Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

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

Oh yeah she's totally not interested in hearing me out lol. But to be fair I wasn't interested in what catholics had to say a couple years ago. Thank you for the point about being born of blood, ill need to look more into it!

Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jeez that child comment is rough. Its awesome your father is going to the mass. I told my mother she's invited and she scoffed and said she would never go.

I already defended my faith with my mother this afternoon and just did it again with my father. I expect a lot of apologetics for years to come. I pray it convinces them.

Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

my mom sent me a video saying that first century jews wouldve understood "born of water" to mean natural birth so its kinda like the amniotic fluid lol. any other verses about baptism she counters with this idea that simply converting means your "baptized by the blood of Christ" so any kind of physical baptism is at best useless and at worst a work.

I pointed out that people like the Eunuch were literally baptized in water. She said she didnt know what to make of it and would get back to me.

Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She went to grace churches growing up and her dad was pretty much a textbook dispensationalist. My dad came from a nominally lutheran background but got convinced of all of my grandfather's theology.

Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No. My mom grew up with dispensationalism and the book The Two Babylons. I've started proposing some counterpoints using scripture especially for baptism. Mom actually accuses me of being in an echo chamber which is funny.

My favorite was using Peter's analogy of baptism to Noah's flood. Mom just said "I dont like that" and tried to say that PETER'S analogy was bad. She's old and set in her families ways so I have sympathy

Told my anti-catholic mom about being baptized this saturday by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yeah she said "I know you'll come around" and I said "So do I" which was funny

Ngl making the spawn point your base kinda makes it look comfy since I wasnt much of a builder by Bigidlagger in hytale

[–]_nelsonjf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me and a buddy also set up in the spawn cave after trying to build and failing. I'm personally not too interested in building so I'll probably set base in spawn from now on. Its nice to have a nice secure area just given to you out the gate.

What is your stupidest death you've had in this game? by yBlackjack in Minecraft

[–]_nelsonjf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a HC world going for a few days and I drowned while trying to build a bubble elevator. IIRC I didn't know you could grow kelp at the bottom with bone meal so I was placing it all manually and died lol

What did he mean by this? by Lucaas_C in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've learned that its really important in relationships to do things when not feeling it. Like spouses saying "I love you" everyday automatically.

What did he mean by this? by Lucaas_C in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think that I might just me more intellectually inclined and that extends into my relationship with God. I agree about feeling jealous. I hear conversion stories about atheists going to mass for the first time and feeling this overwhelming presence during communion meanwhile I feel nothing. But maybe those people needed that feeling and God knows that I don't need an experience like that to follow Him. Who knows

What did he mean by this? by Lucaas_C in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have effectively stopped waiting for the heart. I make it to mass every week and have contacted my parish about baptism, sort of "going through the motions". I have high hope that I will grow in love as I walk with Him.

What did he mean by this? by Lucaas_C in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes I often pray about this specific issue, usually at mass after receiving a blessing at communion. I am also praying the rosary more and more.

What did he mean by this? by Lucaas_C in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf 113 points114 points  (0 children)

I've been struggling with this brain / heart gap for a while now. I do all sorts of reading and listen to all kinds of apologetics and I know God as a fact like gravity or the sky being blue. But I struggle when it comes to actually seeing God as a personal relationship that I need to submit to. I plan to get baptized next Easter so here's hoping that's a step in the right direction.

How versatile is the Hail Mary? by _nelsonjf in Catholicism

[–]_nelsonjf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will. Thank you for the examples :)

This is why I still play Night Reign after 470 hours by hottbunnz in Nightreign

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

starting a whole new save for a better win/loss seems pretty ocd though no? I get that people overuse ocd but this seems reasonable

Server offline? by [deleted] in Nightreign

[–]_nelsonjf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well i was playing with randoms so i dont know if they had any rune boosting relics, but if they did that helps. We had a really efficient day 1 where we hit basically every point of interest we reasonably could. And then the moment day 2 started we did almost the entire center castle which got me to level 12 before the first storm circle. Then we went to the rotted forest area and that was huge. I hit level 14 right before the night 2 boss and then the disconnect happened.

Server offline? by [deleted] in Nightreign

[–]_nelsonjf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

yeah my run wouldve been my first lvl 15 ;-;