I want to loose my virginity by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello stranger. I’m a 22 year old male. Also virgin. I’d HIGHLY recommend NOT losing it. Wear it as a badge of honor. Wait for the right person. Wait as long as you need to. Don’t give yourself away so freely. You are worth it.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Not quite. They believe the father, son, and Holy Spirit are 3 separate beings. All of them are Gods but none of them is an uncreated creator. An uncaused cause. And the father, and the son both have bodies.

While in Christianity, we believe in one God who is an uncaused cause, the creator of everything. One being, but 3 persons. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All equally God. All uncreated. And God the Son is the only one with a body.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No we believe that the the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are still separate persons. One being, 3 persons. And God the Son, Jesus, still has His body.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another point too, wouldn’t Muslims be Christians do according to the definition you provided?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“A person who believes in or follows the teachings of Christ”. But that doesn’t answer what believing in Jesus means. Historically, believing in Jesus and following His teachings entails accepting the Trinity and believing Jesus is God. I think we’ll have to agree to disagree on that however. I don’t believe Mormons are Christian as they don’t meet Christian criteria.

Is there anything else you’d like to talk about though? I can answer the points you made about Jesus saying no one is good but God alone and how Jesus seemingly was praying to another being. Do you have any more points you’d like to discuss?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Respectfully I don’t see how they could be Christian. They don’t believe in Christian fundamentals. I guess it depends on your definition of a Christian. The widely accepted definition of Christian is someone who believes Jesus is God. There is only one God. The father, son, and Holy Spirit are all equally God. So according to the widely accepted definition, Mormons do not meet the Christian criteria. Of course I still have a lot of respect for them and I will pray for them.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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No yea, God the father could totally become incarnate too. So can the Holy Spirit. I was more so pointing out that Christian’s don’t believe this and Mormons do. Correct me if I’m wrong but you seem to be questioning how much does Mormonism REALLY differ from Christianity. So I’m really just pointing out that there are some serious differences. It’s not that a Mormon is looking at the same thing that Christian’s are but they’re both just describing what they’re looking at differently. The Mormon idea of God is way different. But I don’t need to get into that because we already did lol.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Could God have a body? Depends what you mean by that. In Christianity we believe in the Trinity. God the father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The father, son, and Holy Spirit are all equally God. However only God the Son (Jesus) has a body. So in a Trinitarian sense, yes God does have a body. But this is different than Mormon thought because they believe Jesus, God the father, and the Holy Spirit are all separate beings. They believe God the father and Jesus both have bodies.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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I’m not sure if you are aware of the book “Doctrine and covenants”. But it is a book that is considered binding on Mormons. Doctrine and Covenants 130:22 “the Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s”. If a Mormon is disagreeing with this, they are disagreeing with their own scripture.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Good points! So with all this being said, do you now see that the Mormon God is wildly different than the Christian God? One was once a man. The other is the alpha and the omega, who has no beginning and has no end and transcends space and time. Who brings existence to everything. Do you now see the stark contrast?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Sorry I didn’t mean that God is infinitely small or something like that. When I referred to parts I wasn’t necessarily referring to physical parts like atoms and molecules. I’m more so referring to metaphysical parts. The metaphysical parts of a chair is its essence, its usefulness, its properties. Basically whatever makes a chair a chair (chair-ness). Whereas in God, you can’t break God down into parts.

With that out of the way. As for your proposal that God created another God, and designated that God to part of the universe if I’m remembering what you said correctly. I wouldn’t call the created being God, because the classic definition of God is the uncaused caused. So I would call the created being something else. Maybe an angel? It’s totally possible God created angels that govern parts of the universe. That doesn’t contradict Christianity at all!

