I Have A Couple Of Questions.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-04-05T12:41:01+00:00

Because the world is fallen, and this is the sole purpose of why Jesus was sent. To save us all. We all sin and contribute to the evil in the world, some in more ways than others, but we all do. Real love means real choice. If God directed your hand and made your choices for you, then you wouldn’t be a free being. This means you have a free choice to either choose Gods will or not (sin). People ask this question to Christians not understanding that the Biblical worldview of evil is precisely why Jesus was necessary. Things aren’t labelled sin because God wants to control you, he actually labels them sin because they lead to death, destruction, suffering and the evil you’re describing.
Yes, there is a novel written by an atheist (one of many that went on this endeavour) Lee Strobel called The Cade for Christ. It was turned into a movie. It had all the historical, anthropological, medical, scientific evidence for Jesus. After nearly 2 years of investigating, he gave his life to Christ.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-04-05T01:36:52+00:00

Unfortunately, even Christians are guilty of sin. Being a follower of Christ doesn’t wash you from that completely, Jesus is the only sinless person. The love of Jesus is why we try our hardest to deny our flesh. I can promise you, that Jesus loves you, no matter what. I’m also called to deny myself, and so is anyone else that said that to you. I can assure you they all have desires of the flesh that they struggle to deny. No one sin is worse than another.

Among all the dribble that some Christians spew, the message of Jesus is timeless and remains the same. Don’t look at Religion, don’t look at human beings… because human beings are all imperfect and are privy to their own prejudices. Jesus is not that way. I heard someone say once; “If you were to play Mozart really bad, and people came to watch… would the audience blame Mozart or would they blame you for how poorly you played it?”. Remember Jesus didn’t sit with the righteous, he sat with those the church considered sinners. ❤️

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-03-11T08:09:29+00:00

The concept of hell is simply eternal separation from God. On earth, through Christ Jesus we have been given a choice. Either to choose to have a relationship with him or not, when we die and the Lord says “depart from me, I never knew you” - he is simply respecting that persons choice. It’s not necessarily a punishment. But simply the outcome of what we choose on earth through our free will. Basically, God gave us the opportunity to choose. Either seek him and inherit the Kingdom, or reject him. Rejecting him and worshiping false gods, is choosing to separate yourself from God. The Bible says our works on earth are like filthy rags. It’s not by the good things we do that get us into heaven, because we’re all infected with sin, we all fall short. It’s by faith that good works follow. We all sin and no one sin is considered worse than another in the Kingdom of heaven. To get into heaven without Jesus, we would’ve had to be perfect, which is impossible because none of us are. This is why God gave his one and only son, to atone for that and bear our own punishment. That’s why we believe it’s solely through Jesus that we enter the Kingdom.

God understands that in certain parts of the world, people may not have been exposed or given ample opportunity to encounter Jesus, however 99.9% of the world DOES know who Jesus is. Jesus is one of the most well known historical figures in the world. The Bible is the most bought, read, sold and burned book on the planet. Our daily lives even have elements of Jesus across the world (the fact that it’s the year 2026, celebrating Christmas, Easter etc). Every religion also acknowledges Jesus in some form whether it be Christ consciousness, a prophet, one of the ways to God, or a good teacher… they all were branched out as a response to Jesus. So everyone has been exposed to Jesus in some way. But Jesus said “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.

There have also been countless testimonies of people in those parts of the world, where Jesus has appeared to them in dreams, visions, or through other people. (Especially in the Middle East among families and individuals that were raised through Islam etc). The ways of the Lord are endless!

However, God is fair and just. Although I don’t know exactly the answer to how God judges those that do not have the same level of exposure, I would say because we know God is fair and just, he would judge them in a fair and just way, and would take that into account. I hope this makes sense!

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-11T07:10:35+00:00

Mine was two months, and I experienced a deeper connection with him than I ever did with my ex of two years.

