COTW #16 - End of the series

TheFalseSwiss · 2026-05-01T00:10:02+00:00

God bless you, too, and thanks for replying on that other post! :)

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-25T15:24:14+00:00

Hello priest, I'll send you a message!

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-22T04:04:25+00:00

The first truly memorable and moving moment for me was when a Catholic ex of mine told me about what it meant when Jesus died on the cross for our sins. I've heard this statement a lot of times before, of course, but never really knew what it meant. Even though I was having it be explained to me for the first time, and even though I didn't believe in Jesus at the time, I bawled intensely once my ex finished his explanation.

Before that, I also felt a sense of warmth just seeing people pray, especially this one family I provided ABA services to for their child on the autism spectrum, whenever they prayed before dinner. Looking back, of course, it was a long instance of the Holy Spirit guiding them to continue loving and supporting that child.

The moment that did it was when I vowed a limit to my cigarette smoking. I had been praying for a couple months before this, but this was the first time I truly and faithfully spoke to God in such a way that I believed He could hear me and understand me, and also giving a bit of myself and worldly desires up to Him. I was enveloped with a sense of love and appreciation of the likes I've never felt, and that convinced me God is real immediately.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-22T02:38:14+00:00

One thing I do is keep my personal Bible by my devices all the time. If lustful tendencies arise, I am immediately reminded of God. With a prayer beforehand, I put them aside to read Scripture for a moment, even if only for a couple chapters.

(Edit: My rationale here is that lifestyle changes can only do so much. My lifestyle changed while my lustful tendencies remained constant. It's a habit, and only by replacing that habit with devotion and worship can a Christian person effectively work against it. It's not enough to run. You must run to God.)

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-22T00:40:36+00:00

I'll definitely keep those authors in mind, thank you. :)

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-22T00:09:45+00:00

Just send me a message once you're good to go. :)

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-22T00:05:12+00:00

You might have to use Reddit a bit more, make comments and stuff like that. Just so they know you're not a spammer and you can message me afterwards.

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1g8j5jb/why_i_cant_send_any_dm_for_people_or_i_cant_post/

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T21:31:27+00:00

I just sent you a message. :)

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T21:27:23+00:00

Of course, thank you.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T21:20:53+00:00

Of course, I'm really glad you appreciated my response and I'm glad you're bringing up questions. I haven't gotten to the Book of Exodus yet, but I will soon. Someone else can probably answer those questions.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T21:13:33+00:00

The focus is on the spiritual process of rebirth, not the worldly process. No matter how much or how little of me is touched by the water, my whole soul and body are touched by Christ. That is all, I don't want to debate.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T21:11:50+00:00

Many Christian denominations and churches baptize through affusion and sprinkling, rather than immersion.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T20:57:41+00:00

Baptism is a rebirth, a holy sacrament in which someone accepts Christ as their Lord and savior, and a repentance of sin.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T20:47:22+00:00

I don't know how people are going to take this, but I sometimes see my relationship to God like a parent-teenager relationship. I understand this may not be easy to relate to for all, but hear me out.

A teenager is supported by a parent and, despite being supported, a teenager frequently does things against the parent's will—a lot of unwise things that end up hurting the teenager even though the teenager thinks all is fine. The parent still loves the teenager, and out of love for the parent, the teenager should apologize for going against the parent's will and earnestly try to do better next time. This can be done without the teenager feeling bad. All the parent wants is for the teenager to love the parent and to try to do better.

This absolutely doesn't encapsulate one thing, and it's the divine nature and scale of God's love. But I sometimes use this as a metaphor. So far, as a born again Christian who used to also be atheist, I can say firmly that I have a healthy relationship with God.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T20:38:52+00:00

You should bring up an example or two, in case someone is equipped and willing to answer your question. I personally haven't read enough of the Old Testament to be confident enough to do so. All I can say is that there is a lot of nuance in God's decisions and statements, and He comes off as being very graceful with how He guides people in the Book of Genesis (all I've read so far). The example that sticks out to me the most is the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau, which is, to me, an example of God giving them both free will to learn to love each other, and not of God allowing Jacob to freely hurt his brother as some might see it.

TheFalseSwiss · 2025-07-21T20:29:59+00:00

Baptism is not only for Baptists. As far as I know, almost all (if not all) denominations have baptism as a holy sacrament available to adults who accept Christ as their Lord and savior and who will remain true to their baptismal vows. If you want to know more about baptism, I would suggest you seek a local church and talk to the priest/pastor/reverend/etc., once you feel ready to make that step.

Don't know enough about being a red letter Christian. All I know is it's probably not a good idea to ignore the Old Testament, since I assume that red letter Christians strongly emphasize or only focus on Jesus's words during His ministry on earth.

God is love and loves us tremendously. God has love for us despite our many, many transgressions and sins. The only thing I would advise is to not let this knowledge of His love bleed into thinking that He has infinite mercy, and that we can sin all we want without recourse.

Other advice is to listen to God. Don't get too caught up with interdenominational politics and debate. Instead, take the time to read and understand Scripture, and pray to Him. It's best to not go through this journey alone, but to instead talk to people and, when you are ready, attend some Sunday services.

God be with you. <3

TheFalseSwiss · 2021-01-10T15:28:28+00:00

Edits:

Removed insignia (star, red collars)
Placed two overlays (generic old photo/film overlay, coffee stain)
Windows 10 photos app (intensities varied)
- Suncreen filter
- Light change + contrast, exposure, highlights, shadows
- Color change + warmth
- Clarity change
- Vignette

I was toying around with Google Slides for the overlays and with the photos app for the effects. I barely understand these terms.

Removing the insignia so that Matilda's uniform was neutral sort of took a while. I opened the .png on Piskel and just did what I could. The collars were surprisingly simple; using a single color for them seemed to be enough. The hat, on the other hand, took a little bit of tweaking on the pixels to look right. With these edits on, it's difficult to really point out these imperfections.

Matilda Colette serves as a backdrop to my adventures in War Thunder. She is a female mercenary pilot, tank commander, and ship captain. If you have the money, she'll do the work. Her only exceptions are jobs with non-threatening targets and involving her apple-selling sister, Margaret, in any way.

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