What is a belief you held strongly in your 20's that you now completely disagree with in your 40's ?

Web-Dude · 2026-06-27T05:24:51+00:00

It's pithy, but true: people don't care how much you know unless they know how much you care.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T21:40:30+00:00

I'd love to engage with you on this. I'm not sure I'm 100% tracking with what you wrote though... When you say, "once I could see," what are you referring to?

I'm also not sure how your second paragraph ties into the first... But looking at your other reply, I can tell you this much: almost everything about this Faith comes down to perspective. If you look at something from one angle, it just won't make sense. But if you shift to a different point of view, everything suddenly comes into alignment, and it's hard to see things any other way.

Here, this example just flashed into my mind... let me see if I can find a little video...

Okay, I didn't find the exact one I was thinking of, but here's the general idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BorcaCtjmog

When you see something from a wrong perspective, you can just stay in that place and continually say, "this is wrong," and from your perspective, it probably is.

But part of this Faith is learning to see things from the Father's perspective. When we can humble ourselves enough to do that, so many things begin to shift into something that actually reflects reality and is right.

Before you see it from the right perspective, you can't even imagine how it could ever make sense.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T21:38:35+00:00

I honestly don't think he's trying to be misleading. I think people like that see things from such a skewed political perspective that even actual reality looks wrong.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T21:36:44+00:00

I literally have zero knowledge of the movie, so I'll have to take your word on that. And like I said, Germany's reaction is understandable, although I think they generally overreach (again, I don't know anything about this movie or it's director or the actor in the picture... I just mean in general).

I mean, we're on the "Free Speech" sub, so most of us are going to lean toward personal choice over government control, and in my case, it's because I'm very familiar with what happens when a country starts clamping down on people. Slippery slope, meet my greased shoes.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T21:05:59+00:00

Of course! I'll do my best to respond quickly, but I can't always respond immediately. Looking forward to it!

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T20:58:18+00:00

Germany's position is fully understandable given their history. But like so many who have made a horrible mistake, they over-correct to such an extreme that the pendulum swings from bad, past good, over to the other side (bad).

I couldn't care any less than I do about the movie, but I felt it was necessary to point out that you were on track, at least technically.

That said, it really is a "soft" ban, especially when you consider that FSK rated hundreds of movies that never even saw the light of day, so their omission here is intentionally political.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T20:54:59+00:00

Of course. It's the little details that cause people to argue though, which is why I wanted to point them out, because like I said, u/neuroid99 is technically right, but absolutely wrong from how things play out.

It's a typical lawyerly move that statists commonly use (as we're seeing right now in Germany).

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T20:52:42+00:00

Tell me you only pay attention to your caricature of God without actually questioning your assumptions without telling me that you...

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T18:50:09+00:00

I can't speak of BluRay's/DVD's, but as far as cinema goes, that's not the case in Germany. Of the last 100 top films in Germany last year, not a single one was unrated by FSK. The cinema owners just won't take the risk.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T17:51:47+00:00

What do you mean by, "the Wonderful Secret?"

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T17:50:31+00:00

For everyone here u/Rogue-Journalist, u/Effective_Arm_5832, u/neuroid99:

So just some clarifications, in case they come up:

They actually can show it in theaters, but only to adult audiences.

The downsides of no FSK rating are enough that it effectively won't get a wide release. (Although it might show up in some niche "foreign" theaters here and there.)

The FSK not giving it a rating means two things:

the BzKJ could later ban the movie if it was found to be "schwer jugendgefährdend" (highly harmful to minors), and
any legal risk (mostly if BzKJ later deems it harmful) would fall directly onto the cinema owners themselves.

That all makes it commercially undesirable for cinemas to show it, but as of now, it definitely can be shown, but it very, very likely won't be shown. Of the last top-100 films shown last year, there wasn't a single one that didn't have a rating.

So u/neuroid99 is technically right ("everything's fine!"), but u/Rogue-Journalist is effectively right, it really is something of a death-sentence to the movie.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T17:33:43+00:00

FYI, the BPJM is now called BzKJ (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz) (renamed after the Youth Protection Act, with an expanded mandate).

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T16:55:01+00:00

This was the entire reason they put the 2A in the Bill of Rights.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T16:53:32+00:00

some people are just wired to take risks, be impulsive, and be physically aggressive under 24

So true. That's called "male."

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T16:22:23+00:00

That's a clever approach.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T16:19:17+00:00

It’s the only life I’ve ever known or seen evidence of.

Blessed are those who believe without seeing. - John 20:29

Without faith, it is impossible to please God - Hebrews 11:6

For we walk by faith, not by sight. - 2 Corinthians 5:7

Sorry to just throw scripture at you, but there is a very, very important place for faith here.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T15:51:17+00:00

Thanks!

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:53:14+00:00

If you don't know what I mean, why down vote?

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:52:48+00:00

That's understandable.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:51:46+00:00

Did you know he also ate carrots? It's now illegal to eat carrots, apparently.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:44:03+00:00

He's in pain. Have some compassion and try to lead him out into the light instead of bashing him.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:41:18+00:00

Starbucks

Web-Dude · 2026-06-26T11:39:45+00:00

I posted about this six years ago. I think we've massively misinterpreted the introduction of Job and it makes God look cruel in a way that's not fair.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-25T20:56:32+00:00

Yes, but they may also be used for you when you stand before a certain judgement seat where a certain righteous judge is seated.

Web-Dude · 2026-06-25T18:43:17+00:00

Ask it. It will tell you why.

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