Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “No one who has the weight of a seed of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.” Someone said, “But a man loves to have beautiful clothes and shoes.” The Prophet said, “Verily, Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty. Arrogance means rejecting the truth and looking down on people.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 91

I live a really monk like existence

I own one bag full of possessions and even then it is mostly work clothes that I am going to get rid of once my business takes off

Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Those who are merciful will be shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth and the One in the heavens will have mercy upon you.”

I have almost nothing and study my religion all day

nobody is going to call me a proud materialist

one time a member of my clergy, the guy second in command to our version of an imam, was talking about some life lesson and how he really wanted some car, and then he did muh calvinist Hard Work to get it

Maymun ibn Mihran reported: A man came to Salman Al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, and he said, “O Abu Abdullah, advise me.” Salman said, “Do not speak.” The man said, “How can one live among people and not speak?” Salman said, “If you speak, then speak the truth or be silent.” The man said, “Tell me more.” Salman said, “Do not be angry.” The man said, “You have commanded me not to be angry, yet it overcomes me in a way I cannot control.” Salman said, “If you are angry, then restrain your tongue and your hand.” The man said, “Tell me more.” Salman said, “Do not mix with people.” The man said, “How can one live among people and not mix with them?” Salman said, “If you mix with people, then speak truthfully and fulfill the trust.”

and I stopped him mid story and said "Wait a minute, why did you even WANT a shiny car? What is the point of it? Beside something that gets you from Point A to Point B, it's just vanity. I would take your shiny toys and put them in the trash and use the money to help the poor"

Imams aren't a thing really

anyone can lead the prayer

well, you get the idea I hope

the scholars of knowledge have weight

yeah

I do

it's funny though because I as someone who owns less than some homeless people am in a position of authority to say what I said

once I realized my own priesthood was less holy than me in some very critical ways, I couldn't listen, that's when I just started staying home and reading and praying

a priest is a man

a man is fallible, but a fallible man can still occupy a position of divine authority

because the authority doesn't proceed from him

yeah

just like a bureaucrat

if he is an alcoholic, but does his work otherwise fine

it doesn't matter within that frame that he is an alcoholic

but the priests in mormonism teach us their doctrine instead of relaying the true doctrine we've received

I estimate... there are a solid 12,800 pages of just the doctrine I am reading now, and that is not even from any of the books they read

they have enough doctrine to fill a century with teaching, but they teach moral lessons from their own lives

how silly

and of course the reason they haven't read any of this is because they are lazy

and unscholarly

so now when I meet a mormon of any rank, I am the teacher and they are the student until proven otherwise

that's not even pride, that's the fact that I have done infinitely more studying than they have. I am actually ashamed that I am not just a normal mormon. Jews memorize their whole tradition, what's our excuse?

http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2017/08/26/the-shuttering-continues-stormfront-falls-to-domain-stealing-bolsheviks/

Jews do not memorize their whole tradition

even Orthodox

if they don't then that's a goal we should aspire to

Nice Hellsing profile picture you got there.

ty

its good that Stormfront goes down

I agree honestly

what a hellhole