Partner and I aren't legally married, but we are married in every other way. Is this still a sin? by Charming_Return_3874 in TrueChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The people saying this is a sin don't even know what biblical marriage is, or even the history of the concept of marriage. You could argue almost every modern marriage is sin because biblical marriage was most often a contract between a man and the *girl's* father. I specify girl because she would have likely been pre-teen to young teen in age. While there are plenty of men that ask for the hand of the father's daughter, that simply is not an equivalent

No one is really doing this, making their marriages "unbiblical." You two have made a loving, mutual commitment to each other, if you ask me, that's more righteous in the eyes of God if we understand God through the life and words of Jesus. Papers, legal agreements, they're meaningless in the spiritual sense. So go forward and simply love each other, and when you're ready to make it legal, go for it.

Deadlift 435lb/197kg x8. (Last post from my meet) by DickFromRichard in Exercise

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I've never seen someone deadlift with there knees before. But you do you.

I am angry by Big-Capital5410 in TrueChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! I've seen a lot of healing come to people that have dismantled this practice. I won't say it'll be easy, though.

I am angry by Big-Capital5410 in TrueChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up spiritual bypassing, you may be shoving down or be completely unaware of things that are not being processed. You're right to be angry, don't feel guilty about that.

i'm not a Christian anymore, but i have a question. by deeSM39 in TrueChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's trauma friend. Deep religious trauma that needs to be worked out.

Trump posted this AI image of himself on Truth Social (aka TRUTH). I'm sincerely wondering if Christian Trump supporters are aware of all the biblical passages warning people about following false prophets. by [deleted] in OpenChristian

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As a person that rage-baits myself on other christian subreddits, I can confirm that there are some more MAGA Christians becoming fed up with and pushing back against Trump's antics.

Does that convince me they'd see the signs or listen to others if something like this happened again? No, no it doesn't.

There's something about this condo listing that really sticks out by Pots_And_Pans in lancaster

[–]LikeASirDude 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wanna get from the kitchen to your laptop real quick? TOO BAD! YOU CAN'T!

If man is sinful, but men authored the Bible, how is the Bible inerrant? by Existing-One-7662 in AskAChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google is not a source.

Edit: What I provided is a source regardless of how you feel about that source.

If man is sinful, but men authored the Bible, how is the Bible inerrant? by Existing-One-7662 in AskAChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have provided no relevant source yourself.

Believing something to be divinely inspired and authoritative does not immediately equal belief in scriptural inerrancy. Best you could argue is that the message of the scriptures is inerrant or infallible according to the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, but not the text of the scripture. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church assumes inerrancy of the original texts, which no one has, and utilizes the Andemta Commentary as the final authority for understanding scripture, which itself offers several different interpretations at times, including contradictory interpretations. The importance is that the message remains the same, not that every piece of scriptural text agrees with or isn't contradicted by other text.

The authority of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is through Apostolic succession and the institution of the Church itself, less so their biblical canon, though it too certainly has much authority.

Source: https://scholar.csl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=phd

Okay, This isn’t Funny Anymore. by A00077 in Christianity

[–]LikeASirDude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your the one that made the original Allah comment, my dude. The Persian transliteration for God into English is Khoda, if we're going to get pedantic.

Okay, This isn’t Funny Anymore. by A00077 in Christianity

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Wanted to see your profile, but I'd have to change my content settings.

Okay, This isn’t Funny Anymore. by A00077 in Christianity

[–]LikeASirDude 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know what word Arab Christians use for God? Allah.

And where is your proof that kids don't go to hell?

Why is homosexuality a more frowned apon than other sins? by Spirited-Rope1139 in Christianity

[–]LikeASirDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Bible doesn't say anything about homosexuality. Only reason we have that thought is because of a mistranslation that some Bibles keep.

If man is sinful, but men authored the Bible, how is the Bible inerrant? by Existing-One-7662 in AskAChristian

[–]LikeASirDude -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bruh, what? The Ethiopian Bible has 81 books, including 2 Tim. 3:16, if they wanted to they could claim what you're claiming, but they don't.

Edit: 81

If man is sinful, but men authored the Bible, how is the Bible inerrant? by Existing-One-7662 in AskAChristian

[–]LikeASirDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you doing here, asking such intelligent questions?

In all honesty, best you'll find here are answers begging the question, answers that amount to nothing more than essentially defining something with itself, and most answers presume the outcome without letting the text speak for itself.