Message from @Mercy

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2021-02-05 16:15:45 UTC  

As to transgenderism and the Christian view, it is a mental disease called gender dysphoria, and those people should be loved just the same as everyone else because God loves them the same as everyone else, (also over 95% of them grow out of it). God does not approve of transitioning, but He empathizes with the mental ramifications that the disease can have. But if you have an XY and a D, then you are a guy, and you will be referred to as such, and if you have an XX and a V, then you are a gal, and you will be referred to as such.

2021-02-05 19:05:05 UTC  

"And so God Hardened pharohs heart so he would not relent."

2021-02-05 19:07:53 UTC  

That speaks more to things used to be made for quality and to last, vs now where companies have planned obsoletion. Just like car parts. Why do you think every year some new part breaks you need to have fixed just often its an inconvenience but not enough of them for the entire car to break down?

2021-02-05 19:11:42 UTC  

What can anyone REALLY know they do not experience for themselves? They cannot. They can only look at the signs and see if it makes sense. God is a logical God, not one of chaos and whims. He left the Bible both as a guideline book and as proof that cannot be refuted by even some of the most historically inclined.

Do I believe that God has I giant spiderweb of plans and contingencies? Yes. But even Jesus was pretty sparing with his Miracles, using debate and argument to sway people more than "making it rain" blessings on people.

2021-02-05 19:14:34 UTC  

In the Bible, a rainbow appearing after the flooding of the earth was considered to be a miracle performed by God. Science now describes the intricacies of a rainbow and why it appears. Is it still a miracle?

2021-02-05 19:15:25 UTC  

It was a not a miracle. God even said it was a Sign.

2021-02-05 19:15:36 UTC  

I am of the belief that our very existence, our conception at birth, is a miracle performed by God.

2021-02-05 19:16:21 UTC  

There are miracles happening all around us, however we live in a world where darkness surrounds us. It blinds us from seeing God’s beauty as we should.

2021-02-05 19:16:22 UTC  

people are giddy to make anything into a miracle, thereby cheapening actual miracles when they do happen.

2021-02-05 19:16:40 UTC  

That is your opinion

2021-02-05 19:16:45 UTC  

There is a difference between the beauty of the universe and miracles.

2021-02-05 19:17:21 UTC  

That is your opinion. You see how that isnt an argument?

2021-02-05 19:19:06 UTC  

It is true that there are more wonders in existance than the human mind ever can or will comprehend in its entire life and the few that are revealed are to be enjoyed. But just because there are infinite amounts of stars on a nights sky does not mean that is a miracle.

2021-02-05 19:19:20 UTC  

There are some more modern examples

2021-02-05 19:21:55 UTC  

I see severe catholic idolotry and gaudy gold and jewel clad statues for people to pray to. It even said they prayed to the saint, not god. God might have spared them but I dont imagine him apreciating them praying to anyone but him.

2021-02-05 19:22:37 UTC  

Mel Gibsons house was amazingly untouched after that forest fire but nobody said it was a miracle. They just said god was protecting it.

2021-02-05 19:23:18 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/801313357113458698/807330529095188491/example.jpg

2021-02-05 19:24:25 UTC  

Is Mel Gibson a saint then?

2021-02-05 19:24:45 UTC  

That is not how sainthood works

2021-02-05 19:25:24 UTC  

Sainthood was invented by the catholic church, Ive yet to see a biblical verse talking once about sainthood.

2021-02-05 19:26:12 UTC  

That’s untrue. Sainthood existed before Christianity

2021-02-05 19:26:17 UTC  

The book of Enoch

2021-02-05 19:26:20 UTC  

...

2021-02-05 19:26:30 UTC  

That predates Christianity

2021-02-05 19:26:38 UTC  

A book that the Catholic church recognizes.

2021-02-05 19:26:52 UTC  

But is strangely missing from actual bibles.

2021-02-05 19:27:24 UTC  

The Catholic Church does not at all respect the book of Enoch as the word of God

2021-02-05 19:27:44 UTC  

Or at least does not compel its followers to respect

2021-02-05 19:28:06 UTC  

We all have things to learn my friend

2021-02-05 19:28:30 UTC  

Yeah I dont know anything about the Catholic church aside from they have lots of books in the bible they added.

2021-02-05 19:29:34 UTC  

and their propensity for pretentiousness, ritual and idolatry, historically speaking..

2021-02-05 19:29:36 UTC  

Most religions make alterations to the Bible. However in the Catholic Church it has been aimed to better fit the interpretation from original text.

2021-02-05 19:30:14 UTC  

I do not at all believe however that demonizing a religion that puts faith in the son of man will do any good for God’s plan. But, that is my opinion.

2021-02-05 19:31:28 UTC  

How can one support a corrupt church or speak in its defense and still claim to be for God's plan?

2021-02-05 19:32:17 UTC  

Because sadly, humans work very particularly, as we all know. We require structure in order for institutions/faiths to sustain themselves.

2021-02-05 19:32:40 UTC  

and if the very institution itself is corrupt?

2021-02-05 19:33:08 UTC  

The Catholic Church is the longest lasting religion in Christianity. It has the most room to be criticized, but that does not mean that its existence is to damage the will of God.

2021-02-05 19:33:46 UTC  

But, that said, even Catholics know that the anti-Christ will reign through the power of the Catholic Church.

2021-02-05 19:34:29 UTC  

Which according to private revelation, which I have no interest in compelling you to believe, the anti-Christ is alive and well on his way to the papacy

2021-02-05 19:36:28 UTC  

Does anyone speak taco?