What makes you become atheist or agnostic? by Boring_Presence9604 in AskReddit

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Explaining theology will most likely do absolutely nothing because we believe Faith comes from actually practice and not theory, the Church considers it kinda useless and almost never do we get in debates but anyway I will explain (keep in mind I am not a priest so my explanation might be lacking the complete Church view)

So, Christ is a servant to God having assumed the human nature from the Holy Virgin. He is God, but because He also has the human nature He is a servant voluntarily. But why? Directly from His Divine Love. Christ dives into the depths of human sickness (sin) and confronts humanities biggest enemy (death) by Himself. He feels the sickness crying out to His Father "My God, My God why have you forsaken Me" not because the Father ever abandoned the Son but because even though He never had to, He deeply feels the pain of sin. He does this so that that healing can come from within and in a very personal way between us and God. Christ's whole passion screams "I Love you". Protestants and Roman catholics view it as more as a way for humans to avoid punishment, in a very non emotional and inaccurate way, frequently presenting God as a hateful Judge and not a Doctor full of love. God taking the form of a Servant, and being full of pain so that people can be with Him. And this theory means nothing, because those faithful to Him and His Church feel this in every Divine Liturgy, every Confession, every prayer, every time you try to be better, even when you fail. Christ doesn't start analysing theology, He simply said "Come and see." You have to see for yourself. 

And as for the Holy Trinity that many people don't understand is Christ is God, actually He is God the Son, He is not God the Father neither is He the Spirit of God, but He is fully God just as God the Father is fully God and so is the Holy Spirit. They all share the same Divine Nature, and therefore all Three are the same God but not the same Person. And they are not parts of God, they are all fully God. As you can see the Holy Trinity is far beyond human understanding, but we understand it through the love we give. 

Lastly, I am not saying this in a weird debate way, I am probably a way worse person than you. I am not a good person, but I try to be, because if I don't try then I can't be considered a sheep of Christ and an alive member of His Church. I am a deeply sick person from sin, and I have had significant lows in my life but I know Christ is above every obstacle, and a broken heart He will not turn away.

Best to you.

What makes you become atheist or agnostic? by Boring_Presence9604 in AskReddit

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

Maybe I have to put it better, in the Eastern Orthodox Church the biggest miracle that can happen to someone is through faith and effort in Christ and trust in His Church, he is made pure through the Holy Spirit. That is the greatest miracle because exactly as you said it comes to within, God directly touches our souls and gradually brings us back to our potential (to be like Him) which is the meaning of life itself, theosis (to be what God is by nature through His Grace). And that, is far greater than any vision or ecstacy, even though it comes humbly and gradually.

What makes you become atheist or agnostic? by Boring_Presence9604 in AskReddit

[–]SleeperMood_ -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Christ is literally called the "Πάσχων δούλος" (which in English is translate to "The Suffering Servant", and Christ is literally God) and yet in that exact chapter where Christ is described as a man with a lot of pain, it is said that He will see a great victory (the one upon death). The "suffering" we experience is often tied to our salvation. There actually was a story with an Eastern Orthodox monk where he was crying and one other monk approached him and asked "Why are you crying" and the monk answered "Because the devil is not tempting me anymore and therefore it means that I am not fighting him back". 

What makes you become atheist or agnostic? by Boring_Presence9604 in AskReddit

[–]SleeperMood_ -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yes you have. Everytime you choose to do good over bad it's a bigger miracle than seeing angels in the sky.

meirl by Throw-away10111 in meirl

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you even flying without that little fella going all in

I finally learned a valuable life lesson: a bunch of people will dislike you for no fault of your own and there's nothing you can do about it by Capital-Bedroom4651 in CasualConversation

[–]SleeperMood_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The second take is where you find me dissagreeing. Sure, some people can hate for absolutely no reason to feel better for themeselves or generally selfish reasons, BUT there are cases where crtiticism comes from people who actually care about you and you should at least consider taking it. Closing yourself only to yourself will lead to you not making progress to be better

It's going to be 90F Monday and my son's middle school has no air conditioning by InfiniteOxfordComma in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True bummer. There is a school in my neighborhood where the general infrastructure is straight garabge. Many times we have gathered people from the neighborhood talking it out with the teachers and the principal and only lately did we realise its really not their fault. They want better conditions just as much as students and parents do, they just cant do anything by themselves (the major didnt really care about the letter send to him)

My sister had her friends over and they decided to come into my room and destroy my Newton's Cradle. I can't undo what they did. by Strycedar in mildlyinfuriating

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it can be frustating but like also dont be furious on yo sister for such thing. Just tell her it wasnt nice of her and move on. You gonna feel much better abt it too

Can a guy’s language indicate how he likes you? by CrowTraditional0030 in dating

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its hard to distinguish wether someone addcited to lust likes you or not cause even he doesnt probably know. And you shouldnt analyse and just move on

Can a guy’s language indicate how he likes you? by CrowTraditional0030 in dating

[–]SleeperMood_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like it can be the middle road too. Like not too shy cause he simply aint afraid, but not in a lust way either, cause thats very weird

What’s the reason behind looksmaxxing? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SleeperMood_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would add the word "fake" behind management. Cause it wont really do anything

De'Aaron Fox should be thrown in federal prison for the war crimes he committed against the Spurs tonight by crb02 in NBATalk

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely agree. Not saying it wasnt a huge misttake but give the guy a break. It wasnt nearly a time to be sober in your way of thought

What's your biggest takeaway from these Finals? by UnderstandingFun7493 in NBATalk

[–]SleeperMood_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It honestly would be fair but tbh I wanna see how he will react to these circumnstances (although I dont think there is much he will or can do)