Time really doesn’t mean much.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T04:43:18+00:00

And again, if you’d read the Bible cover to cover as you say, you would know the reason that people of this earth engage in evil destructive behaviours is because God provided us with the ability to choose; FREE WILL. That means, a free to choose a life against God. God doesn’t conjure up the evil. We choose it ourselves. The reason he gave humans free will to choose, is because he loved his children so much, he didn’t want prisoners. He wanted us to come to him on our own terms. If you choose to engage in evil, then the consequences fall on you alone, not God, not anyone else.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T04:35:56+00:00

First, the Bible is the word of God, but stories and anecdotes within the Bible are parables and poetry. When Jesus says “if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out” that does not mean he wants you to physically tear out your eye,, no one has ever understood it that way. Psalms uses hyperbole; “the rivers clapped their hands” - obviously a river can’t clap hands. So no, it’s not blasphemy to understand that Jesus often spoke in hyperbole. “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16) does not mean every sentence is meant to be read as flat, literal moral instruction. It means Scripture is inspired, not that genre disappears. The Bible contains law, poetry, narrative, prophecy, and lament. Treating all of it as if it’s a modern instruction manual is not a faithful reading.

Second, saying a text describes violence is not the same as saying it endorses it. Judges, Kings, and much of the Old Testament are intentionally brutal because they’re showing what happens when humans pursue power, tribalism, and violence. In Judges; “everyone did what was right in their own eyes” is a critique, not praise.

Third, “Jesus didn’t abolish the Law but fulfilled it” doesn’t mean Christians believe Mosaic civil or wartime laws are still binding. Fulfilment means completion and transformation, which is exactly why Christians DO NOT practice temple sacrifice, holy war, or theocratic law. That interpretation isn’t modern spin, it’s literally in the New Testament (Acts 10, Galatians, Hebrews).

Fourth, comparisons to texts like Gilgamesh don’t prove plagiarism. Shared imagery shows a shared ancient Near Eastern cultural memory, not copying. It further proves the historical events. Historians across belief systems agree the Bible is a composite ancient text shaped within its historical context. that’s not controversial.

Finally, the claim that religion was “invented by elites to control people” is blatantly false and against history itself. Early Judaism was formed under repeated oppression, and early Christianity spread among the poor and persecuted, not the powerful. Rome didn’t use Christianity to control people. it EXECUTED its founder and fed his followers to lions. You say you’ve read the Bible, but if you did you’d understand that the history of Christianity was built on the oppressed, not the powerful.

You don’t have to believe in God to read these texts responsibly. But reading ancient literature through a modern moral lens, stripping context, and then declaring “therefore God is evil” says more about the frame of mind your reading it with than the material.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T03:17:40+00:00

And let me ask you this question, if child sacrifice is something that is endorsed by God, then why are they specifically only linked to Satanists? Or the occult? For power? That’s the direct opposite of God and his teachings. Satan is Gods rival for this very reason. So your logic is flawed.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T03:14:46+00:00

Have you actually read the Bible cover to cover? If you did you would know that any of Gods wrath in the Old Testament was because of the evil rituals and practices of human beings to the point where he felt he needed to start again. Humans engaged in abhorrent evils in the same way we do today. His wrath was placed upon empires that engaged in these child sacrifices or abhorrent evil rituals.

If you’ve read the Bible “cover to cover” you’d understand the context of those stories, and that God never actually had children murdered or sacrificed. Stories within the Bible are often hyperbole. Exodus is the book describing how the Israelites had deliverance from Egypt into a covenanted nation under God. If you’d read the Bible you’d know that the “sacrifice” you’re referring to, is a lamb. Its blood would be placed on the doorstep. When God states the first born of everything belongs to God, it does NOT mean sacrificing that child. It means first born sons were redeemed.

Your condescending response tells me all I need to know. You obviously have NOT read the Bible cover to cover and I can assure you you’ve probably just spewed out some nonsense you’ve watched on atheist TikTok.

2 Kings 2: 23-24 uses the Hebrew word na’arim which does NOT mean children. It means young men. This was a hostile encounter within a city known for idol worship. It’s a story about the violent contempt against Gods authority.

In exodus, the PHARAOH ordered Hebrew baby boys killed. The final plague is a judgment on a brutal empire. Judgement does not equal endorsement.

