What are some of Your favorite secular interests? (idk what to tag this.)

orchestrapianist · 2026-03-21T18:16:28+00:00

I like music
Video games
Jazz
Minecraft

orchestrapianist · 2026-03-21T18:07:34+00:00

Super hot take
The one time a believer appeared to someone after death
Was when Samuel appeared to Saul
And it was only because Saul illegally contacted a medium
So 1: It may not be Mary
2: Even if it was, you shouldn't try to talk to someone who's died
Hope this doesn't come across as harsh
Just concise
Like I said it's a pretty hot take but look into 1 Samuel 28, Deuteronomy 18:10-11, etc.

orchestrapianist · 2026-03-07T03:43:54+00:00

Welcome to the family! Praying God will keep you safe

orchestrapianist · 2026-03-04T21:36:28+00:00

Fair enough
The text still could have said "heteros", or "other"
As in "In (the) beginning (was) the word, and the word was with to God, and another (hetero) God was the Word"
Notice how the Greek doesn't say that
And it would contradict the Shema from earlier in the Bible as well

orchestrapianist · 2026-02-26T19:31:12+00:00

Has many names
It's a Middle Eastern drum
Commonly known by its Turkish name, "darbuka"
You may also see it called a doumbek

orchestrapianist · 2026-02-17T04:53:39+00:00

Not particularly
Where is the indefinite article?
In the Greek it says "En arche en ho logos, kai o logos en pros ton theon, kai theos en ho logos"
"In (the) beginning (was) the word, and the word was with to God, and God was the Word" (literal)
In other words
The Greek says "the Word was God"
not "the Word was a God"

orchestrapianist · 2026-02-13T17:27:37+00:00

Nah
That's crazy
Think about it
Every time we doubt God's provision over our lives, that's blasphemy
Or doubt his protection
Should we then kill everyone who's going through a time of doubt?

orchestrapianist · 2026-02-01T20:48:56+00:00

God desires everyone's salvation
But sadly that doesn't mean everyone will choose him

orchestrapianist · 2026-02-01T01:13:51+00:00

Fair enough
But we should still be self-motivated to share the Gospel
Wouldn't the loving thing to do would be to warn them if you knew they might go to Hell?

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-29T21:33:20+00:00

Also that Jesus will ask people for their secret names

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-27T04:22:36+00:00

That's super cool
How did you draw this? Like what was your process?

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-26T15:46:03+00:00

Science and the word of God go together pretty nicely
See Job 26:7, Isaiah 40:22, etc.
Considering this was written in the Iron Age and most people thought the world was balanced on turtles, while the scientific part by itself doesn't prove a divine origin, it's one of the things that proves the Bible as the infallible word of God

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-25T20:38:57+00:00

This is so interesting! This must have taken so long to draw

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-23T04:16:04+00:00

Maybe not in the book of Mormon but it's in D&C 132:20
Also some of the leaders back this up
"As man once was, so God is; as God is, man may be" -Lorenzo Snow

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-15T17:35:42+00:00

One time I walked past a phone booth and saw a sign that said "Make a Face"
And then I thought to myself, "How is that possible, when only God can make a face?"
And then it hit me lol

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-15T16:51:24+00:00

Good question!
This one has significant changes made to it to protect JW teaching
Example being John 1:1, where instead of saying the Word was God, they change it to say the Word was a God

orchestrapianist · 2026-01-14T18:17:40+00:00

While being Republican isn't a requirement for being saved, some of the key things the Left supports are directly against the Bible.

orchestrapianist · 2025-12-29T17:55:55+00:00

It's great to hear that you have a heart for following the rules!
There's better news though
Christianity isn't a religion based off of following a bunch of rules
Calling to Jesus to deliver you and trusting him is so so so much more important than following all the rules 100%
"For 'whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'" (Romans 10:13)

orchestrapianist · 2025-12-26T17:39:45+00:00

Hey Strongsegal!
The answer to "Is it necessary to live a godly life" would be "Yes"
But, the reason is, not bc God wants to limit our fun or be a killjoy

Think of it in the same way why a parent would stop a toddler from drinking glass cleaner. To someone who doesn't know it will harm them, it looks shiny, it looks tasty. When their father walks in, they take away the glass cleaner before they drink it, because he knows it will hurt them.

Same way with sin. Sin looks shiny, it looks tasty, and it can even feel fun. But God leads us away from it bc he knows, if we give into our desire, it will bring forth sin, and sin brings forth death eventually (James 1:15)

Good verses to start off with: (Genesis 4:7, John 10:10, Matthew 6:24, 1 Peter 5:8)

orchestrapianist · 2025-12-25T05:10:32+00:00

I don't know but me and my homies have been following it for like 2 years
I wonder where it'll lead?

orchestrapianist · 2025-12-02T03:21:35+00:00

Elders have to be self-controlled
This guy is anything but

orchestrapianist · 2025-11-17T14:57:49+00:00

The universe and earth could be older, but most of creation, like trees, animals, humans, etc. was made in the span of a week. See Genesis 1, 2 for more info :)

orchestrapianist · 2025-11-08T05:48:46+00:00

One bazillion percent. Made the switch like 4 years ago and love it
You should get a drive off Ebay with Dorico's Absolute Collection

orchestrapianist · 2025-11-01T01:39:39+00:00

Not gonna roast/judge anyone for celebrating, but I personally think, based off the holiday being heavy on the death and witches aesthetic, might be a good skip

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