/lit/ - Literature

>>14323059
>Heh, I was almost forced to face the fact that my entire religious worldview is based on a lie but luckily he used Reddit spacing, better luck next time redditard

>>14289927
>yeah, I’m a Christian, you got a problem with that? I used to be a sinner like you but 2 years ago I found GOD. In my teens I would laugh at creationists; I would always tell my grandma that I didn’t want to go to mass; I was agnostic but not like r/Atheism. But when I GREW UP and became a man, I realised I needed to put childish things away (1 Corinthians 13:11). Why is that? Because I realized that we need Christianity to SAVE THE WEST. After I voted Trump in the 2016 election I decided to go to church again. I knew that I would find a QT pure Christian GF who I could lose my virginity to (I haven’t lost it yet because I’m saving myself for marriage, like God intended). I haven’t found her yet, but like Job I will pray and have faith in God. Then I saw Jordan Peterson talking about Christianity and I was hooked! (I don’t like him anymore though, he’s a fake Christian). I watched all his videos on the bible and realised how God reveals himself in many ways. I was on /pol/ (came from r/The_Donald during the election but I hate redditors now) Christian General and I saw /lit/ chart which had The Bible and I KNEW I found my people. Every day I see THE WEST falling because we gave up our FAITH. Well, the new Christian intellectuals are coming; We are the sons of the Crusaders and we shall not recoil before the sons of Voltaire! (Candide was shit, so is Nietzsche (haven’t read either of them)). /lit/ introduced me to Kierkegaard and I became a KNIGHT OF FAITH, so now I know that I just gotta believe and that’s TRUE bravery. I read DANTE and DOSTOEVSKY and I saw the beauty of God and true art. I’m a proud Catholic (Protestants are heretics) but I hate Pope Francis, he’s a heretic and isn’t MY Pope. /lit/ is a Christian board, and I know that if I just keep recommending the Bible, telling people to go to church, and making threads about how great God is, I will finally be able to sincerely believe in God and distract myself from the gnawing feeling that I’m a fraud. Faith ain’t easy.

>>12650946
>Christian
>massively butthurt by the existence of atheists
Has anyone here ever noticed this? Christians don’t seem secure in their own religion - a belief that there is a personal god of the Bible. The only other position on the matter I ever see them attack is atheism. I’ve never personally seen a so-called Christian rail against Judaism or Islam- the other two main monotheistic religions. Could you imagine how uninterested the congregation would be if the local baptist minister started using his pulpit time to attack Islam or Judaism? Could you imagine any book trying to make a case for Christianity over Judaism selling well or becoming a favorite of ministers? Why is this?

>>12645191
Lol, Christians are like the beta-orbiters of God, making up excuses for all his shittiest behavior.

>You can't judge God, he's an independant woman exploring his sexuality!

You can't make this shit up.

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>>11278565

>Divine command theory

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>>10972409
>disagree with God? well sorry sweetie your an hedonist

What I'm doing isn't working out. How do I become a Catholic?

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>>10925145
I agree, you guys have the tiara

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>>10901054
>fugging degeneroots

>OP just takes every aspect of Christianity and says "Did any other religion do this"
>posters point out multiple precedents
>But they didn't have the exact same doctrine

Well of course not but obviously the argument exists that Christianity was a permutation of the existing elements expounded upon in this thread.

I think the closest analog is Horus. When the dead came before Osiris and they had fallen short of absolute virtue, his son Horus would advocate for them offering to take on the burden of their venial sins. The only distinction is that Horus is not flesh and Osiris isn't the absolute but its a pretty near-miss.

>>10866782
>going to hell for some intederminate period is easy
>its easier to believe in eternal damnation of even loved ones

Like, maybe if you're a jerk looking for a ticket into heaven. If you're actually a caring person its pretty difficult to think about.

>>10857442
>I am not a materialist.

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>>10821050
>implying mystcism isn't orthodox

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