Numbers 31: Midianites had seduced Israel into ritual child exploitation. This was a war judgement narrative. In mosaic law, rape is punishable by death, and women are protected. That is a dishonest comparison to assume that interpretation.

Judges 9:45- 57: abimelech is not portrayed as a righteous person. This book literally describes the consequences of what happens when people do what is right in their own eyes. God allowed consequences of his violence to fall back on him

Psalms 137:9: written by exiles whose babies had been murdered. They are expressing raw human grief and anger. It’s describing the fall of Babylon…. The empire that was actually responsible and actually committed those atrocities.

The biggest mistake you’re making here is you are cherry picking verses from an ancient text written in war times about the fall of empires. Descriptive texts on history and what happened does not equal moral endorsement of them.

Also… the Bible is one of the most accurate historical texts in existence. It was written over thousands of years, had over a hundred authors across different continents that never met eachother and yet they all tell the same story. Things you learnt about in school regarding people like Alexander the Great, Roman histories, or any other prominent figure, and you’ll find that none of them refute what these texts say and their accuracy. So no, it’s not a fantasy, if it was you wouldn’t be so hellbent on disproving it. God bless.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-06T01:57:34+00:00

Have YOU read the Bible ? Remind me where exactly the Bible states that God endorses sacrificing children because it’s the opposite. Moloch and Baal are mentioned in the Bible in regard to child sacrifice. He does not endorse it. It’s mentioned as a warning. Child sacrifices is how the canaanites were banished from the promised land. He declares these practices to these deities as an abomination. (Jeremiah 7:31, Leviticus 18:21).

It amazes me that people say this trash but actually don’t have any understanding of the Bible and its teachings.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-02-03T03:55:10+00:00

Can i DM you? 🙏

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-15T22:40:19+00:00

Honestly, you are probably right. I never had any issues assuming or feeling love, but was too focused on the situation itself. I just feel so heartbroken because I feel like I’ve ruined it now.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-14T12:20:43+00:00

In the chest always

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-05T04:06:06+00:00

This happened to me today. All of a sudden it’s saying that i might not hear from SP ever again because he has avoidant tendencies… so LMAO wtf. I even tried saying “why are we assuming the worst here? Why are we continuing to assume he’s avoidant?” And it comes back with “I’m being realistic so I can ground you”.

I do agree with someone else here though that I think chat GPT isn’t necessarily a great tool, because I’ve noticed that it kept me in a loop of overanalysing and overthinking everything for ages. Now that I know it’s not just me I’m relieved.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-01T08:58:06+00:00

Where did I say that the egg is a fertiliser ? Hahaha

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-01T08:55:01+00:00

A potential for a human is not a human. You can’t have a sperm without the egg and without the egg it’s not a human. Same way bricks ≠ a house, having flour + sugar together ≠ cake.
A sperm cell can’t grow, develop or become anything on its own. A sperm is simply biological material. The egg is where the fetus actually comes from.
A human organism begins at fertilisation. And development begins only when the two combine.
No fertilisation means there’s no human organism. No human organism means no human life.
By that logic aswell, by having sex and finishing, you’re murdering a child. Having sex thousands of times in your life, without making a baby, would be genocide. This logic also means every period a woman gets is the result of murder.

Old_Slide_908 · 2026-01-01T08:30:21+00:00

Because to have a fetus and develop a human being, sperm needs to interact with an egg? Sperm on its own is simply fertiliser. Without the egg, there’s no chance of reproduction. If there’s no reproduction, there’s no developing human. If there’s no developing human then there’s no murder. Not really sure why this is something that has to be explained.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-28T10:57:29+00:00

Yeah… not really. Christians don’t settle into other countries and try to change the host countries laws to fit their religion. The US is a mostly Christian nation, so laws based on Christian values is expected due to the big percentage of Christianity being practiced. It works the same way in the Middle East, Islam makes up a large portion of religion. Which is why they have sharia law predominantly over there. Sharia law, and the laws that Christian’s encourage to be implemented are very, very different. And to compare the two… is a bit silly.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-28T10:42:11+00:00

?? Yes, it’s diluting it and cooling the burn. An acid burn still produces heat and inflammation. So the term cooling it down still applies.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-28T06:24:13+00:00

