Hello, question here not an arguement. Why is it that in Christianity it is consider a "sin" to be lgbtq+ and that I find that people are praying for God to guide or rebirth them on the right path if this phrasing is correct. Again this is a sensitive question, just wanna know.
Every time i go to a church its singing and talking about gods love. but when i ask members of the church why they dont do more teaching on the second coming of christ they say they want to focus on gods love rather than his wrath....what?
It seems to me that God being infinite should not be able to be damaged in any way by anything finite. If God is the only infinite thing, it seems like he should not be able to be damaged. If he can't be damaged, I don't see how he would feel pain. Without the experience of pain to compare, I'm not sure what pleasure would be. What are the Christian perspectives (or at least the reddit Christian perspectives 😅) on this?
This is going to be vulnerable but I f23 have struggled with this for a while now. I am trying to be better and want to get into a serious relationship but this addiction does not give me confidence and makes me feel like a good Christian guy wouldn’t give me a chance if I was to open up to him about my addiction.
So I was raised with no religion. My parents grew up in two different faiths.
I'm just quite confused by the concept of original sin. I understand that it is supposed to be something that we've inherited from Adam.
What I don't understand is if Jesus died for our sins, why did this also create original sin?
There is no original sin in Judaism.
I just found out my wife of 22 years (been together since 11th grade) is having her 2nd affair in 5 years. She also filed for divorce. I’ve been completely broken and I’m still pretty shaken up about it since finding out a month ago today.
Ive learned that I cannot control her and I can only control myself. I am working on myself now. I’m working out, starting the day out with worship music and reading Gods word, and listening to podcasts on relationships and healing (taking what I hear with a grain of salt as it is not faith based).
I know God does not make mistakes and I still feel like my wife/future ex is supposed to be who I’m with. Obviously that’s not an option now, but I know to never say never when it comes to God. We were together for five years before getting married. We went to church 3 times a week, prayed together, grew in faith together, so I felt like God ordained and blessed our marriage. It’s not like we were nonbelievers or rushed into this. I also know we have free will, so if my wife is choosing her own path right now, what does that mean in terms of God’s will for our relationship going forward? Is this one of those things where God put us together but he is letting us choose our own path and destruction? If God’s plan always works out in the end, does that mean that we should end up together possibly years down the road?
As much as God hates divorce, and with sexual sin the only sin God said to turn and run from specifically, how does that play into His perfect plan for our lives?
Thank you
As opposed to Lie with a male as with a woman?
This is one of the position of the pope i saw criticized the most, talking about how this destroy christianity or the western world. I've seen people talking about genocide, replacement etc. while the pope talks about love, freedom and poverty.
Because homosexuality is a sin, I cannot be part of a gay affirming church or be amongst the gay community. I cannot be in a non affirming community because they practice non procreative sex acts in their marriages while calling homosexuality wrong. I cannot be among celibate Christians who struggle with same sex attraction because most of them want to marry someone of the opposite sex. How do I remain alone and accept that?
Did most Christians throughout church history interpret the Book of Revelation literally, or is that a relatively recent approach?
For example, did Christians in the early church, the Middle Ages, and the Reformers believe things like the mark of the beast would be a literal physical mark or implant? Or is the idea of it being something like a microchip or implant a modern interpretation? Another is literal rapture as what we believe being taken from earth.
I'm curious what the historical consensus has been and how interpretations have changed over time.
The bible says not to be with someone who is unequally yoked. And I have no clue what to do in my relationship. When I met this woman I was a "baby Christian" and she had been one her whole life. As time went on and I saw her Christian life and was incredibly disgusted with what I saw. It begun my deconstruction process.
She is very on fire for God, and I have become the exact opposite. We love eachother so much but I don't want my lack of faith to be the reason for her downfall. If I am wrong about God, I do not want such a beautiful and pure soul to be punished for being with me.
The more I look into the Bible and God the more I am disgusted by it. The more I am against it and Him. Yet the more I look at the world the more I yearn for it. Im stuck between not trusting God, but seeing the devil's work in our world and not wanting any part of it. I don't want anything to do with either of those two.
God ignores both me and my girlfriend. She is so on fire for Him and seeing her unwavering faith being met with the life whe has hurts me. She thinks God sent me to help and protect her, I sometimes think the devil sent me to corrupt her. I sometimes think I am evil for helping her and not just leaving her before I begun my deconstruction.
I have done everything I can to love and support her through everything she has been through. I've gotten her through so much pain and self doubt. I urge her constantly to be closer to God even though I stray further because I don't want to drag her down if I am wrong. And I very often think I am. I just more often think I am not.
Everything I do, I do for her. I love her with every fiber of my being, but I do not feel God's love or presence anywhere in my life. She is the most beautiful and amazing thing I have ever experienced and I want to leave her because I don't want to drag her down.
I want to be equally yoked with her without bringing her down, but I feel like I have too many questions that I will never get a satisfying answer to so that I would be on fire for God even half as much as she is.
