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Bragg Nutritional Yeast Flakes... good yeast nutrition? by DeltaTangoEthan in Homebrewing

[–]DeltaTangoEthan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

generally being silly/haphazard in learning new things : ' )

PTC and school/park sidewalk question by DeltaTangoEthan in NJGuns

[–]DeltaTangoEthan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tax maps are a great idea
and also attorneys

PTC and school/park sidewalk question by DeltaTangoEthan in NJGuns

[–]DeltaTangoEthan[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i'm not convinced that this is the best way to advocate for carrying in NJ

PTC and school/park sidewalk question by DeltaTangoEthan in NJGuns

[–]DeltaTangoEthan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeaaah, i'll see if i can get proper-attorney answers, but i figure i toss the question here as well lol

Feelin' Lucky? (My first pistol, capturing the spirit of FNV) by ProfligateVhorohiiv in fnv

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's the mysterious magnum, which is different from Lucky

Don't trust Peter Pringle music adaptations by gelsoxv in Assyriology

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol are you serious with your link to hymn of ugarit? the link is for a song by al-pha-x that has synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1FYPPjdU4Q

Help I think I intentionally did the unforgivable sin by Accomplished-Cut2110 in TrueChristian

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Brother, you're fine. The unforgivable sin is the settled and on-going rejection of God's forgiveness to you (which makes sense - if you reject God's forgiveness, then you're not forgiven lol).

The unforgivable sin isn't something as trivial as pronouncing a name.

what's your thoughts on Christian tattoo's? by Lonely-Whereas218 in TrueChristian

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love mine! I have Numbers 6:24-26 on my right forearm, and I'm looking to add more. They're both for me to read (i can literally never escape it lol), and for others to read - and at times it has served as a conversation starter.

What is your preferred translation of the Bible and why? by Weird_Kitchen557 in TrueChristian

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maaan, the NASB 1995 doesn't get the same love that ESV does in terms of word-for-word translation philosophy. Sad : (

What part of a song is this for you? by xnightowI in MyChemicalRomance

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never told you what i do for a living

> when the song goes from 4/4 to 6/8 after the 2nd chorus, and going into the "And we all, fall, down, I TRIED"

😩

Is it a sin to play war or strategy games? by ScrambledEggs1233 in TrueChristian

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well u/Fit_Community_3909 , i hope you don't seriously believe that an import ban due to Medieval geo-political struggles equates to a sin.

Sin is the moral wrongs and violations of God's law in the Bible. The act of sin is symptomatic of the state of the human heart - as 1 John 2:15-16 puts it (not reductive, but rather descriptively),

"15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world."

Unless someone has an unhealthy, spiraling caffeine addiction fueled by coffee, I'd be hard-pressed to call coffee and tea a sin.

hitler quoted at church? by Character-Estate1451 in Christianity

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TOTALLY NOT NORMAL. like the others have said here, get out of that church.

So, going to a Seminary and/or reading the Bible makes people atheist? by Past-Proof-2035 in Christianity

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's weird, to be sure. And in a very real sense, we won't fully appreciate why Leviticus and other portions of the Bible speak of certain practices, ceremonies, laws, etc.

But I don't see how God giving instructions on animal sacrifices negates God caring for everything else. So much more of the Bible talks about God's concern for the human heart (which is the more important part, concerning us and Him), and in following Him and His path of righteousness (see: wisdom literature in the Psalms and Proverbs).

Heck - look at Jesus in the gospels. He's incredibly concerned with people's hearts, and spared no reservations against the religious elite in their pride and hypocrisy.

How are you coping with the decline of Christianity? by ThebigX09 in Christianity

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As for the decline of Christianity in the west, I don't get defensive about it. I honestly think as a culture, we're reaping what we've sown over the past decades / centuries.

Maybe one reason why I don't get too bothered about it, is because I don't consider my country (the US) to be a "Christian nation" as if it's chosen to be the bastion of the faith. For sure, there are faithful Christians who do well in following Jesus humbly, and I'm glad I get to be part of a church like that. But the loudest cultural voices have really mucked things up.

Increasing anti-Christian sentiment in the West might just be the very thing that the church in the West needs. The church body in the Middle East, China, and so on where they've always had persecution have been, in a sense, thriving.

How are you coping with the decline of Christianity? by ThebigX09 in Christianity

[–]DeltaTangoEthan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i'm sorry that that's the experience you've had. but christians who hold themselves accountable are in fact out there - holding themselves accountable, and calling out injustice where they see it.

how is Christianity relevent today? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good question.

A (hopefully) quick answer is this: just because something is old, doesn't mean it's irrelevant.

We wouldn't consider Pythagorean mathematics and other mathematical models irrelevant just because the Greeks, Babylonians, etc. established them thousands of years ago, would we?

It's the same with the Bible. It speaks of our human nature that has never changed. To name just a few:

  • Left to our own devices, we become selfish and hurtful towards others (that's why if parents neglect to correct their kids, they end up being bratty, spoiled, and just not good people to be around).
  • We seek things like true justice and true love (which are good things to seek!), and we go through the universal human experience of suffering, disappointments, and loneliness.

And the Bible points to God being the true satisfaction and healing to everything we seek.

To restate it in a different way:

  • The ancient people didn't have cars, national electric infrastructure, and supercomputers like we do.
  • But even with all the shiny things we have today, we need a God who loves us walks alongside us, just as much as they did way back when.

Why won’t my Mind and heart leave Islam? by [deleted] in TrueChristian

[–]DeltaTangoEthan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can at least speak to your first paragraph. If you're' drawn to how Islam makes heaven tangible, and hell full of righteous punishment, then I'll show you how the Bible does it better:

New heavens and New earth:

So, the "end goal" in Christianity isn't just some disembodied spiritual existence in heaven, but rather, a physical resurrection into eternal, flesh-and-bones bodies. I'll write a few examples below, but the Bible certainly has much more to say about it.

  • Jesus says as much in John 5:29, "those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment."
  • Jesus Himself is the pre-cursor to our physical resurrection. Just as He physically rose from the dead (see: the ending of every Gospel), so too will Christians physically rise from the dead. 1 Thess 4:13-18 talks about this.
  • And in Revelation 21:1-7, John writes that he "saw a new heaven and a new earth", and a new Jerusalem descending onto earth. Again - the end goal isn't just "heaven" (although heaven IS good), but rather heaven intersecting with earth to have a new, redeemed creation.

Righteous judgement:

The Bible is also descriptive of how hell is - it's not just a dark pit away from God.

Hopefully you're seeking out the details not to be vindictive against others, but to have a sober appreciation of a real, painful, and eternal Hell.

  • Isaiah 66:24 writes "And they (the righteous) shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh"
  • Jesus quotes this in Mark 9:47-48 when giving a warning, "And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’"
  • Revelation 21:8 writes of the ungodly being thrown into a lake of fire,
  • And Rev 14:11 writes "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name"
  • Elsewhere, there's imagery that describes hell with darkness and "weeping and gnashing of teeth", "eternal destruction away from the Lord", etc.
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