So two things that popped into my mind and something I have been wondering about. I'm not knowledgeable on Buddhism, or things like it, but curious what you guys think.

1. What about Buddhism do you find undermines it in being true? From what I understand (which is small), there are like three schools of Buddhism that teach similar stuff, with some differences in nuance, right? I'm probably off, but yea.

So, I never heard that the aforementioned Codex was a forgery, but apparently, I ran into someone who thinks so, saying the physical, chemical and historical evidence is “overwhelming.” First time hearing this tbh. Is this true?

Hi there, I once saw a comment saying that apparently, Christian academics at universities and organizations have to sign some sort of faith statement/document before joining. If this is the case, should there be concern for the scholarly work they do on the NT and OT? This person, who made this comment, made it seem as though these scholars' research and study should be questioned, called out, or something like that.

I had no idea about this, and this is the first time I'm hearing about this, so please do clear the air up.

I once heard an agnostic friend of mine say, "We [mankind] made God in our image, not the other way around." (or something like that). If I remember this correctly, I think it was based on God's wrath and judgement on the nations throughout the OT. I think this also relates into the whole idea of, "How can a Loving God do such atrocities! He is committing genocide! How could He do something like that!?!?" Something like that. I'm sure you guys have seen this sentiment, especially with more detail and such, that these parties say in opposition to our God.

Idk if this would ever come up again in a conversation, but what should I say in response? Any hard hitters, per se? I'm not a good debater, but I'd like to be prepared at the very least.

I'm in the middle of a course alongside an upcoming internship (they're connected) and I'm feeling frustrated and irritated. I wanted to do this at a time when I wasn't a believer (If I ever was one actually), but now that I am a serious (albeit trying and imperfect) believer that became one 5-6 months ago, my priorities have changed and I feel more frustrated by this current internship/course thing I'm doing. It feels like a distraction from the Enemy, and something that only keeps me distracted, dull, and what not.

Not sure if I should just drop this, and move on with my major, which it kind of is related to, or just continue this, despite how frustrating and negative I am towards this. The only reason I'm still doing it is because perhaps God has a plan for it and me, this was an opportunity from God, but no other reason I've found makes sense for me to keep doing this. I get it, an internship is a great opportunity to have, especially in Tech and such, honestly, I don't care about this line of work anymore. The major is interesting, and I'll probably use what I learned elsewhere than I expect now, but idk. Also, I dont know if this was an opportunity from God, and I don't want to be rude to God either. I'm just lost at the moment. Does anyone have seasons where they feel like me, or am I just the odd ball that's just rough around the edges and just incompetent?

I just want to live a simple life, work, work on my relationship with God, love others, bear fruit, and have my life end when God deems it time. All the while, just being genuine, loving, faithful and obedient. I'm still a young believer, so these conflicting emotions, and understanding when it comes to walking with God will end/mature in time.

Thoughts?

Recently, I reflected and realized I don't know how to actually, genuinely love. I was driving in the car when I just broke down, in my prayer/talking with God reflecting on everything that happened beforehand. I don't know if lack of sleep causes one to feel apathetic, or emotionally neutral, but I guess?

All I know is that I have a hard time expressing love. For instance, for much of my teens, I lived in a household where none of my brothers and I could say, "I love you" genuinely without cringing, feeling awkward, or feeling like saying such things was "beneath us". Before I became a serious (albeit still imperfect mess) believer 5-6 months ago, I dropped a number of distractions/idols that I think were hardening my heart, especially ones feeding my pride. There's more nuance of course, but my point is, I can't actually feel/be genuine in expressing love like the elderly people at my church, or whoever you know that is radiating with love for God and others genuinely. There are times where I'm just going with the flow and I do feel genuine, but I'm not putting myself under a magnifying glass.

In addition to something else, whether it be someone, something, etc, I have a hard time actually having that feeling of love, or whatever like it. I'm just way too self-aware for my own good, so when I'm in a situation where I'm genuinely loving the company of someone, I might have a thought come in (not verbally, like with words) expressing the sentiment that I'm being disingenuous. It feels as though I only connect with God in suffering, tears, and pain, and never when I'm in a stable state of mind.

I've prayed for my heart to change and reflect Jesus', and such, but for now, I'm just here. Ever felt like me?

Hi there. To the point, I have a couple of questions that I hope to get some help from, just to be prepared in the case that I get into a convo with someone where these points might come up.

