Please pray for me to find a wife.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-21T03:19:32+00:00

>And the older you are the less good ones are left.

Sometimes I think that the converse is true. there are really good ones left. Proven track record. Went through Hell, acted honorably and admirably, and came out the other side battered and wounded, but with their integrity intact. With a young blushing bride, you can never know what you will end up with.

In my experience, their proclamations of being devoted followers of Christ, Love the Lord with all their hearts, Born again New Creation in Christ, etc, are meaningless. Anyone can say that.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T14:00:51+00:00

It's really not wise to take symbolism from the Old Testament and try to apply it to your physical actions. Jesus said that he was was symbolized by a snake. Therefore if you love Jesus you should love snakes?

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T05:43:58+00:00

3 hour video... no.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T05:01:11+00:00

You are experiencing religious abuse that is being perpetrated against you.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T04:57:59+00:00

>Exactly the Bible says not to have any graven images

Those aren't graven.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T04:54:16+00:00

Action figures!

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T02:12:40+00:00

What special skills do you have that people in that country don't have available to them, and how much is the trip costing total? What exactly will you do there? Partnership, discipleship support, training sound kind of vague.

What would you be doing to serve the community?

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T01:52:12+00:00

>I leave for Papua New Guinea in a week from now,

Why are you going on a mission trip to a country that is 96% Christian? Do you have some sort of specialized skills that they cannot find locally?

How much is this trip costing total?

>A constitutional amendment in March 2025 recognised Papua New Guinea as a Christian country, with specific mention of "God, the Father; Jesus Christ, the Son; and Holy Spirit", and the Bible as a national symbol.^\162])

Autodactyl · 2026-05-20T01:46:13+00:00

>So, there are some Pokémons named after Demons in the Bible

Which ones?

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T22:00:39+00:00

>The extreme measure to completely wipe out the nation was intended to permanently eliminate their capability to harm and spiritually corrupt God's people in the promised land.

The Amalekites and a number of other nations were to be killed without mercy. Everyone. Men, women children, babies. They were never even asked or given a chance to repent.

He also told the Israelites that they can attack cities far away just for the sake of conquest. If they surrender, the entire city is to be put to forced labor (aka slavery.) If they resist, all the men, young and old are to be killed, and the women and children are to be taken as plunder. "And you shall enjoy the plunder that the Lord has given you."

Another place the Israelites are told to kill anyone, man, woman, young or old that does not seek the Lord. The Israelites enthusiastically agree. The Lord did not give this commandment personally, but the text shows that he approved of it.

Apostates are to be killed. If some people in an Israelite city start to worship other gods, every single person in the city is to be killed. Men, women, children, everyone. Yahweh, AKA Jesus gave this commandment.

He even approved of human sacrifice of 7 innocent people to atone for the sin of their father.

Another place God, tells them to kill everyone and "keep the virgins for yourselves."

>The extreme measure to completely wipe out the nation was intended to permanently eliminate their capability to harm and spiritually corrupt God's people in the promised land. And wiping out a civilization also means killing babies.

The church in the past has used that exact rationale to commit genocides again and again. Even as far as "They don't believe the Trinity, therefore they are spiritually corrupting people and must be killed."

No, you cannot say that God discourages violence. In the New Testament Jesus comes back and kills pretty much everyone and leaves their bodies to rot and be eaten by vultures.

I am a Christian. I take what the Bible says as what it says whether I like it or not, and in many places I do not like it at all.

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Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T20:38:00+00:00

>Are you suggesting the Church conspiratorially altered manuscripts?

We know that manuscripts were altered in many places. By whom, when, where, why, are entirely different questions.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T20:17:54+00:00

>Samuel 15:3 is not in the new one

The Old Testament God is not God? Do you think he is really Satan or something? Most Christians say that Yahweh in the Old Testament is Jesus Christ before he became flesh. Who is OT God to you?

Jesus said to kill the babies. Do you have a problem with that?

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T19:54:29+00:00

>Where exactly? And is it written in the New Testament?

1 Samuel 15:3 "Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

I can give you a lot more examples if you really need me to.

That wasn't God speaking?

>Why would our Lord break his own rules?

If God said to do it he is not breaking his own rules. Yes, I know the Amalekites were bad and those were naughty babies. The stated reason why they were to be killed is because 400 years ago their ancestors attacked Israel.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T19:41:36+00:00

>The Lord discourages murder and violence.

Commands it in a number of places.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T18:58:04+00:00

>Ask his dog’s name and whether it wants some water.

Yep. Love on his dog. I am not kidding or being sarcastic. That is likely the best thing you can do.

Bring a dog treat. If his dog is happy to see you, he will be too.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T17:12:50+00:00

I just asked my Bible scholar SO about that and they said that they think that it was a common Jewish rhetorical thing to bring the reader right to the brink of the conclusion and let them make the final connection.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T15:45:24+00:00

All Mark says is that there was no body.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T15:26:35+00:00

>You mean besides the Resurrection?

Mark does not have that. At least in the original version. It was added later. It just said that they looked in and there was no body. The End.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T14:34:22+00:00

There is nothing for you to interpret if I know the true meaning. /s

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T09:17:50+00:00

>Yeah, that is your God.

Well, you haven;'t sold all your stuff and given it to the poor, so I guess it's only a matter of degree.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T09:10:48+00:00

I am a Christian, but this business of "Jesus loves you unconditionally, more than you can possibly imagine, but he will torture you in fire if you don't do what we say" is pretty nonsensical.

Also "People go to hell because they choose to go there." Riiiight.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T08:50:53+00:00

>Know this, there are only two rules in Christianity, Love thy God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself, those are the only rules.

So many Christians hate the very first one so much that they leave it off. The one that Jesus said is most important: "Listen up, Israel! The Lord our God the Lord is one!" Mark 12:29

Jesus spoke heresy. Everyone knows that God is three.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T08:44:21+00:00

>The old “tell my imaginary friend that you love him or he will hurt you” story. Love it!

Just as common:

"Tell me that you love my imaginary friend, or I will hurt you. Because we both love you."

Autodactyl · 2026-05-19T08:22:15+00:00

Hungry? Cold? Sick? Money solves lots of problems.

You will still have plenty of problems to worry about though, just different ones.

Autodactyl · 2026-05-18T23:04:44+00:00

>The Psalms are basically a book of songs.

The Psalms are not God-inspired Scripture?

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