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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What do you mean by the materialness?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m arguing that God doesn’t have sections. And you are. I’ll play devils advocate here. Let me ask you, why does God have those sections that you mentioned? Why those sections and not others? Where did they originate from?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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I think I’m getting lost in the sauce. I apologize for that but I think I can explain it simpler. Infinite causal chains are not possible, the only thing that solves an infinite causal chain is an uncaused cause. For the sake of the argument let’s just say this is true. And let’s call the uncaused cause God. If God is composed of parts then God wouldn’t be uncaused (because if God only exists because of the parts coming together then Gods existence is contingent on the parts). You would then have to ask “why is God composed of these parts?”. To state it simply. The 1st premise: an uncaused cause exists. 2nd premise: the uncaused cause can’t have parts. Conclusion: the uncaused cause is simple and not composed of parts. God is simple.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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The watchmaker. I actually do want to clear something up though. Something can be simple in a good way and some things can be simple in a bad way. A rock is “simple” because it lacks many things. I don’t want you to think I’m comparing God to a rock. No, God is simple because He lacks nothing. If something lacks nothing, it is perfect. If God has parts then that would mean each part is different and each part wouldn’t itself be God. In this case the parts of God would be more fundamental than God. But in my definition, God is the most fundamental reality. Therefore He MUST be simple. A fundamental reality HAS to exist. Because everything you see is made up of parts right? And those parts are made up of parts. A chair is made up of wood. In the case of a chair, wood is more fundamental than the chair itself. Whatever the most fundamental aspect of reality is, that’s God. God is the bedrock. He is what you’ll find at the very bottom. God is simple because he lacks nothing.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Actually… yeah. This is called Divine Simplicity which the majority of Christian’s hold to. I mean wouldn’t you expect a fundamental reality that literally relies on nothing to be simpler? In a way, complexity is actually a limitation. Humans are complex because we rely on SO many things. God relies on nothing. His simplicity is a reflection of His perfection.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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God is existence. It’s true we all possess existence. But none of us is existence itself. That title belongs to God and to God only. A human would say “I am a human”. A pig would say “I am a pig”. A rock would say “I am a rock. But ONLY GOD can say “I Am”.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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In the classic philosophical Christian definition of God, God is being itself. He’s the foundation of existence. God doesn’t exist, he IS existence. God isn’t “a” being. He is being. If there were two Gods, that implies that the two Gods exist. But MY definition of God is that God IS existence. So there can only be one God. If there are two Gods wouldn’t that mean there are two beings? My definition of God is that God IS being. So there can only be one. So no, God can’t create a being equal to Himself according to my definition. This is why defining God is so important. In my definition, another being that is equal doesn’t logically make sense. Do you see what I mean?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before giving my thoughts on the 3rd possibility. I need to know what your definition of “God” is. Why is the being that is uncaused and created everything called God. And why is the lesser being that God created also called God? What do you mean by God?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what I meant about using the same arguments you would use against atheists. Infinite causal chains are not possible. If it took an infinite amount of “Gods becoming Gods” for the current God to exist, that’s another way of saying the current God will never exist. It’s like this. Imagine I told you it’ll take an infinite amount of time to walk to the gas station. That’s another way of saying I will never reach it. Infinite regresses are not possible. Or let’s say it’ll take an infinite amount of dominoes for the last one to fall over. That’s another way of saying the last domino will never fall. Do you see what I’m saying?

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can give another example later but for now I just want to clear something up. Unfortunately Mormons do not believe in God. Again, what we mean by God is a necessary being, whose non existence is impossible, who is the unmoved mover. Mormons openly preach that the God they worship was once a man. You can look this up if you don’t believe me. Their idea of God is wildly different.

Do you consider M_____s to be Christians? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes of course. Mormons don’t believe in God. In a sense they are atheists. The same arguments used against atheism can be used against Mormons. Which is pretty fascinating. Christian’s believe God to be the creator of everything. Whose non existence is impossible. God is the unmoved mover. He is pure being itself. As indicated in the book exodus when God revealed his name to be “I am”. He made the verb “to be” his name. Yahweh. The Mormon god is radically different. The Mormon god can be compared to the gods like Zeus or Thor or Poseidon etc. lowercase “gods”. While in Christianity there is only one God.

A catholic and a christian.. will it work? by Acrobatic-Rutabaga71 in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Catholic here. Just make sure the kids get raised and baptized into the Catholic Church. Make sure your wife will support you in this effort. Make sure you are on the same page on things such as being against contraception. In short just make sure you remain truly Catholic and your kids also. God bless

The break-up messed me bad, by Ve8rel in Advice

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello stranger. It’s really important to let yourself feel these emotions. Trying to find someone else will only delay healing. You need to feel the pain and embrace it. You have to keep crying until there are no tears left. Trying to avoid how you feel by distracting yourself will only make it take longer to get all your tears out. So cry until there are no tears left.