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I’m gonna keep this post short and sweet today.

Kierkegaard obviously believed that to come to the conclusion of God was an act of a faith which required an absurdist paradox to the universal.

Meanwhile Aquinas took a more simple approach by saying you can prove God with logic.

Can someone say, well yes you can prove God with logic but you also need the Kierkegaardian subjective leap of faith to actually believe and follow him to be a Christian. There exists a case where one knows he exists through logic but still lacks the leap of faith to follow him. Could a blending of these philosophies exist to make such a case?

I recently wanted to introduce my pc friend to dayz so we went on a pc server and 2-3 hours in we get killed by hackers speaking Portuguese (we’re in a Brazilian server)

So how bad is the hacker situation for you guys?

I’m a Christian and don’t know much about Islam in general but I’ve seen some Muslims bash Mamdani for not being a “real” Muslim for attending a pride parade or praying with christians. Does this make him like a heretical Muslim or a heterodox one? Is he, in Christian terms, lukewarm?

In Christianity we define our beliefs with the nicene creed and any groups that don’t believe in it, like JW’s and Mormons we would exclude from calling them Christian. Is there like an Islamic equivalent to that? Would he be out of that group or is he. Are those claiming he’s not a true Muslim making a no true Scotsman’s fallacy?

Sorry if I come off as ignorant I genuinely wanna learn

I’m a reformed Anglican reading a book written by a Baptist called “The New Guidebook for Pastors” written by James W. Bryant and Mac Brunson in which half way through it they say Lutherans affirm consubstantiation and even go as far to say Calvinists affirm “replacement theology”.
I searched it up and I see mixed answers on whether or not Lutherans affirm consubstantiation so I’m not too sure anymore.

After studying more of him through secondary sources (I’m not trying to read one of the hardest books in all of philosophy) it seems he had a big problem with metaphysical questions by calling them absolute nonsense because we’re taking these abstract words out of their everyday context. Essentially saying that propositions can only be found in what is empirical.

How does the Thomist view this and tackle it down?

Context: Me and my girlfriend have been dating for about 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. I had graduated high school and am going to university to study applied theology because I’ve been discerning priesthood for the past maybe 9 months. She has recently moved about an hour and a half away.

During the beginning of our relationship she was a baby Christian and decided to become Catholic on her own but she didn’t know much and was on track to become lukewarm. Her moms are kinda semi Catholic? They pray on their own but are too scared to enter church due to their lesbian relationship but are devout in their faith. Eventually towards the middle of the relationship I had convinced her to join the Anglican faith with me and she became incredibly devout. We’d pray on call every once in a while and I’d constantly talk theology and church politics with her. She was very intrigued to learn theology.

Eventually in the past month and a half she had to move away and a lot of things had occurred in ours lives. My best friend had passed away, she moved away, I graduated high school, she had to give her pets away, I currently have some small college stuff to work out and she is going through a lot in her family. Packing, moving out, and moving in was an incredibly emotional process. Once she arrived her crazy grandpa had started acting up and some stuff happened that’d be best to not say. With that said a lot of stuff had been going on in both of our lives currently.

Within the past month I’ve noticed she had became more critical of Christianity in general. She questioned me deeply on the problem of evil and she didn’t like the answer I gave her (an analogy on the book of Job) but we carried on. Since he moved I recommended a good Presbyterian church near her but she kept saying no. I offered that next time I’d come over we’d both check it out together so she’d feel more comfortable and she said “you can go but I’m staying”. I said they’d likely help you out financially if you stay long enough because I know things are hard and she continued saying no. Then recently she sent me a reel of a stripper showing off her money and she praised the work she did because how much money she made and I replied with a million reasons why that’s wrong and she kinda just shrugged it off. Eventually I asked her how she felt about her spiritual life is going and I had told her that I pray a minimum of three times a day and she said that sounded “culty” and said she’d rather kiss her rosary and move on. I said we should pray daily from the BCP and at the very least she said “maybe every once in a while but not daily”.

