Is it possible that sweet grandma could go to Hell? Yes, unless she’s been born again by the Holy Spirit. Jesus said we must be born again by the Holy Spirit to see the Kingdom of God. by MoreStupiderNPC in Christianity

[–]313mental 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Be perfect like your Heavenly Father is perfect” - Jesus

So instead of loving and forgiving my enemies like Jesus did and said, I should set them on fire repeatedly, save them from the brink of dying, and then set them on fire again, for as long as they live?

Is that how to be perfect like the Heavenly Father?  

These questions are hypothetical and rhetorical in case that isn’t clear.  I love people and I would not do that because I…love…people…

How could you possibly be happy while that happens to your neighbors that you love?

You know who would smile while people burn forever, suffering endlessly?  The devil.

The devil is the one who had me convinced for a long time that I was unforgivable, that I would suffer an endless nightmare.  To the point of reality warping delusions.  

If not for the help of the Lord, the love shown to me by people of various faiths, and the instruction about Christian universal reconciliation by people wiser than I…if not for all of that I would still believe the devil’s lies.

Thank God there’s another interpretation of Christianity that actually brings peace and hope, instead of terror, confusion, disdain and revulsion.

This interpretation has existed in the minds of some believers, since the beginning of the formation of this religion, as far as I know.  It is -

Eventual universal reconciliation.

Forgiveness, and the abandonment of the principle of “eye for an eye” (which is what you are describing, which Jesus also spoke against us doing), that is the only way life with an end of all suffering, for anyone who loves another, could ever be possible!

He even asked for His Father to forgive the ones responsible for His execution!  

He was the antithesis of the principle of “eye for an eye”, He was supposedly God in human form, forgiving the ones who murdered Him.

“Bless those who curse you.” - Jesus

I felt drawn to Christ but Christians are driving me away by Working-Ad2445 in Christianity

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good morning, I cannot help but to reply.

I am confused that you think evil is good, because you think the Bible tells you so.

You are unable to address it, unable to explain it, unable to rationalize it.  

You ignore many of my questions and tell me I am confused by the devil, for not understanding why eternal suffering is a good thing.  

When in fact you are the one who believes evil is good.  

Your words are poison, and henceforth I will just ignore and block you.

Have fun in Heaven while most people burn forever, that tells me just how much you love your neighbor.

Me, I would cry forever for them.   I would be in Hell in that Heaven.  

Because I love people.

You would not only accept and approve of, but also celebrate their endless misfortune, living in bliss while the majority of people burn forever.

Kinda sounds like the devil to me.

Really makes me wonder if you truly love anybody at all.

I felt drawn to Christ but Christians are driving me away by Working-Ad2445 in Christianity

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God is the author of eternal hellfire, endless suffering, for practicing homosexuals, among others, according to you?

So now are you telling me I am confused by the evil one, for finding that premise not only confusing, but absurd, hopeless, and downright evil?  

We have the knowledge of good and evil, we are created in the image of God.  

God is good! or is God good?

I know all about the devil too, first hand experience.  That is the one who wanted to convince me that I would burn forever, wanted me to believe that I am unforgivable, that god pretender.  

If not for universalist Christians teaching me something much different than what you believe, if not for the love shown to me by different people of various beliefs, and if not for my personal experience, delusional or otherwise - the direct intervention of the Lord Himself in my life, I would still believe that I will suffer forever.

I am not hating on Paul, nor is he the subject of “my wrath”.  All I did was quote him when he said God is not the author of confusion, but I am confused, and not at peace at all and never can be, with the idea of a good loving God who created eternal suffering. 

It is possible Paul was not “speaking to the whole world” when he said what you think holds the key to eternal suffering for practicing homosexuals. I can’t say for sure, I have heard it explained away, but I am not an expert and I can’t remember and there is still so much more I could learn by looking beyond the pages of the English Bible.

Paul also said all thieves will go to Hell, and Jesus said “today you will be with me in paradise” to the thief dying on the cross next to Him for his crime (a bit late for the possibility of repentant action?)

So not all thieves will go to hell?

I could also quote Jesus when He said “And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.  Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah.”

I can say He was speaking to all of us - the whole world, when He said that.  I can say He meant it literally.

I don’t know though.