1. I often here the argument against our faith, that, "Well, there are tens of thousands of gods, what makes you think yours is ther right one?" What reasons would you give against this?

2. I heard from an agnostic friend, when we were talking, that he doesn't "believe that doing good things for people should be motivated by metaphysical rewards; people should just treat each other with kindness by default until they do something that violates that kindness." What am I missing, and what should I have said in response? I'm not much a debater, in fact, I'm not probably built for one. With that said, I think giving something in return is something I can do.

1. Has anyone noticed that with former mods before the update, the game just returns to base game? Like, not entirely of course, since unions and such are in, but I'd like to have more allies than just 1 lol.
2. Any mods you'd recommend in 2026, post-update, that really improve the immersion, depth, and feel of the game?
3. Is Lukasz just insanely busy or something? It seems he's been putting a lot of attention on AoH2, which is cool and all, I would think that the new game would be given that level of development instead. Like, I'm obviously ignorant of his life, but the same behavior that was apparent with AoH2 is the same with AoH3

As the title suggests, what are your ways of combatting doubts as Christians? I find myself in situations where I'm doing something, have thoughts here and there, remembering something, working on this and that, and then all of a sudden, my sense of perception on the reality around me, in my home, the world, my sense of reality in Christianity, etc., just cracks more or less and then I'm in a state of "panic" or confusion, and going through a serious battle where I recall all that I know and understand about Christ and the Truth of our faith. I do have OCD, but as of now, it hasn't been too bad, but still, any thoughts? Sorry for any bad spelling, grammar, etc.

I've seen people say that doubt is a sin, but that just doesn't seem reasonable, or even a normal thing to think of. It's like saying intrusive thoughts are sinful, despite the fact that intrusive thoughts are literally intrusive. I don't even think comparing doubt to intrusive thoughts is necessarily correct, but that's just me.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueChristian/comments/1pd248u/comment/ojzemor/?context=3

I got this from a thread linked above, from someone asking what the deal was with Atheists. You might find this comment (shown below) there. Wondering if there are any objections to this, errors, or something? I got curious about this and was wondering what you guys think on these points. These aren't from me, but the original commenter said the following: "Hopefully this helps. I am not an Atheist, but several of my friends are and these are straight from the horsies mouth. Peace"

""According to atheists, its a combination of things.

1. Many atheists view religion, especially the Abrahamic religions, as being very dangerous to society. They base this on the fact that many Christian people are vehemently against anything socially progressive, dismissing it as sinful and bad. Christians who do agree with progressive social ideals are also not well received.
2. Historical Transgressions. Christians have often been on the wrong side of history. The Klan, opposition to Civil Rights [still opposed by some christians] the Southern Baptist conventions pro-slavery, pro JimCRow and anti "race mixing" policies do not sit well with many people, ans some of those people are Atheists. When christians refer to other ethnic groups in the same light as "Amalekites" thats not going to sell with a lot of the general population.
3. Blind and unwavering support for the Israelites. There is a genocide going on in Gaza. SOME [not all, definitely NOT ALL] Christian leaders are supporting it because " WE must bless Israel". The Christians in Gaza can go pound sand, there is no blessing attached to defending them, i guess.
4. The Rise of Christian Nationalism. Many Christians have spoken out against the current Christo-fascism that is pushed by Doug Wilson, Joel Webbon, Josh Hawley, Nick Fuentes and others of their ilk. But all of the faith leaders that said Jesus himself chose President Trump, have nothing to say about Jeff Epstein? Like , not one word?
5. Burden shifting and poor argumentation. Listen to any atheist call in show, and someone will call in , with "proof" that their particular ideas about God are all true. Most of the time, the actual argument is "Well, you atheists are stupid and think everything came from nothing." I have never actually heard an athesist say this , although growing up in church , i heard it frequently.
6. Defense of Horrors. Again , on call in shows, many christians call in to proclaim their belief in Objective morality. "You atheists have no morality , so what is to keep you from [terrible thing X]? After an explanation of " do not cause unnecessary harm is my moral standard" the question will be returned to the Christian. "God is always good and it is always bad to disobey God. So if he told you to waste an Amalekite child, right now ,would you do it? The most common response is "But he wouldn't!" He told his own people to commit numerous genocides [which im assured the babies and old people ALWAYS deserved] and he told them to take virgin girls as war spoils. Objective morality disappears the second you say " Well, back then...." " In those times..." OK. So your morality is subject to God's commands, then. But if you wont waste the Amalekite, its actually subject to your own not wanting to waste babies.
7. Very low opinion /respect for women. "Is it just that YHWH caused David's wives to get r@p3d for David's sin?" Some answer from Christian men. Yes, God need to make David feel bad [ so he had David's wives violated.] I think they wanted it. It's not r@p3, that sounds like a party. It's justified. Those women had sinned at some point in their lives and that was God's punishment.[for David's sin]. David would not have cared if he was punished, so god destroyed his property. [ ie. Women are property]. However, when you ask if it would be just for these men to be violated of their wife committed adultery, they very quickly have a change in opinion.
8. Slavery. Right now, Christian apologists are on a mad dash trying desperately to make the Bible say the words " GOD HATES SLAVERY!" but it doesn't say that. It does not say "here is how to hire people, just like Worldmart does. It gives SPECIFIC details on how to purchase, own , sell, beat and r@p3 slaves. It NEVER, at ANY TIME says, "Christian FREE YOUR SLAVES , for this is an abomination unto you." It tells slaves to be good slaves ,even if you have a cruel master. Wesley Huf And Cliff Knechtle can lie as much as they want to [Revelation 21:8], but the Bible doesn't say what they want it to about the institution of slavery. This is compounded by the fact that Southern American Christian , despite their founding constitutional state documents saying , in black and white " "THE NEGRO IS INFERIOR TO THE WHITE MAN AND SLAVERY IS HIS NATURAL STATE." , these same christian will look you in the eye and tell you "Nope, nothing to do with slavery whatsoever.""

