/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

>>762728

You're perogative if you respond or not but if you think that in anyway you speak truth or I falsehood where we disagree then I would ask u to consider that said falsehoods (from your perspective) going unchallenged could lead anons to be misled if you don't reply

Quick bump, sorry anon, I will reply eventually but I kinda lost it with other stuff.

>>772532

lol nice to know anon, await your reply in your own time. Just impressed you retained the same ID throughout, does that mean your machine has been turned on and connected to the internet continuously since at least mid December when you made your first reply?

>>772655

He could just use static ip

>>741246

Prayer is a form of meditation, I'd wager.

>>772430

I'd be scared as a Catholic to read Hebrews

>>772285

The Acts

James.

>>772285

Corinthians and Hebrews, Hebrews specifically highlights Jesus's fulfilment of the OT I feel

>>773097

I'd be scared as a Protestant to read James.

>>772926

>belying

sorry, wrong choice of word, only meant "underlying"

>>772926

>If Gondola is an artistic expression of humanity, albeit a quirky cartoon one, should we exclude Christ from it?

What do you think God will think of that on the day of your judgement? I would reflect on that for a while if I were you. God bless.

>>771261

I know how confirm it. Sedes are even more crazy about their succession laws than even the staunchest Catholics.

>>771217

Believe all the footnotes you want, won't make either of those bozos more or less holier-than-thou than they already are.

Damn gnostics.

Let me see them do miracles, if they're beyond doing charity and helping those in need.

Otherwise let them spew whatever vile upon others. God will sort us all out either way.

If you're interested in geopolitics from a Christian perspective, Blackstone Intelligence is pretty good:

https://www.youtube.com/user/prepare333

I'm pretty fond of Theopneustos man.

I found Brohoshaphat G here 2 years ago and his casual discussions have been perfect to watch for breakfast. He also talks about porn addiction and how to get rid of it in great detail so thats a bonus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fByfeIPCK-w

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

>>757325

Such is life in the zone my friend, read the thread and get some perspective.

But basically, because of societal changes:

>girls are being to develop their masculine side more, become independent strong womyn and muh feminism

>meanwhile boys are being told to let go of their masculinity, plus being baited by rampant pornography and degeneracy, and no basis for role models on how to behave

This causes women to be superior than most men, the end effect of this large change in balance is yet to be seen.

But for one I can say something is coming up, that is uber masculinity, for those who survive the forsaken battlefield of dating. Another is female tendency hypergamy, but only with those few uber males. And yet another even unpredictable outcome, may be from the women losing touch even more with their feminine side not knowing exactly what to do.

Gonna take this opportunity to bump and remind of something I saw a while ago.

I think that thread was deleted, but it posed a good question:

How do you still keep attracted to your wife

This is indeed a interesting and challenging question, because it will get harder as she develops to be your life partner, best friend, household administrator, mother and eventually more.

First I would like to hear what you guys have to say, virgin and husbands alike.

The more I dive into relationships/attempts to make women interested the more I see how naive I was all my growing up.

Everything feminists/modern culture tells you women want/appreciate is a lie. They want you to lead, to be the man even if they claim the exact opposite.

>>768313

Tough one. One of my vices is that I lose interest in the woman with time because I am autistic and do not value what I already have. This has destroyed my relationship once.

>>744475

you're wrong. Masculine pride is male dignity - it is natural, good, and you have a duty as a man to preserve it. It is in part why masturbation is wrong, because it is shameful against this innate dignity you are made for.

You are mistaking natural male dignity for pride.

hobbies are slavery

Gregorian chant, learning to chant the psalms, memorizing the psalms

>>772809

Can I make it as ugly as possible and completely useless?

>>772967

:^|

>>772790

>>772795

Gonna have to third gardening. Leaving aside the Adam and Eve thing it's too easy for modern people to spend all their time inside and lose appreciation for the growing things.

>>772157

There's only one reason to discuss it, and that's to push a homosexual agenda in the Church. If they loved God more than they loved buttholes, they'd keep their mouths shut.

>>772627

It's funny everytime a scandal gets out the media always says the church should end the celibacy and should accept gays and women "priests".

Every winnie the pooh time.