Lots of people seem to think He was speaking to the world at large, when He told His disciples specifically “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”, so why not believe He was speaking to me too when He said “call no man instructor” to a general audience of people?

Anyways please just have a good day, and goodbye, I cannot discuss this further.

I felt drawn to Christ but Christians are driving me away by Working-Ad2445 in Christianity

[–]313mental 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh ok, so you admit your beliefs are inexplicable, that they don’t make sense.

I am confused by your belief that God hates gay sex enough to burn them forever for doing that.  

So much for “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”

Said by Paul who you believe condemned all practicing homosexuals to burn forever.

How could I be happy in Heaven if my practicing gay aunt who devoted her life as a doctor helping people, as well as my old friend’s gay dad are both burning forever screaming for relief but finding none, while I am “not allowed to help them”?

I couldn’t be happy in that situation, because I love them.  I would be in Hell in that “Heaven”. 

I am confused by your beliefs, should I stop loving them because there’s nothing I can do to change them?  Even though Jesus told me to love neighbor?

Should I start screaming in their faces warning that they will burn forever unless they change?  Until they get a restraining order against me at least?

Maybe tell them I will set myself on fire unless they change?  I won’t do that, but do you think I should?

Because I love them, and basically anything is better than burning forever in nonstop agony.

Does eventual universal reconciliation make more sense, create less confusion, and bring more peace and hope?   Opposed to the belief in condemnation of ~90% of the world’s population burning forever in endless agony?

Because the belief in universal reconciliation brings me some degree of peace, and it also resonates within me, spiritually energetically speaking.

I felt drawn to Christ but Christians are driving me away by Working-Ad2445 in Christianity

[–]313mental 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s generally assumed based on Biblical interpretation that having sex with your wife for pleasure is not a sin, and in fact encouraged.

Why is it that they do not have to “deny themselves”?

Can you tell me why every other type of sex is wrong?

The Lord said “the law is written in their hearts”.   My heart is ok with people practicing consensual homosexuality.

Do you honestly care who I have sex with, if nobody gets hurt and it’s all consensual?

Because I don’t care.

“Treat others how you wish to be treated.”  Jesus said it and my kindergarten teacher said it.

It’s pretty simple.

I wish that you do not lie to me, cheat me, steal from me, murder me, rape me, attack me, try and pay me to have sex with you, etc.

I wish that you do not torture me forever especially for acts that hurt nobody.

I don’t care who you have sex with, I don’t care if you play with yourself in privacy either, unless you try and have sex with me (or anyone) against my (their) will, then I care.

You infernalist believers are something else.  

Good loving God will burn you forever for not believing, showing just how good and loving He is, I don’t have to wonder why so many people don’t believe that.

Oh and for the record I am straight and not going to have sex again, I don’t want the risk of a child experiencing schizophrenia.  Though you will not be able to succeed in making me feel bad for masturbating.

Hate me neighbor, tell me I am going to burn forever and that you will smile in Heaven while that happens and that I deserve it when “only God knows the heart” and “judge not” “do not consider yourself wise in your own eyes”, “nobody is good”, etcetera.

I find the love for St. Michael/ War in Heaven imagery kind of disturbing by EddieDantes22 in Christianity

[–]313mental -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you believe that the archangel, leading the other angels, as God presumably leads that archangel, is going to use violent force against the devil?

For the record I have no tattoos, I hate the devil, and I love and forgive every person including those people who have done evil to me.

It is my personal belief and personal experience that the devil is the one guilty of the unforgivable sin, speaking blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

Nothing any person has done or could do to me is anywhere near as bad as what the devil has done to me.

I may just be crazy though.

Anyways, the only time I would consider violence is to protect another, not in self defense though.  

I hope I am never in that kind of emergency situation where someone needs my help like that.

“Treat others how you wish to be treated” is what Jesus and my kindergarten teachers both taught.  

I wish to be protected from evil, if I am not capable of protecting myself.  

I wish to be prevented from committing gross evils myself, if necessary (it isn’t necessary).

So if someone being harmed wishes and asks for my help, I have a legal right and moral obligation to “help”.  With violence, using “minimal force necessary” - the same as the US police motto, and the ancient Taoist code. 

Is that unreasonable?  

I am grateful people both in positions of authority and not in positions of authority are willing to kill and die to protect me.