I had decided to outright say something asking what’s been going on and she said that I made her secular. I was immediately shocked and realized that I might’ve caused myself to have one of the worst sins imaginable which is causing someone to leave the faith. She said I’m suffocating when it comes to small mistakes she makes. For example when she made a joke about admiring a strippers work and I gave her tons of reasons why that’s terrible thinking and yet she continued to back down on her position. That example is typically what would happen on other stuff she says are mistakes that she makes that I suffocate her on. After that she claimed that she’s a very logical person and doesn’t appreciate when after a long vent of her problems I’ll prescribe prayer for a solution to her problems. I try my hardest to give logical advice on top of me saying prayer but sometimes I can’t give any because of the situation so I’ll just say prayer but she doesn’t like it all. She had sent me pride reels celebrating pride month and I expressed how pride month isn’t something that’s good and we had a long conversation about that which ended in me saying I’d need to do more biblical research. She said she contemplated ending the relationship given the fact that her mom is a lesbian but something I’ve always reassured her was that I love her mom but cannot in good conscience say that her being a lesbian is a good thing which is something I believe she’s contempt with. Towards the end of the conversation she said that she was always into zodiac signs, chakras, spells, oils, and herbs but she didn’t like how I’d shut her down about it. Typically when she’d mention it I’d make a joke about it being “pagan heresy” and sometimes we’d laugh but she told me that it’s something she always believed there was truth in but didn’t appreciate the jokes that’d come with it so she never felt comfortable in admitting she was into them. I told her that something like that is outright incompatible with the faith and with me and the relationship almost ended there but I said let’s give it some more time to talk about all of this. By the end of the conversation she said that she doesn’t have any problem with believing in God and isn’t questioning anything about him but it’s just not for her right now and she wants to keep her personal journey with him private and says I’m not the right person to come to with that. She did admit that she doesn’t want her other beliefs to clash with God but if it clashes with me as a person then I’m free to leave.

I told my church friends about it and they immediately told me to break up with her as fast as possible. One of them is incredibly sexist I can’t lie and the other had some decent advice but continued saying I should drop her asap. They also have only met her like once and I doubt they remember her. I asked my friend who doesn’t go to that church (he’s an orthodox Christian and has known both me and my girlfriend for like 2 years) and he recommended that I give it a month of trying with her before I end things.

The postulant at my church agreed that I should end things soon but said he’s not gonna say anything until he knows everything and has a good conversation with me. Which might take awhile which is why I’m making this post.

With that said I feel like the advice of leaving asap is wrong and if I’m gonna be honest with myself I could see her returning to the faith but not very soon. I’d estimate a couple months at least. I also don’t know how to approach her about God. I’ve offered to pray with her on call daily but she’s always conveniently busy. Specifically this has really made me question if I’m prepared for ministry. I just need some advice on how to approach this situation and who I should listen to about this.

I feel like lately there’s been a lot of anti RZ sentiment all across social media lately when ironically before he was nearly universally loved by everyone.

I think it’s something similar to what happened to Cliffe Knetchle. Everyone loved him for how unstoppable he was when it came to evangelizing and apologetics but once an Ethiopian orthodox kid cooked him once at a college campus he slowly fell out of relevancy and was quickly hated upon by many Christians.

I’m starting to see it a lot on this sub and it’s making me so curious, how many people here even actually agree with RZ on anything? It seems like there’s a million people ready to crap on him on HIS own subreddit. RZ on his Instagram story talked about it a couple times before about how he felt his pro Catholic sentiment allowed for a system to follow suit. An evangelical would see his content, become fascinated with high church theology talked about by RZ and then drop RZ to go become Catholic or orthodox. It seems most of his haters were once his biggest followers. They kinda treat him like he’s the gateway drug to traditional Christianity. I always thought that hating someone you once loved is the most human thing imaginable.
Forgetting the love you have for someone and turning it into Hate brought on by ignorant pride from thinking you’re smarter than them. All of the emotions, like pride, hate, love and intelligence are all uniquely human. I think it’s honestly sad to see this hate rise on another great Christian.

High school level poetic stuff aside, does anyone else see this or is it just me?

Currently I’m in the ACNA but I’ve been deeply interested in the reconquista (now operation reformation) I’ve talked to my local episcopal church rector and it didn’t go very well. I’ve asked would I be received if I don’t agree but am willing to be cooperative and she kept trying to argue with me

My current priest had tried to get ordained in TEC but was denied due to the same issue. It seems this movement is better for laymen than those seeking to be clergymen.

What is likely the move I should do? It seems my only option is ACNA or agree with female ordination.

If God is “passing” over individuals then wouldn’t that be God choosing their destination still? It’s not like God doesn’t know where they’re going. It seems like the “passing” over part is just a softer way to claim double predestination. Like God is allowing someone else to pull the trigger even though he’s allowing it.

Or suppose that those who are passed have the free will choice to choose God or not. Wouldn’t it mean that some Christian’s have been predestined and some are chosen on their free will.