I have on seldom occasion met a Christian who I agree with at any significant theological level. Any in depth conversation with these people nearly always ends with them calling me a Satanist.. in so many words. "I'm leading people from God, I'm making things too complicated, I'm ignorant, stupid, heretical."
Why?
Simply because I maintain that a Christian's foremost duty is to abstain as much as possible from sinful behavior. This throws these so called people of God into a fit. The Protestants are the worst of the sects. For a people who "don't interpret God's word," they sure do interpret circles around "if your right hand offend against thee, cut it off."
I now realize that what I am arguing against is not a logical theology. By a vast margin, people turn to God as a cope. They are unhappy with the state of the world, unhappy with their lives, frustrated with lack of success, seek healing and comfort. Perhaps I am guilty of this as well in some sense. It is an emotional adjournment as the result of some trauma. Yes, God will be your high tower. But what does Christ say to the rich man who asks *what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?*
The answer, *if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.* So yes, there are terms on eternal life; Jesus lists various conditions multiple times.
However the average Christian is far from a zealot. This is a person who seeks one thing from God and to disrupt the uninvolved ease at which he believes the end is obtained has confronted his desire of comfort. He wants to sin, and by simply feigning ignorance of scripture he believes that he receives both the world of the flesh and the spirit. But what does Jesus say?
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Which is it? Are we not to go into the world and spread the gospel and good news? To save people, who should, in turn, save others?
This is how Christianity spread throughout the world.
It is not my place to cast judgment or damnation on others; I do however point out things like Leviticus 18:20-22 quite often. It's quick, easy for the average idiot to read, and very clear regardless of which translation is used.
- Don't fuck your neighbor's wife.
- Don't allow your children to be killed or sacrificed.
- Don't have gay sex.
That covers a lot of modern nonsense, clearly and quickly.
There are plenty of other biblical laws, obviously don't kill people, etc. The Christians who can't follow these basic, easy to understand laws, imo, are no more Christians than the jews who say they are White.
I have no issue moving on from them and not speaking or interacting with them. I try not to judge them, that is not my place, I am not one who has not sinned myself, so I do not cast the first stone. That said, I don't see removing people from my life or refusing to interact with people like this as "passing judgment".
Now, when people actively interpret Leviticus 18:22 as somehow not meaning "don't have gay sex", that's where I have a problem with them. It is blasphemy. Even when the Catholic Church and the Methodists do it and start appointing gay priests and pastors.
Leviticus 18:20, modern Christians say "but it's ok to have an open marriage and/or cheat on your spouse" Wrong. Fuck around and, I guess, find out when your time here is up.
Leviticus 18:21, I replied to a comment on a Biblical post of mine about the Synagogue of Satan recently [where I argued that abortion is child sacrifice](https://communities.win/c/ConsumeProduct/p/19A1LYMaq0/the-synagogue-of-satan-as-explai/c/4ZHlXQiD618?d=2), in a way close enough that Leviticus 18:21 definitely applies.
No reply, no one else commented. Fine.
In situations like that, I usually take the "proselytizing" approach right away, rather than attempting to evangelize. Why? Because I feel strongly enough that a fetus is a life and a child, as God's own word has stated, and that anyone killing, or allowing to be killed, their child is damning themselves for eternity.
That's significant. Evangelizing is a lot of sunshine and rainbows. It's great to bring people to know the story of Jesus. But anyone actively defying the Lord in heinous ways, or actively supporting it, should be bluntly told how it is blasphemous.
Anyway, I guess I forgot what other part of your post I was originally replying to. Sorry. Lol.
I guess when you hear "Christians" blaspheming the Bible, cut them out of your life, or call them out, or firmly educate them.
That is exactly what you should do.
>It is not my place to cast judgment or damnation on others
I have very rarely said that an act will send somebody straight to hell. A few examples however being pedo shit, human sacrifice, extending glory to the lesser gods instead of the Great God.
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When Jesus commanded those who would follow him to forsake everything.. Money, land, even a change of clothes.. Was he just talking nonsense? Did he change his mind? When he condemns even lust in the heart as being adulterous, was this some metaphor? Or was he very, very serious about the whole thing?
I'm heavily leaning towards becoming Orthodox. I talk to and about Jesus every day. I watch videos of sermons and/or theological debates and/or evangelizing on the street all the time. An hour on Sunday is not enough for me, I know that.
My former Church is officially a gathering of faggots and cuckolds now. I've been Churchless for longer than I'd like. I'm a parent and my kiddos school is a Christian one with a Church, but imo the pastor is too modern. Not even like liberal, just way too accepting and accommodating. There's a blue-haired butch woman with mixed kids that he smiles at and talks to all the time. I guess I'm waiting for him to pull the Batman meme where he smacks Robin to knock some sense into him. But nope, just smiling and waving.
I see a lot of evangelizing, Churches and pastors trying to bring the lambs and the lost sheep in to hear about God, but I don't feel like very many are trying to bring God unto them, if that makes sense?
Like they're leading a flock towards water but they stop to smile and wave at the flock, while the flock stands there not knowing what to do, still too far away to even drink. Then the flock starts to walk away, one by one, and the shepherd still just smiles and waves.
I guess that's how I see modern Churches anyway. If Jesus were here, I feel like he'd be throwing over some tables for sure.
Have you been to any Latin Masses? I tried the Orthodox for a little but was unimpressed. If you are Germanic like I am, they spoke against our ancestors and cousins, the Latins and Franks, blaming them for the schism when it was Greek egotism that initially drove the wedge. Their liturgy seemed vain to me, but the Catholic Latin Mass was compelling.
Services differ only very slightly between Orthodox Churches. Orthodox are still worshipping God in the same way they were *thousands* of years ago.
There is no Vatican presiding over Orthodoxy, there is no Orthodox Pope. 300+ years ago, I can see why this might not have been as favorable, but in modern times, it means the leaders of the Church can't be infiltrated and the entire Church subverted like the Vatican has done. If an Orthodox Bishop goes rogue, the people, the Church, will move away from him. All other Orthodox Churches would be immune from whatever subversion he enacted in the Churches he presides over.
Further, from what I see in Orthodox services, there is no bending the knee to BLM Marxists or LGBT or acting like its all flowers and sunshine and rainbows when dancing around certain subjects.
Sermons are biblical first, not culturally focused. The people are there to worship God first and foremost. There is not a lot of "Southern hospitality" happening between people who are mostly there to compete at socializing with one another. Well, there is at the end but services are long, and the people stand most of the time. There's basically no silenced cell phone games being played or social media scrolling by the people in the back.
There are a lot of positives drawing me towards Orthodoxy. Putting God first is big for me.