The pedo shit is just their trojan horse to make the church of Rome the church of England 2.0. no offence meant Anglo bros

>>772644

But of course. Nearly all homosexuals today are incapable of remaining celibate, so it's no surprise the (((elites))) want to do away with the vow to celibacy. Anyone who believes that those men would stop diddling teenage boys if they had adult wives are delusional… they're far too down the rabbit hole of sexual degeneracy to care for missionary sex with a woman their age.

>>772656

Exactly this.

I don't understand how someone who wants to winnie the pooh a woman, winnie the poohs small boys. It's 100% gay and married priests ain't gonna change that.

If they wanted to winnie the pooh girls all they had to do is taking off the collar and go to the nearest disco (or wtv young people are into to these days) and get some random whore.

>>772130

>The event has worried gay priests.

Good.

>>772639

>that he likely doesn't read?

Sure thing, Jay..

>>772638

>1: Farrell and Dugin are obviously nutcases and not to be trusted.

Farrell shows up twice on Dyer’s recommended reading list. Thick books on nature of East/West and Christology. Dyer interviews Dugin and generally shares anti-West sentiment. Both conceive of Moscow as Third Rome. Spencer too has a weird fascination with Rome.

>2: Kallistos Ware is nearly the James Martin of Orthos, so I don't know what interpretive retardation might be going on in his mind, but what does he actually say in that respect?

https://web.archive.org/web/20130106235357/http://bogoslov.ru/en/text/2671134.html

>3: I've frequently heard the comparison of the EED to kabbalah

For the history of it, check out Solzhenitsyn’s 200 Years Together, long-been-banned book in English, available just recently https://anonfile.com/A7f8R9ebb6/200_Years_Together.pdf - if you don’t trust the link, you can google an alternative. Crazy how susceptible 15th century Orthodox Russia was to the Judaizing heresy.

As for the theology, here is academic paper by Michael Morbey http://web.ncf.ca/an359/parallels_byzantine-hesychast_divine_essence-energies.pdf

>>772657

Judaizing is always a temptation, as EMJ frequently points out with respect to Calvinism and the whole Puritan ethos of America.

>>772104

>U.S.

>Latin America

>Alaska/Canada

>Japan

>Central Africa

>North Korea

>India

What are you talking about. These are all ongoing pushes I can come up with just off of the top of my head.

no one's going to take you seriously if you dont learn greek and latin jay

>>772998

>1+1=1

>(1+1)+1=1

>q.e.d

>>772942

Well, hopefully this post is enough to convince people that adoption is okay.

>>772960

Maybe God has other plans for that woman (ie is humbling her for a sin she committed in the past or He wants her to adopt, etc).

>>772846

So does Jesus. Matthew 5:28 KJV

<But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

>>772797

>a wild negro appears

I honestly don't have a clue what you're on about.

>>772799 (checked)

This is why Christians don't do drugs. It makes you crazy.

>>772797

>A Baptist girl scorned me

So you're a frustrated, freshly rejected incel. No worries, I'm sure the Lord can help you with your temporary butthurt. Welcome to the board, sinner!

>>772614

Alternating an average of 3 chapters a day (with an occasional 2, 4, or 5 chapters a day), and missing some days for various reasons, it took me about a year to read the OSB Old Testament. Finishing up Matthew now.

My advice? Don't treat reading the Bible as a race for bragging rights. Don't get me wrong: if you have the speed-reading, comprehension and memory capacity to read at a fast rate comfortably, then by all means.

Nevertheless, you should read at a rate that feels comfortable for you. Don't treat the Bible like you haven't eaten in days, and have a Thanksgiving selection laid out in front of you, and you try to scoff it all down in minutes, or like some competitive hot dog eating contest. Treat it like partaking in the spiritual equivalent of a gourmet meal. In other words, take your time; neatly and painstakingly cut it into pieces; chew slowly and deliberately; really partake in the enjoyment of the complex flavors.

Your attitude towards the Bible, overall, should be: "I want to understand this", not "WHOO! I FINISHED THIS IN 5 SECONDS!!!! WHERE'S MY GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AWARD?!?!?" As such, a study version with copious footnotes is highly recommended.

art thou privy to an fixteen eleven in truth? i haf mine doubtf for left it be marked with none fo fingular a character af the letter 'f' inftead of the letterf 'f' then thou may judge it rightly to be an feventeen fixty-nine, firrah

>>772890

In addition, it's not like the Church is taking any serious effort to care about orthodoxy. No one should be surprised if Pope Francis encourages for the Quran to be read piously by all Christians and that it is worthy of pious contemplation, and it contains some of the most sublime truth known to mankind contained in the pages.