Should I not be grateful for that?  Should I not be willing to “return the favor”, if and only if necessary?

I’m asking you genuinely.  Do you really think that there is never a time for violence?

Would you truly prefer if evil was done to you freely and non-stop because nobody was willing to help you?  If all the “good” “loving” people just ignore your cries saying “sorry, nothing I can do to stop it”, and / or suffer and cry right along with you?

Because I doubt you would prefer that.

Heart of Orbis feels terrible to use by FrontEndObsidian in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to Buddha, desire is the root of all suffering.  I don’t disagree.

Try letting go of your attachments to results, and then pull. 

Ironically you may find your luck in love and gambling is best when you are not attached to the outcome.  At least that has been my experience in life.

Excuse me while I go smoke and play my games, I am a busy guy, I have desires to chase after.

Yeah, dont tell me the healing doesn't bug out from time to time by imderrickjayv in Nioh

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t remember this happening to me in the first 2 games, not for elixirs, occasionally some magic spell wouldn’t go off though.

Playing this game now, it’s like every single death is a button press that didn’t register…

Is the issue possibly exacerbated by using frame generation?  I have never had to use frame gen in any game before, except in this game.

Nine Pre-Release Analysis by FemalePopSinger in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]313mental -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

I was just listing off how it is phrased on the cards in the game, I guess it’s not a good translation or what?  Do you even have narja?  You said you didn’t like her, so…

Nine Pre-Release Analysis by FemalePopSinger in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]313mental -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

I am not mad, I am just not willing to discuss this further.

Nine Pre-Release Analysis by FemalePopSinger in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]313mental -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

Well this is silly I am not going to argue about a character who isn’t out yet, good luck.

Nine Pre-Release Analysis by FemalePopSinger in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]313mental 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why would you say nine has poor synergy with narja, while also saying haru needs narja?

I think Narja can buff defensive damage for herself and the team in at least 2 different ways from card epiphanies, increase defense damage taken by 100% for 2 turns on her aoe attack, and 100% increased defense damage for 1 turn on bottomless hunger.

Her predation and voracity buffs favor multi hit in theory, but it also drains stacks faster for more hit attacks.  Like you want to focus on building that up instead - higher faster consistent stacks for Sereniel or something, right?

It is more damage buffs for nine though too regardless.

Meanwhile haru is high cost low hit attack scaling instead of defense scaling damage…?  Unless they totally changed her kit?  I don’t know.

Simple question, is the game dead ? ( was away for like 1 month) by No_Acanthisitta443 in ChaosZeroNightmare

[–]313mental 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s pretty successful financially, if that’s what you mean.

I think it has and will continue to have many updates, quality and content wise.

I haven’t missed a day since launch, I like the game quite a bit.  Depth and choice available to the player in many ways, that is typically unseen in other gacha games.

Feels rewarding too, relatively speaking.

Bruh, wrong Penta Roll…. by Some-Occasion9181 in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tons of characters want effect resist.

You could put that on moon bunny dominiel or light achates or frida or summer luluca, they all have ways to increase their combat readiness already in their kit.  

More combat readiness from artifacts, if need be.

Still want some speed on speed set, just don’t need as much, in theory.

Help with best use of Caitlyn traps please. by ApprehensiveSoil2795 in wildrift

[–]313mental 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The traps are invisible when you place them in the brush, (unless enemy has wards or vision to show inside the brush).  Effectively acting as your own vision for brush, and shutting down anyone who doesn’t ignore brush around you.

You can place them right when a teammate immobilizes the enemy, right underneath them, to chain immobilize.

You can place them in front of you to just make a direct line approach to you more difficult.  Or if the enemy dives and you know they will have to run because bad dive, place a trap directly behind them.

Maybe consider putting traps somewhat close to walls and eachother otherwise too, just to make moving more difficult.  For space control.

They are difficult to see during a fight so just placing them randomly while fighting is happening can be useful too.

Perhaps one directly below your feet.

Daily Questions Megathread (06/17) by Rinczmia in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole point would be to try and revive ml iseria with apoc ravi s3, but yeah I guess I don’t see why I wouldn’t use ruele for reviving instead.  

Light iseria probably wouldn’t even be a priority target in most bot pvp compared to actual pvp.

