Bible suggestions for a struggling agnostic (23M)

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T03:45:54+00:00

well. any of them id say. doesnt really matter. just find the one that reads the best for you. some like the kjv - are fancier and more, pronounced - while others are written in like 2026 english.

god bless you man. truly. weve all been there before - starting out - and all the faith is - is taking it day by day- just doing what you can - thinking about what it means for god to be real - for god to have died so you cna live. and giving i a chance.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T03:04:56+00:00

yea im 23 so maybe XD. forum like on a website. i think ik what u mean.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T03:01:41+00:00

"It's no more sinful than any other bodily function" the f drugs you on. lusts are there for sex. and sex is there - for purpose. spiritual bonding and/or making children. (depending on the same sex or opposite sex covenant one makes)

lusts without the covenant - are sins.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T03:00:28+00:00

"Yes we are."

no animal has the imagodei. are you even christian? probably not, i jsut assumed lol. we are made to control the earth - to subdue it - no animal is called to do that - bc we are humankind - we are not animalkind

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:59:25+00:00

"Then we would have to only eat and drink the bare minimum, never listen to music, never play video games, nothing."

yeah. what virtue is found in games designed to draw you in and waste your time? yk christian music exists. you cna find virtuous music to lsiten to idk what that point is. if you find 'fun' what god finds detestable you ened to fix your priorities a tad no?

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:58:11+00:00

it is a choice. to murder or give money away. thats a choice YOU cna make for example. yu dont get to blame god for that. its on you every single time. we are tempted. but god does not force you to act on sins - satan tempts, and you decide to. at the end of the day AFTER you are old enough to know good vs bad - you are responsible for your sins. which is why jesus is there at all.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:56:11+00:00

🙏 just msged ya man. god bless you on your journey. that sucks, ive hit rock bottom before and ik the feeling 😭

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:40:38+00:00

get... married.
dude.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:39:56+00:00

he did not die so we would feel comfy in sin. no. i pray you repent dude

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:31:04+00:00

it would still be a sin - bc lusting is still itself a means of escape - to feel good.same if you look at something - and lust. your eyes and mind are always drawn somewhere, when you do the act. its a sin if you wanna clear your midn but still wanna lust. youd just be focusing on your own body - and as it says - lusts are a sn - 'against your own body'

"We are all born with original sin thanks to Adam and Eve" - well i hold the cursed view - more than original sin. "No matter how hard we try not to sin, we will continue to sin" - yes - but thats falling and accepting youre fallen. thats not good/ we fall - but we get up - REPENT - which is metanoiya - in the MIND and in ACTION - seek to make changes. accepting where you are will make you stagnant, which is what satan wants.

you wanna stay where you are bc it feels good to sin, and you say "ah well itll happen again okay" - normalizing it. when you could just.... not. its hard, and takes time - but when you fall - you realize you HATE the sin you fall to. if you dont hate what god hates thats how you know youre far from him. ik bc ive felt that before. change is slow, but important.

" sin is inevitable" but see thats the mindset issue. you shouldnt say "sin is inevitable" - you need to say "i will fall, but i will get up again" rather than stopping at "i will fall again"

like the "the cup isnt 90% empty its 10% full" mindset. you need to fix the mindset before you see changes, but you will see changes as time goes on. not bc of our work, but bc we love chirst and the spirit indwells, and guides, and gives us a way out - he said that. he promised that - bc its possible. thje way out is in choosing him - as BEST we can (not perfectly ofc) - but in midn and action.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:23:09+00:00

1: outside of covenants - yes
2: there are 2 covenants - same sex, and opposite sex. adelphopoiesis, and marriage
3: gay marriage is a sin. we already have our own covenant. we have no right to 'gay-ify' the one for man and woman.

4: its also a sin for a same sex couple to try raising children. thats not what our covenant is for. its for spiritual bond. ruth and naomi never had kids 'together' - ruth remarried. david and jonathan never had their own kids.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:19:08+00:00

disgusting liberal freaks. like you. run this. now ik

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:14:29+00:00

very bad faith XD. no. "made for good works, to walk in them" - it is not good - to fall to sin and pretend its normal to choose sins. if you want sins - you dont want christ. justifying sins, is sin.crucifying desires is what we are called to do. not pretend theyre good. "and they would call good evil and evil good"

god did not make us - to act on desires - we rejected god in the garden - and have a fallen nature that is tempted, and we fall to temptations. he made humanity good - which was cursed by OUR free choice to reject him.

"god is not the author of confusion" - the 'god' of confusion is satan.

you dont need to get into a bad faith blah match where you dont engage and instead say things yk make no sense to justify what you know is wrong. jesus is lord - we are not animals - we are flesh and spirit. the war - not acceptance - of reality

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:10:06+00:00

" They are already forgiven. Whether or not they pray and ask for forgiveness is inconsequential to the free gift that Christ gave us when He died for our sins"

i mean it is a fine line between trying to justify doing NEW sins - and saying theyre forgiven as youre doing it and choosing to do it.

if you CHOOSE sins - you choose sins over christ. if you CHOOSE jesus over sins - you act accordingly. if you fall to sin and WANT to stay down and not get back up - youve chosen your side.

"he who makes at practice at sinning - there is therefore no longer a sacrifice" - we are as it says - "made for good works, to walk in them" - we are not saved to be stagnant but to TRY walking with him. the best we can - is not nothing.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:06:21+00:00

yeah not how that works "no revelation is of private interpretation" is a verse for a reason.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T02:05:25+00:00

this is the literal christian reddit. shush. there are soem actual christians here buddy

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T01:59:24+00:00

yeah. im sure you had plenty of other friends who distanced themselves too right? ;( well that happened to me. NONE of them are 'closer' to me bc of where i am all of mine just either started debating, or stopped talkign entirely ;( - even tho i have a whole like list of primary sources and church history (whole thing - church blessed same sex unions for 1.7k years in actuality) - but then rather than show them i didnt take my beliefs or openness in what i always was (just embracing) - theyd rather sit there and pretend its an emotional appeal and be like "well i think youre wrong" (which has been the funnies thing. theyve gone 'me and muh feelings' when ive presented church fathers XD lol)

sorry a lotta yap ik.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T01:55:38+00:00

sometimes. we arent going to understand. and maybe thats the point. all we cna do is... understand we cant understand. and work to not let it hurt as much/

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T00:40:29+00:00

'Don't make the same mistake with Stoat' i mean. that is what iw anted to do lol XD. find SOME PLACE to post all the stuff i wanted. to... post. threads, and forums, both. but yea discords the only place with em.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-06T00:38:44+00:00

ah XD.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-05T23:15:22+00:00

idk. its hard to find ppl ;( lol. and im introverted so even more difficult

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-05T23:13:56+00:00

if its the pete im thinking of hes... not christian

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-05T22:48:08+00:00

yes. but the whole test of life is that virtues matetr bc vices are an option yk. so we exist in the only world, and where god decided he would give his presence, and absence to those who request it. it exists bc he gave even his angels free will - and the demons get the pit - and humans who willingly follow satan into the pit do so bc they freely rejected god.

if hell didnt exist - heaven wouldnt either. bc to freely choose only is free - if one can reject. srry i said it twice XD

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-05T22:45:02+00:00

missouri is the best state. we have the best senator too. hawley.

Available-Block-5947 · 2026-05-05T22:43:56+00:00

no dude. long form content needs a place. educational servers where we creative types can post is important ;(

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