/lit/ - Literature

>>16421273
>you

>>16355610
1:0.6.This is the true meaning of that divine command, "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect," which ever urges mortal man onward and beckons him inward in that long and fascinating struggle for the attainment of higher and higher levels of spiritual values and true universe meanings. This sublime search for the God of universes is the supreme adventure of the inhabitants of all the worlds of time and space.
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160:1.15.My philosophy gave me the urge to search for the realities of true attainment, the goal of maturity. But my urge was impotent; my search lacked driving power; my quest suffered from the absence of certainty of directionization. And these deficiencies have been abundantly supplied by this new gospel of Jesus, with its enhancement of insights, elevation of ideals, and settledness of goals. Without doubts and misgivings I can now wholeheartedly enter upon the eternal venture.

>>16052544
being a pseud /lit/ edgelord

>>16011588
There are also many exhortations to rejoice and be of good cheer.

>Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms 68:3-4

A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones.
Proverbs 17:22

In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

>>15959113
There is a distinction between technical academic 'professional' philosophy and one's personal philosophy of life.
You dont need to be an academic philosopher in order to develop a philosophy of life and philosophize upon the meaningful questions and mysteries of life that interests you directly.

>>15855074
>there's a level of respect and congeniality present that is completely non-existent today.

You are just flat out wrong; perhaps a confirmation bias or the like on your part.
Here's William Lane Craig and Ben Shapiro having respectful and congenial discourse on Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktuXPpNnK8c