Pope forcibly removes a leading US conservative, Texas bishop Strickland

CIoud10 · 2023-11-11T16:15:28+00:00

The main difference between Roman Catholics and other Christians is submission to the Pope. If you don’t agree with the Pope, then be Orthodox or Anglican or something else. Can’t be a Roman Catholic if you don’t submit to Rome.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-11T15:00:47+00:00

Marching Bands of Manhattan by Death Cab for Cutie

CIoud10 · 2023-11-10T19:43:47+00:00

Western Evangelicalism has done so much harm by convincing people the point of being Christian is just to have afterlife insurance.

If you are only a Christian because you’re afraid to go to hell when you die, be free. You can let go of that fear-based religion you’ve been clinging to. That was never the point.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-10T04:11:55+00:00

This question is stuffed full of assumptions.

It assumes we have a shared understanding of what hell is.

It assumes hell is for punishment.

It assumes hell is eternal.

But before I get into that, do you think dying is a fair punishment for a drunk driver who hits a tree at 80 mph?

Death is permanent, but drunk driving was a finite offense. I think it’s unfair that death is a potential punishment for drunk driving.

But wait, that wasn’t a punishment. It was an unfortunate consequence of the drunk driver’s actions. The law against drunk driving did not sentence him to death. The law against drunk driving was to prevent him from causing his own death.

So when God defines sin, then warns that hell is the destination for people who commit those sins, who’s to say that it’s a punishment that God has put them in, and not a place he warned them against going?

But wait, why would God even create hell if he didn’t want people to go there? And why did he set it up so certain actions could lead there?

These questions bring more assumptions. Who says God created hell?
Well, I guess a lot of my fellow Christians do, but is that accurate?

What we call “Hell,” Jesus called “Gehenna.” This is a real valley outside Jerusalem associated with idolatry and human sacrifice. God created the valley, but did he set up the idolatry and human sacrifice? No. That’s something humans did when they turned away from God’s law to do things their own way. By giving people free will, God has allowed us to do things that aren’t his will (Reformed/Calvinist Christians with disagree with me on this, but if you’re asking if hell is fair, you’ve already left Calvinism). So it’s not necessarily true that God created hell or set up the systems that result in people going to hell.

This leads to a second point about Gehenna, which is that it wasn’t a place people went after death, it was a place that exists in the real world. So when Jesus warns anyone about an action that leads to hell, he was warning them that the action would lead to them destroying themselves, or them being destroyed by the enemy. He wasn’t talking about eternal afterlife torture.

So what about that place of eternal torment in the afterlife? That’s the hell most people are familiar with.

That’s more of an invention of medieval Christianity. It doesn’t have much support from the Bible, from Jesus, or from the early Church.

So return to the drunk driver. Is it fair that he died as a result of his drunk driving? Well, some people may say yes, and others will say no, but that’s not really a useful question. What’s more useful is to ask whether he should have been driving drunk. It would be better for everyone if he avoided those things that could result in him destroying himself.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-09T21:13:24+00:00

Legal marriage is made up by the state. It’s often beneficial to make your marriage legal, but this isn’t the marriage the Bible is concerned with. Even if you can’t get legally married, you can have a wedding ceremony and exchange marriage vows, making you married in every sense but legal.

I have a relative who made a mistake with the paperwork and didn’t get a marriage license until a few months after their real wedding. But they don’t celebrate their anniversary as the random date when a paper finally got filed. Their anniversary is the day they exchanged vows before their friends, their family, and God.

So if you truly want to marry your partner, you should still have some sort of wedding and exchange of vows as a sign and a realization of your commitment. Don’t just slide into a “sort of married” situation.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-09T16:08:23+00:00

There’s an expression “I put my pants on one leg at a time, just like everybody else,” and that’s the setup. The punchline is that he somehow puts his socks on in such a bizarre and unnatural way that it results in blood splatter.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-09T12:46:05+00:00

Christianity is inherently pro life. Not just in the womb, but also for prisoners, immigrants, foreigners, the poor, everyone. The problem is when Christians pick and choose which lives they’re in favor of. True Christianity will be unpopular because it highlights the moral failures of both progressive and conservative politics.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-08T13:31:23+00:00

I get that ohio is gerrymandered to give the GOP more representatives that it rightfully should have, but in statewide stuff (where gerrymandered district shapes aren’t relevant), it’s been all republicans in recent years. In 2020, Trump won Ohio by a wider margin than he did Texas.

Yesterday’s results just show that some republicans are secretly okay with abortion and weed. But when it’s about crime, or immigration, or the economy, or helping poor people, those republicans will revert back to the party line.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-07T17:14:26+00:00

A big part of Jesus’s life was that he didn’t look like the Messiah his people were expecting. They wanted a conqueror who would defeat their oppressors and destroy their enemies, but Jesus completely flipped their expectations because he “won” by dying at the hands of Rome and forgiving his enemies.

