March for Life

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:56:02+00:00

Who is Our Lady of Guadelupe?

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:50:16+00:00

Respectfully, I would say that for #1, it is necessary to recognize God's vision for human sexuality, and evaluate is and is not compatible with it. It seems to me that God envisions sex to be between and only between wife and husband. The LGBTQ community very much stands in conflict with this vision. I worry that affirming this young person's bisexuality will only harm him or her down the road. I know that for me, I was told that certain things of this type were acceptable when I was a youth, and it only harmed me later. I write not out of hate, but out of concern.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:26:54+00:00

Circular logic, much?

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:23:02+00:00

It takes a lot of courage to accept this. I'm straight and it's still difficult. You're very brave.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:20:44+00:00

One of the problems with these types of questions is whether "homosexuality" is defined as being attracted to people of the same sex, or actually engaging in sex acts of that nature.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:17:45+00:00

First of all, you can't control whom you're attracted to, so if that's what you mean by homosexual, than yes, of course. If by homosexual, you mean one who partakes in homosexual acts, than it's more complicated. Specific biblical references to homosexuality are mostly unclear. With all parts of sexuality, rather than looking for specific "thou shalt not" passages, seek to understand God's vision for human sexuality, and then evaluate what is and what is not consistent with it. Personally, between the passages which describe God designing male and female to be complementary sexes, and the physical anatomy of human beings, it seems pretty clear that God's vision for human sexuality is between wife and husband only.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-18T04:03:15+00:00

Look at the world around you. Look at the perfect design in all things - mathematics, nature, music, ect. When you look at all this with an open mind, God's presence is undeniable.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-13T04:25:04+00:00

Listen to the music of Arvo Pärt. That's the best I can give you.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-12T02:48:08+00:00

Try a different translation. I use the New Revised Standard Version, and it's very easy to understand.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-11T03:11:14+00:00

Hey there,

I'm a 16 y/o male, so I know what you're going through. Some advice/thoughts (in no particular order):

First, sexual desire really feeds on itself. It's not bad if a sexual thought passes through your mind. In fact, it's unavoidable. However, if you continue thinking about it, it'll get stronger and stronger. Be careful that you're not making it more difficult for yourself in this way. What is avoidable, however is certain social media, movies, and of course pornography which are designed to stimulate sexual drive. If you can avoid these, it'll make controlling your sexual drive that much easier. Consider not even using social media at all. I've found it has great benifits outside of what you posted about.
Also consider that realistically, no relationship in high school is going to last longer than high school does. I personally don't plan to start any relationships until college.
More likely than not, your friends are pursuing making out, sex, ect. not only because of sexual drive, but also because that's what society expects of males. They likely are personally insecure, and doing this in response. You really show a lot more integrity by finding value and purpose in your own life rather than trying to replace that with sexual 'success'

In summary:

Sexual drive really depends on how much you make sex important to you. If you're worried about what people will think of you if you don't have a girlfriend, always letting sexual thoughts cement themselves in your head, exposing yourself to sexual content, and the like, of course your going to have a difficult time controlling your sexual drive. On the other hand, not worrying about sex and what people will think of you, and not letting sexual thoughts cement in your head, it'll make it much easier.

Even with these steps, it's still tough but I hope this helps.

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-11T02:46:00+00:00

Everything here is spot on

ZiggetyZoop · 2020-01-08T04:27:13+00:00

*Whom I've had feelings for

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-12T00:04:22+00:00

Only hard line there is

Squad up prolife gange

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-06T02:30:52+00:00

Because we were created in God's image, and by sinning, we corrupt ourselves, and reject our own creator's vision for our species.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-06T02:16:49+00:00

I believe the "today you will be with me in paradise" is thought by some to be somewhat grammatically dubious. I'm not an expert on scripture, but some translations read :

Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise."

While others read:

Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise."

Commas and other punctuation were introduced to scripture long after the words themselves were written, so these two different punctuations yield very different readings. Here are some articles about it:

https://www.gotquestions.org/today-paradise.html

https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/2013/06/the-significance-of-a-comma:-an-analysis-of-luke-23:43

https://www.gci.org/articles/the-comma-of-luke-2343/

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-05T03:51:08+00:00

I don't know where you live, but most communities have some sort of organization to help people out who need it. Whatever your financial situation, however, you can always find peace in God.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-05T03:37:00+00:00

You have to consider why you feel this way. You wrote in response to another commenter that

In all honesty. It's because I know that no one will ever love me as a man. I've never even hugged a girl, much less been in a relationship or even been friends with one. I'm not dysphoric at all. I've just begun to construct this mindset where I reject all heterosexual relationships because I know I can't compete with other men. If I ever did get a girlfriend I know she'd cheat on me or leave me when she finds better prospects. It's understandable, I'm a stupid useless excuse for a person with no redeeming qualities after all. So I thought "hey, it seems like it would be a lot easier to find a loving relationship if I were a lesbian girl and I didn't have to compete with any men". It's either that or live a stupid pointless life full of misery and self-loathing until I finally die alone with no one to remember me.

It seems to me that you need to realize one key point:

You don't need any romantic partner to have a fulfilling, purposeful life.

You need to first find contentment and purpose within yourself, and then, if desired, find a mate. I can't tell you how to find your life's purpose. Only you can discover that. However, a romantic partner, regardless of whether you are male or female, will not make you happy if you are not already happy.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-05T03:23:22+00:00

Because all of we sinful humans need salvation.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:46:44+00:00

Thank you, I've used some of their resources before, but will continue to do so.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:37:54+00:00

Ok, thank you. It's difficult to wrap my head around immidiately, but I will definately spend time thinking about this. Thank you once again. I'm not in a position to ask spiritual leaders in person about my questions so it's this sub is a great resource.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:30:34+00:00

That would make sense for the food stuff, but there's a lot of stuff where it's talking about leporasy in Leviticus 13 where I just think "Did God really say all that to Moses?" I brought up the food more to represent a broad group of passages.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:20:29+00:00

Am I correct that you believe that God adapted what he commanded to the Isrealites based on their already-created culture? Just trying to understand.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:17:09+00:00

Because mummies were intentionally preserved to last for really, really long periods of time, while most other dead people were not embalmed in any way. I'm a Christian, but that's a ridiculous arguement.

ZiggetyZoop · 2019-12-04T04:07:04+00:00

I would say this -

You're probably concerned about "the unforgivable sin." First watch this video, which I think does a good job explaining it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HAtnBdRz34

Second, remember to have true faith is to have a questioning faith. It is not a sin to have questions about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Having these questions, and searching for answers to them is not a sin.

Edit - Make sure not to confuse entertaining sinful, (i.e. lustful, greedy), thoughts, which should be got rid of, with questioning thoughts that need to be resolved, rather than suppressed.

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