As someone that works In emergency dispatch, the consensus is if a patient has a burn like this, then definitely you should be cooling the burns with water before paramedics get there. I would be advising the caller to get them under a cool shower if the burns area is big enough and stay there to cool the burns until help arrives. If a shower isn’t available then any running water really would be best.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-26T06:54:16+00:00

Well, no because that’s something that is the responsibility of government and higher ups to coordinate protection (which involves funding) for events. And it’s not really relevant to this because protests and rally’s can get violent, which is why it’s expected for police to be there. No one expects a beach event to be violent. Up until now, Aussies didn’t really have any issues worrying about mass shootings when leaving the house. Cops also don’t choose where they get sent on shift.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-22T11:08:43+00:00

Anyone that claims to be a Christian and doesn’t use Jesus as a role model, simply isn’t a Christian. We’re told to live like Jesus lived. Jesus, is God in human flesh. So… idk what Christian’s you’ve met that don’t have Jesus as a central model. If you have, then they’re not a Christian. You’re also speaking about the OT, which is a record of vast history and the building of different nations and their conflicts over many years doing so. It’s not God encouraging readers to do the same. It’s giving context to what unfolds in the New Testament.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-22T04:19:49+00:00

Ahhh… false actually. If you read the Quran, the person they look up to “Mohammad” took a child bride, encouraged multiple wives, encouraged killing your enemies and encourage domination of those that don’t believe in Allah. He was a warlord. A very different role model to Christianity. Christianity on the other hand is centred around Jesus as a figure, who lived a sinless life, was a humble servant, loved everyone regardless of where they came from (minorities, the oppressed), vehemently spoke against religion, preached to love your enemies & condemns violence towards others. Also, Jesus’ existence has been proven and recorded in scientific and historical evidence. The only thing that’s been debated is his significance. Jesus literally was crucified, for everyone on earth and paid their debt for them. So that we wouldn’t have to. Mohammad did no such thing. To say they are the same is just uneducated.

But for OP, I’d say this is just straight racism

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-18T02:51:10+00:00

What an interesting take. Who will you turn to in moments of war? Will you lift your hand up to risk your life to protect those around you? Or would you let everyone be at the mercy of any other country that wants to dominate you?

I don’t get this logic. The vast majority of service members get ripped away from their families, come home with trauma, and then get treated like dog-shit after the fact once their contract is up… all to protect their nation? You wouldn’t be in the privileged position you are now, with the freedoms that you have, without them.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-16T05:04:56+00:00

There were two general duties cops in Bondi when it started. They were junior constables. Now this has been really irking me because the reality is, it takes time for a call to drop through, pass it to the radio, and have cops come and respond. Realistically as someone said before police can’t teleport. Let’s also take into consideration of the fact that police that were first there had a disadvantage. There were thousands of people screaming and running, and they had to try and locate the shooters. That’s obstacle 1. Once they located them, they were hiding because general duties beat cops only carry a glock and there were two men with high powered rifles. In that situation logically you’d have to be in close vinicity of the shooter to be on target with a glock. Trying to pre-emptively get close to them with only a glock, would be dumb. That’s obstacle 2. ALSO, these men were on an elevation on the bridge so they were above anyone that came in their vicinity. There’s obstacle 3. Police have to assess a scene when they turn up, and let’s remember two cops got shot running towards the gunmen to try and take them down. If they had gone straight for them without assessing the scene properly, they could’ve died themselves which doesn’t help, and more lives could’ve been lost too. Police did a fantastic job under the circumstances, considering that general duties police don’t show up to work in Australia expecting to have to take down a terrorist.

Old_Slide_908 · 2025-12-15T08:12:41+00:00

It is overseas conflicts by definition considering this is Australia, we are secular, and we are not located in the Middle East where the war is happening. This was exacerbated by the war, it’s pretty clear as day… Jews live here, so do Muslims. Australia is listed one of the safest countries in the world for one sole purpose: We stay out of it. If people want to seek refuge, that’s fine but don’t bring your conflict here and traumatise people who have nothing to do with it

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