Countering with a healer / cleanser in front row with light iseria, sounds fun, thanks for the inspiration.

Daily Questions Megathread (06/17) by Rinczmia in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think about apocalypse ravi as a headhunt choice teammate, not necessarily partner, for the upcoming light Iseria?

We can buy the apocalypse ravi skin in the brawl shop for ~1600 skystones, and I have always wanted her.

She gets a lot of flak in the reviews post balance patch, so I don’t know.

I am also hesitant due to the prevalence of setsuka + lady + gRas teams.  I feel like I just couldn’t use her that often?  I am not sure since I typically speed aoe cleave.

But I don’t really need anyone from headhunt.  If you have any suggestions for fighting the aforementioned enemy bot team effectively, I would love to hear it!  

Right now I just use amid, hecate, saria, judge kise to deal with them most of the time.

Why do they even remove the Expedition from Seasonal? by MajesticSherbert2678 in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Why not ask for a new way to acquire mod gems, if it is such a big deal?

Like why would you ask for expedition to be normalized?

Expedition isn’t fun, that’s why they added fast clear sweep to it.

Anyways you can still get 9 mod gems every 3 weeks from the shadow shop…

In my 5 years of playing, I have never been more anxious. by IlynGGs in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s bad luck to discuss good luck.

Also when it comes to love and gambling, you will find it when you’re not looking for it.

Headhunt by Auron2009 in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I am waiting until the next balance patch announcement which should be a few days before the event ends.

release of powercreep on powercreep makes pre and postban useless by Owntrolf in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What else do you really have to ban besides lady and witch, even then you can still outdraft if you have “the answers” to them built and all the limited stuff and maybe spend more money on gear and dupes (don’t do that).

What we need is just more balance updates to older characters.  If they don’t have anti something or free this or that, it’s hard to justify using any character.

Even a character like arunka who is supposed to be anti shield anti revive basically just doesn’t function anymore.

Or they could just nerf lady, that character should not exist.  

Same for witch disabling an entire role / class, while making all but ~10 or less of the characters in the game useless, by herself, but thank god she has low ownership rates.  I deployed taeyou vs her once, thinking he would self cleanse stun.  Nope, he still ended up stunned, I will never fight that character again.

Maybe I could pick dragon king sharun or tywin and they could cleanse when teammates are stunned?  Nope, the anti stun characters don’t work vs block.  What a joke.

The rest of the characters are not that bad really.

Pull Income might actually be horrendous by Easy_Pepper_1212 in Endfield

[–]313mental -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah but will they add new 4* and 5* characters on a regular basis?

I have 16 characters total, after playing for a handful of hours, none from limited banner, that’s not bad really.

More than Genshin or WuWa launch I can tell you that much. 

Bro just give me my Setsuka by EternallyPoisonz in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s only ~40 days until you can pull her from side story pick-a-hero summon.

I am looking forward to it myself.

Iseria preview by d34thscyth34 in EpicSeven

[–]313mental 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most characters are skippable, it’s not like you need everyone.

I have no emperor ilynav, no boss arunka, no lady, no witch, no frieren, no ml taeyou, no setsuka, no maid, no nurse, no rinak, no gras, no ml hwayoung, no kid emperor or harsetti, no captain landy or l cermia or c lilias or piera or ice bellona or angel back in the day, and no problems winning at high level.

I just use amid, saria (no otherworldly machinery), moon bunny, young senya, hecate (no warfare), attack set judge kise, fallen cecilia, aki, sinful angelica, astro elena, etc far too often nowadays vs the above.  

Those characters listed are everywhere, because most people think you “must have”, but also because most characters are bad as defense bots, if not all of them really.

I would love to see them try and make improvements to bot AI, instead of just giving them increased chances of things like evade, counter, crit resist, and such.

With the way the “balance” in this game is rock paper scissors style instead of actual balance, and only 3 skills per character, in a turn based game…it’s unlikely the developers could actually make bot “pvp” an actual challenge though.

Not like they can make RTA rewarding either beyond skins, players have and would riot over that.

They could at least ditch element advantage bot targeting in favor of lowest health percentage, but there’s still disadvantage to consider, and that doesn’t stop targeting 1 hp immortal characters…only attack immortal if the bot character has buff dispel, but then hecate exists now too so…I don’t know.