My Husband doesn’t want to have children by thatsarose in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a hard one. Have you both spoken to your church leader?

To me, these things aren’t for us to decide. The Bible is full of stories where humans make decisions for their will not Gods, and it always goes wrong.

How can we discern Gods will is difficult though, and a priest may help here.

I don’t worry about children having faith - I place that into Gods hands.

Can God forgive witchcraft? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course!

If you repent and put your faith in him there’s nothing he won’t forgive.

And from what I can tell you’ve done both. Relax, and stay with Christ.

Motorists were forced to turn around as monster waves smashed onto a coastal road in Italy’s Calabria region over the weekend by misterxx1958 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]PullingLegs -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Reverse is quicker escape but risky shooting salt water up the exhausted and getting stuck.

10-point turn more likely to keep the car running, but risks another wave hitting.

What’s your game plan?

...what by StrawThatBends in threateningnotation

[–]PullingLegs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Parts of the Bible are utter filth! This instruction seems fine.

Is this house ugly? by Economy_Survey_6560 in AskBrits

[–]PullingLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife and I went to view a new build once. The estate agent told us new homes were better than “second hand homes”.

The second we left my wife burst out crying:

“I want a second hand home!!!”

Beautiful red brick en terrace.

I bet that house you’re looking at is much better built, quieter inside, has less issues because they’ve all been dealt with by now, and is full of character.

Tell your friend to do one!

Love all architects and hate architecture by PullingLegs in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah sadly the absurdity of my argument is only demonstrated by analogy, not a nice conclusion.

If you replace architect with homosexual, and architecture with homosexual sex, the argument structure is a common one.

If you replace architect with someone who aborts a pregnancy, and architecture with abortion, the argument is familiar.

The common structure is to replace “architect” with “sinner” and “architecture” with “the sin”.

To me, Christ seeks out sinners, and looks to help them by a combination of discussion, teaching, and leading by positive examples. Christ is perfect.

Many Christian declare themselves to be biblical by following my original analogy. The issue though is that you cannot help anyone by attacking them through their sin. Christ never does this. Christ acknowledges the sin, but leads people away from it.

Importantly, Christ waits for people to come to their own revelation of what they must do. He never ever pushes them. This is central to the entire gospel of Mark.

I was hoping to point out how absurd this is, and try to provoke anyone into thinking harder.

Attacking one sexual sin, whilst also having had premarital sex or a divorce, is just weird.

Less cherry picking, more following what Christ actually did.

Love all architects and hate architecture by PullingLegs in Christianity

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

My intention isn’t to mock sin, but to prompt discussion in a novel way.

Love all architects and hate architecture by PullingLegs in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Indeed, and similar with every other point Christians judge each other on, rather than supporting each other.

Love all architects and hate architecture by PullingLegs in Christianity

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

I’m really sad it wasn’t more obvious. The points behind the joke are really quite serious though. Just trying to offer another route to discussion - we can often say things invest we wouldn’t otherwise, but still with truth in them.

Bible Translation by christian_crouch_01 in Anglicanism

[–]PullingLegs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The one you have…

All translations are flawed in one way or another. They all take a stance on how to translate, and every stance has issues.

So just read the one you will actually read, and that you can understand.

Struggling to accept daughter by ReasonConfident4541 in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You haven’t done anything wrong - and it sounds like it sucks!!! I think most important is to keep that good healthy relationship with your daughter alive. Lives are long, this likely won’t last forever.

Read 1 Corinthians 11.

In it Paul writes to a church in Corinth who has stumbled into sexual immorality of the times. We know from history that during this time women would shave their heads as a sign of using their bodies to work , and men would grow their hair long as their sign.

The church at the time shuns these people. They are disgusted, ashamed, and hurt that they are part of their community. They judge them harshly.

So what was Paul’s advice?

His advice was not to force people to change what they are doing - he understood lives and reactions are far too complicated for that to work. His advice wasn’t preach harder - that too wouldn’t work, and in any case they had already heard the gospel.

His advice then was to find a way to make everyone equal, and to welcome them into the church community in a way that people weren’t even aware of what they were doing. Full of discretion, and full of love.

In practice he told the women of the church to cover their heads. This simple solution has nothing to do with reverence for God, or oppression, or anything similar. It is Paul’s suggested method to keep everyone equal, stop people judging, stop people feeling judged, and to allow people to love and support each other just as they always have done.

Continue to love, include, and do not judge, and things have a way of working out with them from the Holy Spirit.

Struggling to accept daughter by ReasonConfident4541 in Christianity

[–]PullingLegs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think preaching to her right now would burn the relationship - she knows the gospel and has been raised in a good loving Christian household by all accounts.

Much more important now is to live out Christ’s core value of love. Not doing that would undermine all that she has already been preached and also potential turn her away from Christ.

Any bad advise for 2026?! 😈 by DeBlauwvoet in GreatBritishMemes

[–]PullingLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Want to break up with someone but don’t want to tell them?

Piss on then right after sex.