from Hacker News

$20 to Mint Your Prayers on “The Blockchain”

by crocodiletears on 3/27/22, 12:52 AM with 86 comments

  • by hprotagonist on 3/27/22, 1:14 AM

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

    But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

    And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • by _aavaa_ on 3/27/22, 12:55 AM

    I think we've reached that point (which I know has a name) where I honestly can't tell if this is a satirical gag or genuine.
  • by zozbot234 on 3/27/22, 1:46 AM

    This is quite redundant, because NFT's are already a pure religious belief. They should all be 100% tax exempt for this reason.
  • by qot on 3/27/22, 2:04 AM

    And you can't even pay with crypto??

    https://i.imgur.com/PasTfw9.png

  • by woodruffw on 3/27/22, 2:02 AM

    The man who actually buys indulgences is as rare as he who is really penitent; indeed, he is exceedingly rare.
  • by seattle_spring on 3/27/22, 1:10 AM

    The support for pay-over-time is a nice touch. Praise be Him.
  • by unnamed76ri on 3/27/22, 1:15 AM

    As a Christian, I’m both annoyed at someone creating this and the people who will inevitably fall for it.
  • by MaxikCZ on 3/27/22, 1:10 AM

    Seems like the most direct way to send money to god (God? please don't eat me) so far.
  • by emerged on 3/27/22, 5:11 PM

    Can we just flag those scams and move on now? Why does HN allow so much clear spam if it happens to have the word blockchain involved?
  • by waynecochran on 3/27/22, 1:32 AM

    The angel from Revelation 8:3 can grab these and add them to his censor which will probably be on the blockchain by then.
  • by perfopt on 3/27/22, 2:50 AM

    Phfft...I can get my name on a rice grain for far less. Plus they will even make a pendant out of it.
  • by senectus1 on 3/27/22, 1:41 AM

    ha! this reminds me of the M25 in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens" novel... where he altered the design of the highway so that it forms the shape of a sigil in some black language to say "Hail the Great Beast, Devourer of worlds".
  • by werber on 3/27/22, 3:53 PM

    This is such an amazing art piece. Shopify as a medium, what a world.
  • by refurb on 3/27/22, 1:42 AM

    I’m currently raising a seed round for blockchain indulgences.
  • by WisNorCan on 3/27/22, 1:35 AM

    Yes! We finally found a good use for the blockchain.
  • by sonicggg on 3/27/22, 1:37 AM

    Unbelievable, someone managed to connect two of the most useless things on the planet: religion and NFTs. That seems straight out of an Onion article.
  • by bradgranath on 3/27/22, 5:12 AM

    Wtf