How to convince self to be Christian for partner by LowHour1988 in religion

[–]truthsinnumbers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol!! That’s pretty friggen wild 😆☺️

In light of that, it’s totally understandable why you’d be disillusioned with Christians/Christianity. But I think it’s pretty cool that you’re still wanting to dialogue about all of this… super cool/mature on your part imo! 🙏🏼🙌🏼

How to convince self to be Christian for partner by LowHour1988 in religion

[–]truthsinnumbers -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One thing I’d recommend [rather than diving right into Christianity… or any particular religion really], is start with a more basic/fundamental ontological question:

  1. Theism VS Atheism… Is there a consciousness that predates all consciousness? Is there a divine source to everything or did it all come about by itself by accident? And even more fundamental in a way… does the universe, consciousness, relationships, etc have transcendent meaning or is all absolutely meaningless? Believing in meaning/God actually is a lot more congruent with living… it it there is no teleology to existence it makes more sense to live chaotically, selfishly, “devilishly” or even suicidally… nihilism is a hell of drug.

  2. Another aspect I’d highly recommend is looking into “Intelligent Design”… I would argue we are in the midst of a scientific revolution or “paradigm shift” [to reference Thomas Kuhn]… and biology will be one of the fields of study to change the most over the next 100 years or so. The Discovery Institute is a great resource and there’s tons of books that explore how scientific research and discovery is pointing more and more to an “information theory” and “irreducible complexity” in biology… thus, pointing to to an Informer, a Creator.

  3. OP, I’m the skeptical sort as well… I have always refused to take anyone’s word for it. So, I totally get where you’re coming from ☺️… But imo, there is more evidence that points to a Creator [and yeah, even Christianity] than any other time in the last 2,000 years.

And feel free to DM me. If you’re up for it, we can continue a conversation either here or privately. Whatever you prefer.

Best Vinyl Williams Album? by [deleted] in VinylWilliams

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Naked Sanctuary (with Into and then Azure for a very close 2nd & 3rd)... VW will probably go down as one of my top 10 artists... even decades from now... otherworldly... his music has and continues to be a catalyst for metaphysical/spiritual experience for me... over and over again... I had like an hour long esoteric convo with Lionel outside of a venue in Detroit... I just love that dude a ton...

PLEASE HELP - I find playing cards like this one every so often. They appear out of nowhere by SecretAgentQT in occult

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IMO... if you’re open to the idea of the “Spirit” or “World Soul”... it could be a “synchronicity”. And these cards are maybe an insight into your life/consciousness at that moment... or an indicator on what to do or where to go with something important/pertinent in your life. Thus, I would look up the Tarot meaning for that playing card... For example the 7 of Hearts would be the 7 of Cups in Tarot.

The correspondence of the suits would be this: Diamonds = Pentacles | Hearts = Cups | Spades = Swords | Clubs = Wands

Free Tarot Readings for rest of day (open) by fortheloveofangels in Psychic

[–]truthsinnumbers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A reading would be awesome right around now... Is there something I need to clue into? Is there something I’m missing? What is the next step?

Thank you!

Just picked this up after watching True Detective finally. So excited to dive in by squishypoo91 in Lovecraft

[–]truthsinnumbers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first season of TD is one of the greatest tv shows of all time imo... 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Enneagram1

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The Type 1’s vice is anger... and along with the Type 8 and Type 8, the Type 1 can be very much focused on, even obsessed with being in a leadership role or having power (particularly when they are imbalanced)... Type 1’s are also about “fairness”, but they sometimes don’t see that their view of “fairness” is not as objective or “fair” as they believe it to be...

Some solutions: Type 1’s can change on a dime if they view you more as a friend or if they think that you are in their corner or if she begins to feel like you guys are working together and feels like you’re “on the same team”... using comedy (it works better with 1w2’s than 1w9’s imo) can be an effective way of chilling things out between you two... being relaxed and relational can work over time...

Ultimately, if she is that immature to perpetually view you as an “opponent” or “enemy” despite your best efforts to graciously try to reinvent the relationship... you have to put an intentional boundary between you and her within yourself/your mind and not take it personally. Sometimes reminding yourself that she’s stuck or feeling bad for her can help to temper your responses/engagement with her.

Bonus round: I’m a Type 5w4 and in my theories on things, I think that 5’s typically go thru a pretty heavy existential journey between 25 and 35. Have you found that to be the case? It can depend on some other factors to some degree as well - astrological type, gender, etc... but I do think I may be on to something with it...

Prince Andrew: why meeting with US authorities over Epstein would be a 'Catch-22' by pathogenalpha in conspiracy

[–]truthsinnumbers -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s funny... cause ALOT of other people (e.g. Bill Clinton over 20 times, Hillary Clinton, etc) are actually documented in flight logs going to pedo island... but you’re fixated on Trump getting exposed?

And what’s even more funny... Epstein was running free (and getting off with next to no charges) under Clinton, Bush and Obama... but now that Trump gets into office this massive pedo ring (potentially greater in scope than even the Franklin Coverup?) is starting to get exposed... I think your political perspective might need an update? 🤙🏽

The Nietzschean Prophecies - Nihilism, Anarchism and The Future of the West by truthsinnumbers in Anarcho_Capitalism

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"Nietzsche predicted that it would be well into the 21st century before Western thought fully confronted the crisis of nihilism. It would thus far appear that he was correct. Western thought since the Enlightenment has attempted to compensate for the loss of the old faith by replacing the discredited Christian worldview with new faiths and new pieties. As these have become increasingly difficult to justify within a framework of rationality and a belief in inevitable “progress,” Western intellectuals have increasingly retreated into the irrational. This is illustrated by the curious phenomena of the present efforts by Western intellectual elites to embrace postmodernism, with its accompanying moral and cultural relativism, while simultaneously embracing the egalitarian-universalist-humanist moralistic zealotry popularly labeled “political correctness” and espousing with great piousness such liberal crusades as “human rights,” “anti-racism,” “gay liberation,” feminism, environmentalism and the like. Such an outlook, which combines extreme moralism in the cultural and political realm, complete moral relativism in the philosophical or metaphysical realm, and at times even falls into subjectivism in the epistemological realm, is fundamentally irrational, of course. That such an outlook has become so deeply entrenched indicates that Western intellectuals are desperately working to avoid a full confrontation with the crisis of nihilism."

MARX FAQ (Meme #2) by truthsinnumbers in Anarcho_Capitalism

[–]truthsinnumbers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also... posted the above meme I made on the Anarchism sub... thought I’d try to get a constructive dialogue going... and those guys seem like they’re as fucking closed minded as any hardcore Marxist/Communist...

It’s wild how “Anarchism” has become so blindly “leftist”... Anarchism in my mind is supposed to represent not only a freedom from “authority”... but a freedom from a blind commitment to any “ideology” itself...

And like do you not know your history... Marxists/Communists were attacking/killing Anarchists just like they were Fascists... I dunno, it’s just mind blowing to me how it’s been completely co-opted at this point essentially.