Somebody give me a rundown on which deuterocanonical books contradict the canon.

>>772398

>actually two dead bodies

I know! Justin Trudeau has been dead for years. He's now a ventriloquists dummy, right?

How else do you explain the bizarre behaviour other than someone's havin' a gig?

>>772396

>Also, nice job putting a dead body in your post. A fraternal suggestion: remove this immediately, it will be a stumbling block for many who will see it and the mods will not take it lightly either.

>a stumbling block for many who will see it

wta-

>>772399

>post dead bodies for everyone to see

Why is this what you use to rebuff anon's arguments? Is /christian/ suddenly australian aboriginal, scared of seeing the dead? Smells a little like you fished for an excuse to not debate an anon who disagreed with you

That said, that whole Yahoo article is just odd

>>772900

Isaiah 59:21 says that the words God put in his (Isaiah's) mouth would be preserved for ever, but the apocrypha aren't even in the original languages. And it's pretty simple to prove since they admit they weren't prophets and Matthew 11:13 tells us that the law and the prophets comprised the word of God until John. So to claim they were inspired would contradict Matthew 11:13.

>>772633

The Monophysites are not Orthodox, regardless of what they call themselves. They are not in communion with the Orthodox Church.

>>772671

C'mon this is totally false. The real reason is that Protestants have been backing away from their actual "doctrine" over centuries actually cause it's so hard to make any logical sense. The OSAS Baptists are real and that's not cartoonish. They literally believe repenting is a work and you shouldn't do that.

As for other lukewarm Protestants they still sort of quasi believe they have a license to sin. They think sins are just guidelines. You sin and just say you're sorry to God and then you're fine or well I mean it doesn't really matter to them in the end. The core doctrine of Protestanism is that the pope is the antichrist and that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and most Protestants have sort of given up on that. Other than that they don't believe in communion, or prayer to the saints or statues or real presence (except for anglicans). So what do you mean it's semantic.

We literally worship a piece of bread. That's not semantics lol. We pray to people who have died from this earth, those are not semantics.

Because it's easier not to work and not to repent

>>764775

CS Lewis explains it best, what follows is a paraphrase;

Christians have for thousands of years now insulted each other based on one of two caricatures.

1) That a certain group believes that since charity is the best virtue, and the best kind of charity is given to to church, just hand us £1,000 and we'll see you through (this is classic muh indulgences).

Alternatively 2) You are saved by faith, even if you are a horrid person, just believe and you'll be alright (this is a classic counter-reformation talking point).

The truth, as CS Lewis points out, is that this is like asking which blade of a pair of scissors is more important. Nevertheless, some sects and people proclaim the value of works, whereas others exalt faith.

Because they're willingly stupid and bitter towards others.

>>754724

top tier.

As for me, I'm on part 2 of City of God. Helps to have the bible open, so I can constantly review his references, and gain a deeper understanding on his arguments

>>768599

If you do find the Prison Notes, hit me up with that pdf or I'll have to learn Romanian

I've got a copy of Institutes of the Christian Religion on the way, so that'll occupy me for some time.

I'd also like to get my hands on Calvin's commentaries, Spurgeon's Sermons, some of John Owen's works, and Turretin's Institutes of Elentic Theology.

>>772679

The protocols were really good thing to read. It was on to read list for a long time.

City of God. I recently downloaded the book. Intend to read it soon. I expect it is useless to ask whether it is good.

>>772680

All right. But after searching for half a year I have little hopes of finding it, unfortunately.

As far as the guard/codreanu is concerned I got:

>For my legionaries

>Nests leader's manual

>the history of th elegionary movement - Sima

>Anti-humans

>some other book about history of legionary youth

Do you have Barren Metal - EMJ? that is also one book I have been looking for for some time

>>772867

I also got "tragedy of Iron Guard" by Julius Evola

Lots of you seem to be in a similar place to mine here.

Despite all the bad stuff that's happening around me I am still incredibly hopeful for my future, regardless of whether I get to live or die in the next 5 years, so that is good.

I improve spiritually by praying more often. Daily rosary because I do not have enough love and trust in Mary. Adoration of the Holy Sacrament on Fridays. Singing in the choir at every Sunday mass, and attending weekly mass on Wednesdays.

