u/Averagecrabenjoyer69

I've met a few people that once you talk to them on the subject. That openly acknowledge the existence of God and even Christ and admit we live as His creation. Yet they still refuse Him and do their own thing. How does one even go about this in life? You accept that God exists, you live within His realm, and even that He's all powerful, but you either think He's unjust or refuse to worship the Lord. How does such a mindset exist?

I made a post awhile back asking about the Yildiz 12 gauge SxS with the waterfowl laser engraving scene that is an absolutely beautiful gun. It recieved a lot of criticism and saying things like "don't bother buying a Turkish SxS when you can buy American" or "CZ would be a lot better because they're not Turkish". Why the hate?

From what I can tell Yildiz is a solid quality, and the only Turkish shotguns that are sketch are their semi autos.

When I say this I'm not meaning treating and respecting your wife as your teammate and other half in the relationship, nor am I talking about that men should be domineering and abusive to their wives(God literally says the prayers of husbands abusive to their wives will not be heard).

I'm meaning the ever so common scenario where the wife calls all the shots. Whether it be the household, kids, finances, time spent, or pecking order. There's the veil of them being equal or the husband being the head of the house, but if he puts in his input its ignored or shot down by the wife, and it spirals into just "yes dears".

Even King Solomon warned in Scripture that its better to dwell in a desert land than deal with a nagging or quarlsome wife. Yet this seems all too common in Christian households and Christian men let it happen despite the Bible being very clear on the duties and position of husbands and wives in the family unit. Why is this?

Now I'm not hating on women nor taking a misogynistic position, because obviously not all families and wives are like this. I love my wife very much and make her my first priority after God and we have a good dynamic. However it is an observation nonetheless.

We do have Chain Pickerel in Western KY/TN, which I guess are the southern cousins of the Northern Pike? Never caught one though.

I myself am a Southern Baptist born and raised, and that is the church my wife and I attend. I've heard some of the Protestant rhetoric of condemning Catholics as non-Christian etc, and have always vehemently disagreed with it. Despite some of my certain theological disagreements with the Roman Catholic Church(which I will not get into here). I've always seen Catholics as fellow Christians and brethren, and fully believe I will see devout Catholics in Heaven as I would Protestants or Eastern Orthodox. However I am curious, how do Catholics view Protestants like myself?

Are we seen as flawed but still fellow Christian brothers? Or are we seen as heretics or apostates?

Are any of you who live in Southern or Central Missouri, even if you identify culturally as Midwestern now, aware of your Southern roots? Between the end of the Civil War and WW2, Missouri recieved major Midwestern migration that swamped Missouri's original Southern population transitioning from a Southern state to a Midwestern state with Southern influence. In 1904 Missouri left the Solid South.

"By 1860, Missouri’s demographics had changed dramatically since its entry into the Union as a slave state in 1820. Native Southerners settled along the Missouri River where slavery thrived with the production of hemp and other cash crops. By 1860, 77 percent of Missouri’s 114,509 slaves resided in this area known as “Little Dixie.”1 Emigrants from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia settled in the Ozarks, where they found a landscape similar to their native state. By the 1850s, approximately 75 percent of Missourians claimed Southern ancestry.2 St. Louis however, experienced a period of explosive growth and challenged the planters for political and economic dominance. Here a large population of immigrants, especially Germans and Irish thrived. Their presence worried many early settlers who feared a loss of Missouri’s Southern heritage."

https://ozarkscivilwar.org/life-in-the-ozarks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904\_United\_States\_presidential\_election\_in\_Missouri

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/s/kSIQ4dMQkw

And treat the Scots side as a minor vague footnote. While thankfully with the advent of DNA testing, more people are becoming aware of the reality and using Ulster-Scots more in place of Scots-Irish or as just plain Scottish.

However its something I've noticed many times in the past, and even in my own family. I have a few Ulster-Scots lines in my maternal ancestry. My grandmother would say we were "Scotch-Irish" and mostly identified with the Irish aspect and Ireland. When I would ask about the Scots side she'd shrug her shoulders and be like "don't know, I guess there's some in there somewhere" and called it that. Come to find out not only is the majority of our Celtic heritage just Scottish, we have very little Irish in us at all(one line is a Norman Irish line, there's only one genuinely Irish line from Dublin), our Ulster-Scots ancestors were only in Antrim for 20-30 years from Scotland before migrating to the Colonies.

Despite the fact the Ulster-Scots were primarily just Scottish and to a lesser extent Northern English, and there being very little native Northern Irish involved. This seems to be a common phenomenon up until the last few years.

Why has this been the case?

So let me preface, I'm not denying nor attempting to downplay Revelations or the days we live in. Biblical truth is biblical truth. However some Christians I meet that the only part of the Bible they focus on is Revelations and the end times are so miserable in day to day life almost to the point of being toxic. My mother in law is this way as well as a couple of my aunts. She's always hammering on Revelations and that the time is coming soon, and that she's so ready for it, and frankly in day to day life she's miserable. Scripture also commands us to bide our time, eat, drink, and be merry, work hard to spread the Word, and to be thankful for God's blessings everyday. Only the Father knows the day and the hour, could be tomorrow, could be 50 years from now.

Its like they feel to see that life is still worth living, and there's still good and blessings in it every day. I don't know, its just a more common trend I've noticed. My MIL and aunt's don't really put much focus on Scripture unless its Ezekial or Revelations. Its quite frustrating because you can't even have simple conversations without it tying into End Times somehow. The Lord gave us that Scripture to comfort us not to be in this miserable living on edge everyday till the day comes.

Why does this seem to be the case?