and place that the scripture was written.
In essence it is a shallow religious base comprised of little effort or research on the part of the person. Someone who is Fortune Cookie Religious likes little sayings, quotes, and things with bits of scripture on them, to outwardly show to others that they are religious, but rarely do they read their religious texts themselves. They wait for someone else to tell them what to believe.
The reader then forces that one short verse to apply to their lives and those around them without reading the chapters before or after. This style of religion creates a tendancy for the words to be misinterpretted or taken out of context. Also the reader usually does very little to understand the culture at the time, or other inferences surrounding the time and place that the scripture was written.
In essence it is a shallow religious base comprised of little effort or research on the part of the person. Someone who is Fortune Cookie Religious likes little sayings, quotes, and things with bits of scripture on them, to outwardly show to others that they are religious, but rarely do they read their religious texts themselves. They wait for someone else to tell them what to believe.
Jane's Fortune Cookie Religion involves her reading her Zen Calendar every day.
Tom's made a Fortune Cookie Religion out of reading his horoscope.
Sally's turned reading the Bible into a Fortune Cookie Religion with the way she opens it and points to a random verse, hoping that it will show her the way.
Tom's made a Fortune Cookie Religion out of reading his horoscope.
Sally's turned reading the Bible into a Fortune Cookie Religion with the way she opens it and points to a random verse, hoping that it will show her the way.
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A game that consists of a cookie that must be clicked repeatedly to make more cookies. It gives you the illusion that you are making cookies, but you are really not. Tumblr seems to be obsessed with it (around August 2013)
Tumblr user 1: OMG have you played cookie clicker yet, it ruined my life!
Tumblr user 2: What no but I'll check it out
Tumblr user 2 after playing Cookie Clicker: OMFG I CAN'T STOP CLICKING THIS COOKIE
Tumblr user 2: What no but I'll check it out
Tumblr user 2 after playing Cookie Clicker: OMFG I CAN'T STOP CLICKING THIS COOKIE
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He’s a knight commander, definitely gay, has long hair, looks delicious and Devsisters loves him a lot.
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Person 1: Hey, what characters do you have on your team?
Person 2: Madeleine cookie and his bf espresso cookie :)
Person 1: what
Person 2: Madeleine cookie and his bf espresso cookie :)
Person 1: what
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