Message from @MatthewW2745(Baptist in Jersey)

Discord ID: 799855343684288542


2021-01-16 03:50:11 UTC  

I'm kinda christian myself, (christianinty and a budhism).

2021-01-16 03:50:31 UTC  

Peresonally, the lore of christanity is cringe, but everything moral it says good

2021-01-16 03:50:54 UTC  

I'm only 17, so it could be that I'm to young to read this stuff anyhow

2021-01-16 03:54:56 UTC  

I think it's because of the "👍 and 👎 " interfaces in our social media and the "if it bleeds it leads" sensationalism culture in our media that stories of hope and goodness doesn't get much attention (and doesn't translate to likes/ratings/subscribers for them to make it worth reporting money-wise).

2021-01-16 04:01:02 UTC  

Most definitly

2021-01-16 04:01:12 UTC  

Plus liberal and conseritive outlets are clickbiat mostly

2021-01-16 04:01:19 UTC  

I try to get to moral root of issues

2021-01-16 04:02:30 UTC  

that's a pretty good way of putting it

2021-01-16 04:04:15 UTC  

Have any of you heard of Jediism? I just learned about it today.

2021-01-16 04:04:56 UTC  

Jedi as in star wars?

2021-01-16 04:05:17 UTC  
2021-01-16 04:05:34 UTC  

It is basically star wars in real life.

2021-01-16 04:08:46 UTC  

Wow, i just opened the .org link. Only in america huh. 😆

2021-01-16 04:09:53 UTC  

My Bible teacher from school wanted us to find some of the craziest churches. He told us some weird religions and this was one of them.

2021-01-16 04:10:42 UTC  

Yup...that definitely fits the bill.

2021-01-16 04:13:59 UTC  

Another interesting one was a group of Christians in Japan, that I forgot the name of, who believed that true followers of Christ (Christians) would not be affected by a nuclear bomb.

2021-01-16 04:16:38 UTC  

Invulnerability (bullets bounce off) or everlasting life in heaven?

2021-01-16 04:18:24 UTC  

Like bomb goes off and they won't be killed or injured.

2021-01-16 04:18:37 UTC  

I think.

2021-01-16 04:19:22 UTC  

Yup, that fits with "weird" alright.

2021-01-16 04:19:34 UTC  

Pretty cool though.

2021-01-16 04:19:53 UTC  

It borders on recklesness too.

2021-01-16 04:20:13 UTC  

Yep.

2021-01-16 04:20:58 UTC  

What was the lesson ur teacher hoped to convey through the assignment?

2021-01-16 04:27:47 UTC  

It was awhile ago but he told us about how he was in Princeton, NJ driving around with his wife and decided to stop at a park. In the park, there were some people asking people the percentage of good people in the world.

2021-01-16 04:27:55 UTC  

If i hadn't already been a christian i probably would have been part of jediism lol

2021-01-16 04:30:26 UTC  

They got answers like 25% or 30 from a crowd of people. They told the crowd that 0% of people were good people. They sounded like protestants but they were scaring the people to join their church.

2021-01-16 04:31:28 UTC  

I believe my teacher wanted us to learn that we should always be careful of what others are preaching.

2021-01-16 04:32:23 UTC  

But like I said before, it was awhile ago so I must not have remembered everything.

2021-01-16 04:32:49 UTC  

*The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.* —Albert Camus

2021-01-16 04:33:54 UTC  

Or u might have heard it said in popular culture as: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" 😉

2021-01-16 04:38:07 UTC  

If people want to be gay so be it. If I want a boy friend I’m fine with it. Why should that be considered a sin when I’m just bringing happiness to the both of us

2021-01-16 04:53:11 UTC  

There was a man that survived both nukes

2021-01-16 04:53:58 UTC  

I don't know if he's related to the group or not.

2021-01-16 04:54:58 UTC  

It would be funny af if he was

2021-01-16 04:55:09 UTC  

He is dead now, he died of cancer

2021-01-16 04:55:15 UTC  

F.

2021-01-16 04:56:04 UTC  

It is the way of the world to sin, and it should be considered a sin because God said it is

2021-01-16 05:49:51 UTC  

God made it so it is women for men. If it was men with men, Eve wouldn't be there.

2021-01-16 06:05:59 UTC  

U do have good intentions towards ur boyfriend, but ur denying him (and urself) true happyness and the ultimate culmination of love (bringing in a life into the world and raising it up) ...and replacing all that with a "mechanical" act of lust. Just a thought 🙏

2021-01-16 06:07:13 UTC  

Love is more than just "friction". 🤔