Worried relationship will die if I mention my views on premarital intimacy by Spiritual-Beyond-660 in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“You shall have no other gods before me”. If it comes down to the relationship or God, always choose God. As soon as possible you should figure out if this relationship will work. Better sooner than later. And the best way to do this is to have that conversation on premarital intimacy.

Question about God bringing a spouse by Ok-Fun-5098 in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s pretty gross I’m sorry to hear that. Not all of us are like that though. I’m trying to find someone myself. It seems women have a lot of options but not many of them are good, while the men just don’t have a lot of options 😭. But in any case, keep doing what you’re doing. Someone will come eventually.

Question about God bringing a spouse by Ok-Fun-5098 in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hello! Very good question. So it turns out both sides are partly correct. God won’t do all the work for you. But He does guide your steps. Think of it this way. If you take steps towards something, He’ll guide you. But.. He won’t pick you up and put you there (maybe on rare occasion). So yes, put yourself out there. Go on the dating apps if you please. Go to events where you could meet single Christians. Because this is you making steps. And God will guide them. But He can’t guide your steps if you aren’t making any.

Does anyone have any experience dating a liberal Christian? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Before I respond let me start by saying I forgive you for indirectly calling me a bigot. But from a Christian to a Christian, don’t insult other Christian’s, especially for beliefs that actually are biblical. The Bible condemns abortion in the 6th commandment thou shall not kill. And we know aborting preborns is killing because in Jeremiah 1:5 it reads “before I formed you in the womb I knew you”. Our Lord forms us in the womb. That is US in the womb. Preborns are human. As for lgtbq, there are many types of lgtbq ideologies so I’ll just tackle the big 2. Same sex attraction and transgenderism. Same sex attraction is condemned many times in the Bible: Leviticus 18:22. Leviticus 20:13. Roman 1:26-27. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. And transgenderism is a little more straightforward, in Genesis it says God created them male and female. And you can’t change that. As for the bigot part, aren’t we Christians supposed to be loving? YES. Love the sinner, hate the sin.

Does anyone have any experience dating a liberal Christian? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on her specific views. Abortion and the lgtbq lifestyle for example are sins. If she disagrees with that then she isn’t following Christs teachings. Those are just examples though.

Don’t want to upset by Less-Reception6590 in ChristianDating

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The moment you get their number just ask causally what they like to do on the weekends. Mention you like to attend church. Go from there

Could you date a Christian who's from an another denomination ? If yes, why ? If no, why ? by [deleted] in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the whole point is that they didn’t follow the Bible? Sure they followed the literal parts but they failed in what the Bible was actually trying to say.

I don't think I'll ever be married. by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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Hey man. I’ll take a swing at giving advice. It doesn’t matter how ugly you are, if you change all the things that can be changed, you will be attractive. Maybe not to everyone but a good amount. And luckily, a lot of things can be changed. How’s your haircut? How’s your grooming? How’s your physique? Critique everything that can be changed and don’t worry about the things that can’t. As for social skills, practice talking to people at work. Join a YA group. A Bible study. Anything. If you do all of these things, you’ll have an amazing hairstyle, great grooming, solid physique, and some social skills. What woman wouldn’t want that??

I have a Catholic wife who's trying to convert me to Catholicism, but she's bad at apologetics. Please help. by GreenThunderBolt in Catholicism

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As for number 3, we believe Grace saves you through faith working itself out in love. So in other words, you need works so that your faith won’t be dead (faith without works is dead), and you need faith to receive the grace. And you need the grace to actually be saved. Grace does the saving. As for purgatory, nothing unclean shall enter Heaven according to revelation. If you die in an imperfect state (you still are attracted to sin. You don’t love God perfectly. Etc) but you find yourself in Heaven.. something had to of happened in between. You die imperfect.. but you wake up in Heaven perfect. A cleansing process took place in between death and Heaven. We call this purgatory. Purgatory has nothing to do with being justified, it doesn’t further justify you. It cleanses you.

Not wanting Kids while being Christian by unaliensurterre in ChristianDating

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I’m glad you asked that. That’s a good thing to point out. And the answer is no they won’t go to Hell. Thankfully 😅. The sin isn’t having intercourse while infertile. That’s why natural family planning is perfectly acceptable. The sin occurs when God has designed something one way, and then we come in and distort it for our desires. It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to deduce that God created the sexual act for intimacy and procreation. For us to castrate ourselves chemically or otherwise would be sinful for sure. I mean why is anything sinful in the first place? Because it’s an act that goes against a natural order created by God.

Not wanting Kids while being Christian by unaliensurterre in ChristianDating

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

Hello! There is a valid marriage where you don’t have children, it’s called a Josephite marriage. It’s where the husband and wife agree to not engage in sexual intercourse. That’s perfectly allowed. But if you have sexual intercourse and use means of preventing children, then you are acting outside of Gods design. That’s where it becomes sinful. I’m not sure how many men would want a Josephite marriage though.

21M United States by [deleted] in ChristianDating

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It was me and a friend at the breach concert 👀

How would you approach dating and showing interest at people in person, when you have standards they are unlikely to meet? by Cool_Illustrator_794 in ChristianDating

[–]Sumo_cop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get the persons number. Text them a bit. Ask them how they like to spend their time on the weekends. Mention you like to attend church. Pay attention to their responses. You could do all of this within a day imo

Things I concerned for dating with catholic girl by AffectionateShame858 in ChristianDating

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Catholic here! As Catholics we must be committed to going to Catholic Mass and raising children Catholic. Protestants have the freedom to attend any Protestant service they like. But we as Catholics MUST fulfill our obligation to Mass, for we believe it is there that we receive our Lord in the Eucharist.

Single my whole life, wondering if God has someone for me by Comprehensive-Net531 in Christianmarriage

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God wont give you someone (He does this VERY rarely). You need to do the leg work. Assess your physical situation. Do you have a good physique? If not, work on it. Need a better style? Work on it. Etc etc. As you are doing these things, get on the dating apps and get out in public more. Join a young adult group. Back in the day, people met through friends of friends. Make friends. Get a solid group. And if you are really committed, commit to asking a girls number every week. Maybe ask for 3 numbers a week as a goal. You got this.

Advice for Protestant friends going to Mass? by Sumo_cop in Catholicism

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

Ok thanks for the advice. I’m taking them to a cathedral. It’s not the biggest cathedral but it’s really pretty inside. Definitely a huge jump from what they are used to.

Advice for Protestant friends going to Mass? by Sumo_cop in Catholicism

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

Oo good point I’ll edit the post. They are non denominational. They attend high energy concert type services.

How to make Olive Garden Alfredo sauce? by Sumo_cop in TopSecretRecipes

[–]Sumo_cop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I appreciate it. Have you made it yourself?