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
i am the one that started it so it is also my fault but at this point i feel like the damage has already been done. at this point it feels like it comes to this: either ditch my little pony or burn in hell. i just want to enjoy the things i enjoy, and thats it, i'm Autistic and i Believe mlp is my hyperfixtation. Autistic People's minds work different. Autistic People can have hyperfixtations. mlp is mine. i try to be Christian but at this point i try to not think about Christianity as much because then i get worried and overthink. mlp is my comfort show and my hyperfixtation so of course i'm going to love it. when You get upset do You turn to things You enjoy and calm You down? i do. it feels like if i am not Thinking about God 24/7 or enjoy the secular things i enjoy then i am sinning. i am so tired of being worried and scared. yet it seems like no matter what the thoughts about what if People on the internet are right do not go away.
So I’ve always had this question which people usually avoid by calling me rude or that I’m attacking them but I genuinely want to know. My stand on whether he’s real or not is unknown since I can’t neither prove or disprove his existence.
In the case that he was real, I don’t think he’s a being that deserves worship because of the following:
We all agree he’s all knowing, all powerful, etc. Would you make a creature fully knowing that it would break the rules you set up just to end up suffering in a world where there’s free will and they’ll most likely live a life full of trauma and abuse. Everyone says that he has plans and we just don’t understand but that’s such a cop out answer to excuse such behavior. Kids are currently dying and being r*ped because of wars and disgusting leadership. Now let me ask you, would you let your children suffer in such ways if you knew you had the power to end it all, why make us a living and sentient being knowing the suffering that comes with it. No amount of free will, experiences in life will ever be enough of a benefit for everything these innocent souls experience. That’s selfish and immoral. People who avoid near death are told that is thanks to God they’re hear today, but not when a kid is assaulted. Why would God intervene to avoid instant death but not the suffering of a kid. Either he’s not all powerful and all knowing or he’s simply not all loving as we are told.
I’ve been told how would you know what’s good or bad if you don’t have God/Religion as the standard, but how would that be a good example when that same God put a kid in Mary who was 12-16 at the time, a kid can’t and will never be able to consent no matter the times or if it’s God himself, I’d never let my kid be in such situation neither would it be a blessing. There are many other things I’m leaving out but the list would just go on and on.
Personally I believe religion is mainly used as a way to cope with the hardships of life such as losing a loved one while others use it to manipulate masses. The way big churches do for money and power, or taking advantage of others with their power. My mother uses it as a way to cope with losing her mother, and I think that’s good enough of a reason, some people can’t see life the same if they don’t have hope that after death things will be better. But I can’t help but ask these questions because if I don’t that’d be neglecting what kids experience just so that I can have some peace of mind telling myself that God will be there for me when in reality he wasn’t there for any of those kids.
What is the consensus on the bible saying earth is 7,000 - 10,000 years old vs science saying it’s 4.5 billion years old.
Even if science is off by 1 billion years it’s not even a close number.
This is one contradiction I have a hard time over.
What is the thought here?
So I would like to start this by saying I am not a Christian I am just curious and I do not mean any offence by this at all.
My understanding is that if the romans hadn‘t crucified him, he would still have needed to die for humanities sins- right? So would someone else have to have done it? And if yes- he can’t do that to himself? (I’m not an expert at all, but my RE teacher told me that and I have seen people discussing it and saying it is, or that it depends on the mental state of the person and is ultimately up to God)
Also he can’t encourage other people to do that to him right? Because Jesus is like flawless right? And so he can’t encourage someone to go again the ten commandments?
Again, I am really sorry if I have offended any with this or seem disrespectful or rude, I really don’t mean to be, please let me know if I was wrong or anything. Sorry and thank you. Have a great day.
Hi I was raised in church and around God and about 4 years ago I came out as a lesbian and found a girlfriend and lost God because of the hate I was surrounded by after that.
I never really knew God.
I was never, and still am not sure if he existed, but ever since I have had this guilt for shoving him out of my life. I want to find him, I’m just scared. I dont know how to approach it.
Ive never stopped praying because Ive always wanted him to be listening, I have just had to many questions and sometimes I feel like it doesn’t make since to be real. I want it to be.
I previously posted this and sadly most of you “Christians” think the bible does not state the age of the earth.. well
Genesis - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth… he rested on the 7th day.
2 Peter 3:8 - But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years
So basic math says 6,000 years to create it all 1,000 years of resting, plus the time since. So roughly 10,000 years old.
Science says 4.5 billion years. With a margin of error of only 50 million.
So even if science is off by 4 billion years. It’s still not even close.
So what’s the thought here.
I wanted to ask other Christians for an honest opinion.
A lot of prayer videos online are very calm from the first second. They usually start with peace, gratitude, encouragement, and then move into asking God for help.
But I’m wondering about a different kind of prayer video — one that starts in a more honest place.
Not disrespectful, but real.
Something like:
“God, I’m hurt. I don’t understand what You’re doing. I know You’re good, but this still hurts.”
Then the prayer slowly moves toward remembering that God is near to the brokenhearted, that He has carried people through hard things before, and that feeling far from God is not the same as God actually being far away.
Do you think that kind of style prayer can be helpful online?
Or do you think public prayer videos should stay more calm, encouraging, and traditional from the beginning?
I’m asking because I’m trying to understand what makes online prayer feel sincere instead of performative.