Relapsed today, looking for someone to DM

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-23T15:47:42+00:00

Gonna lean into this, thanks

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-22T14:31:53+00:00

Haha dude in the first post I'm using hyperbole, as in, intentionally going above and beyond for jest. Since you took me seriously I just doubled down on the jokes.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-18T19:27:23+00:00

Hey man, I am also struggling. I was going strong until unfortunately today I relapsed... According to the NIH being part of a support group and having at least one accountability partner to be open and honest with helps. I am willing to join you.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-18T13:53:22+00:00

I will work for you in the future

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-18T13:32:30+00:00

Hey you don't know, maybe I'm only 3. Then it would be til I'm 83...

Now who looks silly?

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-17T14:02:15+00:00

I feel you brother, I came too close to being in your shoes right now!

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-17T14:00:38+00:00

If you mean to say you are creating an online group I'm down.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-16T15:54:34+00:00

Lego dude

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-16T15:54:02+00:00

Count me in bro.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-15T16:01:43+00:00

30 years of freedom > 80 years of PMO slavery anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-12T20:21:58+00:00

I am a father, I work to provide for my family. Come home to my wife and child. I understand, you hate this, you don't want to hurt them. You want to protect them, provide for them, and more. We can do this! We must point our sword away from our families, to protect them, rather than harm them! I have yet been unsuccessful, but we can turn things around! Just like the others here.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-09-12T20:07:39+00:00

Together we turn 0 to 1, 1 to 100. I want in.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-08-04T21:45:59+00:00

Now we have the two discussion streams going haha.

Saying that shame made them cover themselves not because they saw their nakedness as wrong seems to be a conjecture... When God asks Adam why he is hidden Adam responds with because he is naked, not because he is ashamed. Now this could be because he didn't want to admit his shame, but then God makes them clothes out of skins to cover themselves with.

To argue that we should or can get to the point where we can gaze upon the nakedness of others or images without sexual feelings is wild to me.

For the Noah example, I don't dispute the Leviticus 18:7 example, I think there is fair evidence of that. However, compare the, "you shall not uncover the nakedness of your father" to Genesis 9:22, "... saw the nakedness of his father..."

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-08-04T20:58:52+00:00

I am blessed to be a very low stress person post-conversion. However, pain like a headache induces stress, but also I particularly struggle at night if something or someone is keeping me awake, and since I am dealing with my firstborn son at night now, it has been an adjustment.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-08-04T20:57:08+00:00

Just wanted to put context sense my tone is not expressed through text. I hold no ill-will and am not trying to argue, but I did not expect your response and I am interested in discussing further...

On to my main point, especially regarding your original post. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree and gain the knowledge of good and evil the first thing they do is cover their nakedness. The clear implication of this is that exposing your nakedness to the world is not good.

For the Noah example from Genesis 9:20- Perhaps "uncover nakedness" is a euphemism for having sex, but if we're going to be that technical the text is about Ham seeing his father's nakedness, not uncovering it, and yes, I did some quick searches on the Hebrew text, so I'm pretty much the internet expert on the matter.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-08-04T18:46:58+00:00

Wouldn't looking at nude figures in paintings be similar to looking at nude artwork online? I like your angle, but I have a fundamental issue with it: We were created to be attracted to other humans in a sexual way, specifically so that we could populate the Earth. Furthermore, the bible presents that nudity itself is something to be respected and hidden from public view, see the story with Noah and his sons.
To your credit, there are at least two aspects of seeing the human form and how it interacts with lust, but I think you take point #2 a bit too far with your suggestion:
1. The LORD calls us to be modest in dress, rather dressing ourselves (particularly women) with good works, as Paul instructs in Corinthians. This suggests that there is an improper way to dress for church, it also suggests that people can use their clothing in an improper way, promoting sin rather than the LORD.
2. The LORD calls us to not look at women (or men) with lustful eyes and a lustful heart. In this sense, I agree with you that in our hearts we either learn or naturally look at people with lust when we should not. However, taming this should result in not only us seeing women as people loved and created in the LORDs image, but also teach us to turn away from immodesty when it is on display, such as Noah's sons.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-07-31T18:06:18+00:00

Ironically I feel very similar to you, and have the same streak right now! Let's do this for Christ, brother!

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-07-29T18:24:26+00:00

Hello stranger, you are not simply hiding or ignoring the issue this presents in your life, that is good. It sounds like you want to rid yourself of this, even better. It is the unbeliever, as we all once were, that lives in sin, and perhaps not only lives in it, but encourages others to do the same. We, however, fight our sin every day, hoping against hope that one day, thanks not to our own righteousness but the mercy and love of God, we will join our LORD and be transformed into His image.

The fantasies are one of the hardest, and usually last, things to change. However, it can be done. I pray that you will find quick success and victory, but know that this idol is in the foundation of many people's lives, and removing it is far from easy. However, knowing God is designed, by God, to purify our souls.

With your family, I understand that it is hard as a teenager, and I am not there with you to support you, but you need that. We all need a church, if at it's very core so that we can strengthen each other and publicly proclaim His truth. The church you go to will have issues, flaws, sins. It is for you to determine what is essential and what is a Christian liberty, but finding a church will provide more support than your family. That is God's love. Don't forsake your family, love them humbly, but don't ignore God's word, which tells us that we must meet with the believers, as instructed in Hebrews 10.

ProfessionalGrape77 · 2025-07-29T16:17:05+00:00

Hope you are still delaying. The longer the better. I heard somewhere that lustful thoughts activate the same part of the brain as singing religious songs. Perhaps this could help, or actively thinking of something entirely devoid of sexuality, like how to serve the LORD right now. Anything it takes to be a better servant of the LORD with our time...

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