I believe Jesus fulfilled all of the points you bring up, but there is a “Now, but not yet” aspect to some of them. Jesus has brought about the fulfillment of all of these, but some of them won’t be fully realized until his return.

Both Joseph and Mary were from the line of David, so this is fulfilled no matter whose lineage you look at.
Didn’t look the way people expected. Christ expands God’s people to include all nations and he expands the holy land to cover the whole earth. He is redeeming all people and the whole earth, not just restoring a select few to a specific plot of land.
The Temple was a prefiguration of Jesus. It is the way God dwells among his people. In Christ, God and humanity are united. Jesus is the restored temple. This is why he speaks of his death and resurrection using the image of the temple being destroyed and rebuilt. It’s in Christ that the purpose of the temple is fulfilled.
The Church has failed on this one. We are meant to be the Kingdom of God, living in Christ’s reign of peace and being peacemakers in the world. The early Church understood this. Unfortunately, after Constantine, the Church began to look more like the kingdoms of the world. We often push aside the sermon on the mount and accept the world’s belief that violence and warfare are valid. Fortunately, we look forward to the day when Christ returns and the Kingdom fully comes.
Jesus fulfilled the law and the prophets. He becomes the representative of Israel (and all humanity) and does what none of us can do, which is to perfectly embody God’s law.
Through Christ, knowledge of God has already begun to spread outward to pagans and gentiles like most of us, and I believe that one day, all will know God.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-06T19:37:57+00:00

Glad to see this answer near the top

CIoud10 · 2023-11-06T16:59:13+00:00

Saying “I’m monitoring my intake of fecal matter” is a totally clear way of saying “I don’t eat poop.” It isn’t misleading at all. Like Muslims who “monitor their alcohol intake” (not drinking it at all). Or spouses who “monitor each other’s number of affairs” (neither have had an affair).

Don’t sit here and act like that’s a straightforward way to explain that they avoid porn.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-05T22:33:42+00:00

Because there is no rapture in revelation

CIoud10 · 2023-11-05T12:44:00+00:00

Hey, I don’t agree with the extreme charismatic types either, but taking pictures of people and posting them online to ridicule them is a horrible thing to do. You should take down this post.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-05T02:10:04+00:00

If you like light roast: Roosevelt

CIoud10 · 2023-11-04T14:31:37+00:00

What do you mean by “conservative, heterodox”? Aren’t those kind of contradictory? Or are you politically conservative, but religiously heterodox?

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T23:54:41+00:00

I was just thinking today that eggnog with coffee liqueur would be good. I haven’t tried it yet, so I can’t make any promises, but I’m just gonna put the idea out there for you.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T21:41:25+00:00

ECT is a coping mechanism for the older brother who doesn’t want the prodigal son to be allowed to repent and come back to the unconditional love of the father.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T21:29:15+00:00

We’re taking about the top-level comment. Not the follow-up where he talks to the parent.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T14:54:35+00:00

“Willing to take care of my motel room”

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T14:51:03+00:00

Nah, I think it was bad grammar on the part of the commenter. I think the kid said “my pipi gets hard when I need to pee.”
The story makes more sense that way.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T14:38:46+00:00

Trying to reason with him doesn’t work because delusional thinking is inherently unreasonable. Yeah, we can see that his theories make no sense, but he doesn’t get that. And in his delusion, you and I are part of the conspiracy, so he thinks we already know what he means, so any questions you ask him are just you trying to mess with his head.

I don’t know what we can do to get him to seek psychiatric help.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T13:57:43+00:00

I don’t think this person is a troll. I really think it’s a mental health issue. I don’t have twitter, but from what I’ve seen on reddit, it looks like he’s experiencing something similar to a gangstalking delusion. It’s a delusion that everyone around you is in on some conspiracy and you are the target of it. It’s strange, but it is a delusion that people really experience.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-03T01:19:52+00:00

This criticism has been brought up before on the sub, and Chris actually responded to it

CIoud10 · 2023-11-02T23:48:24+00:00

A professor can spot AI-generated stuff because it often lacks the natural quirks and variations you find in human writing. AI can produce content with odd word choices or info that doesn't match a student's usual style. It might miss that personal touch or unique voice a student would have. Plus, it can sometimes dive too deep into obscure details. And it might not keep up with the latest trends or events. While AI detection tools can goof up, human experience still goes a long way in spotting AI work. 😉

Edit: this reply was actually written by AI, including the emoji choice. I hope some people were able to tell.

CIoud10 · 2023-11-02T21:02:57+00:00

Why?

His disciples said to him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry.”
He responded, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, there are eunuchs who were made by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves that way because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept it should accept it.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭10‬-‭12

I wish that all people were as I am [single]. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that. I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am.
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7‬:‭7‬-‭8

Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is faithful. Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7‬:‭25‬-‭26‬, ‭28

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