Note: I don't know what flair to use, but I chose this one because it seemed most relevant for this. Was perusing a subreddit here, and came across a post talking about the David Wood situation that happened 4-5 months ago. Someone mentioned this:

""People like to say "everyone misunderstands Jesus" or "nobody is listening to what he actually said" but what Jesus actually said was salvation was possible only through him. Not through humanity or ethics, and he certainly didn't explore the complex ethical philosophies that preceded him by a millennia.

It was just "eternal life comes exclusively from me, through me". Christianity doesn't care about morality, only membership. And that's the point. Forgiveness, isn't about grace - it's about membership renewal.

It truly is a despicable religion headed by a God that kickstarted his adventures by raping a teenager.""

This came from an atheist subreddit (not surprised), but curious about possible objections to this post. Sorry if this is a stupid question/post to make, I'm just curious is all.

Regarding the David Wood situation that happened 4-5 months ago, I'm not sure how to feel about this, considering how accepting his viewers are, knowing the situation. What he did is terrible and disgusting, and I can't get myself to reconcile this situation as others have, especially those in his comment sections under his streams and videos talking about the situation. Please don't read this as a very condemning attitude I'm giving. I understand we should give grace and recognize what Christ has done to/for David Wood, considering everything good that he has done, but the subject of what he did is hard to get past. Thoughts?

Sorry if this is such a weird post to make, or something. I just don't know where to go to get some perspective on this.

Context of who I am: I've been a Christian for 5-6 months (a serious one, though stumbling here and there still). I've learned a lot, studied/still studying deeply the subjects and evidences for our faith, exploring more about the Word, preparing myself to give answers to potential questions about our faith, and more. A LOT has happened during this time, good and bad. One issue that I've been having is regarding my church.

On one hand, when I first took my faith seriously those 6 months ago, I was in a dark place. I contacted this church (after looking at a bunch) I've been going to since the beginning, and I've had talks and meetings with my pastor one-on-one and after services. He's helped me through these things and provided good ground to stabilize. I've been loving my Church family and my pastor ever since then, and have been connecting more and more with them as time goes by.

But on the other hand, my pastor preaches sermons that are just not filling and may even be surface level sometimes. From what I learned, he does books of the bible in Fall (highlighting key points), and in Spring has sermons on various topics, but not once have I heard anything regarding sin, hell, stumbling, or anything you would find in the Bible. Afterall, Jesus spoke of hell, sin, and other important matters over and over again. My pastor's sermons cover things like getting out of your comfort zone (e.g., don't be lazy, but do the work God instructed us to do), how to live a Christian life, etc.

There's maybe like ~35% biblical teaching/analysis, with the rest of those sermons talking about authors, papers, personal stories with some jokes in there to tie into the topic.

What should I do? It's not like my source of preaching comes from him only, since I have tons of resources regarding various subjects in Christianity, especially sermons from Paul Washer, Through the Bible with Pastor Paul, Phillip Anthony Mitchell, etc. I'm just conflicted about this.