I have been badly hindered in my physical improvement because an undesirable encounter with my ex has forced me to leave my sports group, so now I cannot box anymore and I cannot get advice on my weight training anymore. I really hope to find a Christian group to do the same things with and to build a community with in preparation for rough times, but I don't know where to look. I need to ask more advice from my priest also.

On the positive side, since the past 2 weeks, this incident has allowed me to refocus on my bookbinding studies, and so I am going to start reading bookbinding manuals and practicing at home again on top of the school work. This is my most urgent task because I'll need to make a living out of it when my course is over.

It's hard dealing with the current state of the world while focusing on building a hypothetical life, brothers. Everywhere in the news reeks of civil war and economical crisis to come very soon. I see no way out of this in the short future, so I stay in my tracks instead of trying anything stupid. Sometimes I think monastic life is the inevitable end of our journey.

At least, I have been gifted with a strong resistance to sexual temptation and so when I see how hard it is for some of you guys, it just inspires me to pray more for you.

My main issue is not the lack of discipline. I am a stubborn individual who can get into a routine and run in the ascetic mode for months. But I lack healthy confidence in myself and my abilities (although if you speak to people who know me some of htem my speak highly of my abilities.). But I just do not feel like it. I have some confidence but it highly depends on situation. My job involves communication with people, you just need to have their trust. My main issue is not lack of skill but rather being an autist introvert for a long time. As a result I am less communicative when I feel down, especially under higher pressure. I need to get to face the reality in the harshest manner possible to turn this tide. I need to mature in this quickly or I won't make it in my employment and in seeking a wife, obviously. I have little time so I do not have time to procrastinate but sometimes I create problems that substitute the target of my attention so I do not have to face my weakest point…the point I have to hit with all might I have.

Paradoxically, ceasing masturbation was an easier task for me. I have already made a great progress in conquering myself,…considering how uncertain I was few years ago.

I would appreciate your advice on how to do it. I already do not mind socializing, I took up activities around church that force me to deal with people on a personal level. So so far I am able to deal with people profesionaly if the situation is not escalated into a stressful one. Once the situation gets tough, especially if the person views me with a scorn/thinks of me as of an inferior…I am likely to quickly lose my confidence and as the result….break under pressure.

Any suggestions on how to face this and improve my esteem in this would be greatly appreciated.

>>769909

Godspeed brother. Remember that the first 3 or 4 days of nofap are the easiest but after that it gets much tougher for a while. Be ready to distract yourself.

How are you guys doing?

Right now I am doing well. I read large amounts of books for work as well as for personal needs. I again dove into slumber with prayer and scripture. But I have managed to push the cold shower issue and I re-established my self esteem somewhat. The latter is the most important right now.

>>772493

It's just another materialist/consumerist self help guru book pretending to be spiritual.

She appears to saying that physical objects and their location in space are an end in themselves. If we have a house full of joyful things which are organised as she wants it to be, we can find true happiness. Normies love her because it all sounds spiritual - but it doesn't take long to realise that it is still basic bitch consumerism, you are still filling a house with shitty plastic chinese trinkets; and thanks to Marie Kondo, you now throw them away as soon as they no longer bring you joy. Your excessive consumption is in no way restricted, you find yourself wanting more and more, and throwing more and more things away. Her mode of living helps nobody, if your true God is temporal, happiness remains finite at best, worse still, you end up a wretched mess. Its success is both a symptom and a cause of the reduced popularity of religion in the West. People love being told things they already know.

Because people know how to be pigeons and buy what they are told like good goys, they love to be told by a "wise" squinty eyed vaguely Shinto nip that what they are doing is great, to keep up the good work; "oh, here's a few tips to make your life as a consumer more efficient. Don't just purchase, but throw shit away too!".

We need the infinite, the absolute; and we all desire it in some way. Marie Kondo represents human vanity and a degree of hopelessness that humanity cannot escape from. We need Christ.

Shes another false prophet, shes only interesting as far as she might overlap.

>>772493

>Is it New Age?

Kind of she draws from shintoism i believe

>>772493

Shinto new age pagan trash

>>772717

>People love being told things they already know.

Hate to nitpick, because I agree so much with what you've said, but this one phrase is demonstrably false, because in most cases they already know the Truth and they hate it.