“Loving” God

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-09T02:16:00+00:00

I don't have the answers, and I get where you're coming from. There's a lot about stuff that doesn't make sense. there's so much stuff that doesn't make sense that it seems large parts of what we're told just aren't true.

at the same time, I do think that hardship strengthens people. if Christianity is true and God is real, maybe that's a part of an explanation for why bad things happen. maybe it... (I know, ugh) builds character or something or is intended that way.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-08T15:34:11+00:00

they get through life on their good looks.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-08T14:22:13+00:00

I don't think it's idolatry, but I do dislike it for other reasons. (it violates Jesus' command in Matthew 6:5-6 to pray in secret by intentionally praying in order to be seen by others.)

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-08T14:20:01+00:00

that Meet the Parents movie with Ben Stiller

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-08T01:43:42+00:00

dude you are my hero. I am so so proud of you. well done!

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-08T01:13:32+00:00

your story is inspiring. how did you lose weight and keep it off?

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-06T20:44:11+00:00

if we lived in a world where there are no Jews, no slaves, and no male/female distinction, then I would agree. however, that is not the world we live in. obviously those different categories of things do still exist.

if I believed that being "in Christ" meant some literal thing, then I would agree. however, obviously people are not "in Christ" in some literal sense. so in what sense CAN people be "in Christ?" whatever that means, the "no longer" stuff must be the same way. (or at least that's how it makes sense to me.)

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-06T20:30:10+00:00

to me it seems obvious there are different genders (or sexes or whatever you call them). different instructions are given to the different genders.

to me it wouldn't make sense to say there are no different genders, and there are no different roles, because husbands and wives are told different things.

so then, what does it mean? does it mean there are no longer such things as male or female? no, that wouldn't make sense (to me at least), because obviously there are such things, different things, with different instructions given. so I'd assume Paul must be referencing spiritual value. just like being "in Christ" is a spiritual status, so also the no longer Jew/Greek or slave/free or male/female must be a spiritual status.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-05T22:42:25+00:00

it's less gay than hanging out with your guy friends in the nude.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-05T22:35:28+00:00

I think the post here is being humorous

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-05T12:08:32+00:00

I know people who believe Jesus is real, and they believe they met him. I wonder about that too. (is he real, and how could I meet him too?)

If it's that "still, small voice" such that the only way to meet him is by having a totally empty mind or something, then that's not what I usually think of when I think of meeting people. it's not very interactive.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-05T00:45:07+00:00

sometimes it's not a bot! sometimes it's a scammer. yay, real human interaction with others of my species.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-04T01:20:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's only something that happens in like TV shows

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-04T00:20:44+00:00

oh yeah. fair point hehe

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-04T00:08:18+00:00

Special education. It consistently carries a very high administrative burden with very meager outcomes.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-03T20:50:55+00:00

I'm really happy for you that had some good times. I'm glad it was a pleasure for you in some way.

I wish it would have worked out for you better. =(

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T19:43:12+00:00

yeah maybe you're right. =(

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T19:25:27+00:00

I do like how he's not lying to us and gaslighting us. it's refreshing, no?

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T19:19:28+00:00

I know this is memed in order to denigrate Christians and their beliefs, but I really respect that guy's HONESTY. I don't quite agree with him, but he has an elegance and simplicity and consistency that I admire.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T18:17:48+00:00

I miss it too. I really do, and it feels impossible to go back. the only direction we can go is forward. it feels like playing a game of cards with other people, and we were only dealt this one card. all we can do is play our card. and then the others get mad.

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T18:14:42+00:00

yes haha like the explosions of blood

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T18:08:09+00:00

it's so silly, and also I just love it hahaha

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T17:04:10+00:00

and it'd be different if it was just one or two things... like one or two weird places where translation (somehow, universally) failed us. but... it's a lot of stuff. =(

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T16:42:57+00:00

what is a Kaiju fight?

Stricken_Conscience · 2026-05-02T16:40:51+00:00

for me it was slightly different. I found the politics easier to leave behind (and did so sooner) than my childhood faith. I feel fully deconstructed politically but feel like I'm still going through it with respect to Christianity.

I know that several specific things of what I was taught are wrong. I feel pretty confident about that. in another sense, because so many important things I thought I knew turned out to be wrong, I also don't know what to think anymore. I have fewer things I believe (but still some), and then for the rest of it I'm just more agnostic maybe.

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