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@IvanAs1256143 @FenixAmmunition @HazelAppleyard An autodidact!
I suppose Metaphysics and Natural Law should be disposed of because they require more than a cursory understanding?
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@DrFloopens @FenixAmmunition @HazelAppleyard Sry, I already researched enough to understand that 3=1 and original sin are giant logical holes. Deal-breaker
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Watching Protestants use X as a confessional this week has made me extremely grateful for the sacrament of Penance. These people need a priest desperately.
J.R. Hughes@RealJRHughes
I was formerly promiscuous. My wife was a virgin. I was then radically born-again. Then I fell into more sexual sin. Then I returned as a prodigal. Reading, studying, learning, praying. Grief and repentance over my wayward ways. We got to know each other for about a year...
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@TrevorSheatz Yeah but what does believing and living for Christ LOOK LIKE?
Not what you're putting forth, that's for sure.
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I am stunned and grateful by the overwhelming reach of my wife and I's story of God's redemptive grace.
Sin is serious. If you've ever lied, stolen, gotten unjustly angry, looked with lust, or dishonored your parents, you're headed for Hell (1 Cor. 6:9-10).
But Jesus loves saving the worst of the bunch.
The prostitutes, the drunkards, the gangsters, the outcasts. Those who recognize they're sinners and that their only hope is mercy (Luke 16:9-14).
The gospel brings no hope for good people. There will be no good people in Heaven, only forgiven sinners. This is because "there is no one who does what is good, not even one" (Rom. 3:12). As Jesus said, "No one is good except God alone" (Mark 10:18).
Repent and trust in the living, risen Christ, and you too can be saved, redeemed, cleansed, transformed. There's no other way for your sins to be paid for. You owe an infinite debt that only an infinite God can pay, and good deeds can't wash away your sins (Eph. 2:8-9). But Jesus bore God's wrath on the cross so that anyone who repents and believes upon him won't have to bear God's wrath for eternity in Hell (2 Cor. 5:21).
"For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life...Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God." (John 3:16, 18)
"He saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy...He poured out his Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:5-7)
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@IvanAs1256143 @FenixAmmunition @HazelAppleyard Catholics are the OG.
Everything else is at most a shadow.
The Church was given to us by Christ, and holds the ordinary means of salvation.
Bible/Catechism in a Year podcasts are great places to start. Or your local parish.
Pax.
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@DrFloopens @FenixAmmunition @HazelAppleyard As if Catholicism any different? As long as you believe in Jesus you'll go to heaven, or am I wrong
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@CatholicJosh @AshleySheatz Yup.
Ubi Caritas.
Et Amor.
Ubi Caritas.
Deus Ibi Est.
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I gave up childish ways.
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Also, I will never stop proclaiming what God has done in my life.
God took the worst (me) and made me clean. He blessed my life when I didn’t deserve it and changed me and continues to change me. I have an amazing marriage. Three beautiful children. A very wholesome life.
♥️
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@CatholicJosh @AshleySheatz I've spoken my part.
Their followers are aware now, having read SOMETHING about Christ's true Church.
They can no longer claim ignorance.
Call me what you will.
I will be judged for many things.
Remaining silent when eternity is at stake is not going to be one of them.
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@DrFloopens @AshleySheatz Or, they are sincerely testifying to the goodness of God as they understand him. And they may explore the Catholic faith if not every catholic they encounter sounds like total asshole
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@CatholicJosh @AshleySheatz I don't accept that someone who has access to the internet, and makes his livelihood off of social media marketing is incapable of exploring the fullness of the faith on their own.
They are gatekeepers to the Kingdom of Heaven and are chaining souls on fire for God to themselves
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Have you heard the term don’t assume malice in place of ignorance? You’re not a better person for ascribing wickedness to others. And no evangelical will explore Catholicism on the basis of insulting them. Seriously, search your conscience. Invite people to the Church with humility
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This tweet perfectly encapsulates the problem with modern Christianity.
The religion has become deeply emasculated & feminine, powerless to impose & enforce cultural and social norms. It has devolved into an ideological accessory at best, something people "wear" to convey an image of moral virtue.
It has especially been pernicious to men, as it asks men to make sacrifices while excusing women for their behavior. This is what Charlie Kirk got wrong and was a big reason why his impact wasn't as powerful as it could've been.
Trevor Sheatz@TrevorSheatz
My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)
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I’d rather worship Our Lady than worship Mammon like you and your continued grift…
The Bible In Context@BibleInContext1
When a Catholic says, they don’t worship Mary, what they mean is that they don’t magically turn her into a wafer and eat her!
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@banterwithb Mary of Egypt lived in a desert and lived pretty much off nothing but the eucharist as penance for her whoring.
Not exactly the same as being one of 40k American denominations, making up your own theology, while your husband gets social media money from your past.
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Posting you wife's past online is wrong.
So is doubting the sincerity of her conversion.
And no, no one expect all repentant women to go to a literal desert for the end of their life.
Life of St. Mary of Egypt speaks tons of her repentance, but it's not a *rule.*
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@DrKingsleyAyi So are we saying that confession is a GOOD and necessary thing now?
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It's understandable that unbelievers can't even fathom the concept of grace and forgiveness, but to see similar reactions from believers is appalling.
There's nothing contrary to the Gospel here. To think he wrote this for the sake of virtue-signalling rather than as a testimony
Trevor Sheatz@TrevorSheatz
My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)
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@CatholicJosh @AshleySheatz Forgive me for not wanting people to trod around in Evangelical garbage their entire life.
You should see how her husband speaks about Mary, and his obsession with "her lack of virginity".
They're charlatans promoting a theology that dismiss and excuse their own sins.
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@DrFloopens @AshleySheatz You’re not representing Catholicism well. If you knew your own faith better you’d know the power of baptism and an apology. If it were her first, reconciliation isn’t even required.
Humble yourself and people may accept your invitation to explore the richness of our faith
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@majoriansmusing Evangelical Christianity is becoming weirder every day. I think for the most part, they still mean well, but it’s become very feminized.
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As a Catholic, I actually agree that grace transforms lives and that we should celebrate real stories of repentance and redemption.
I think the backlash to what I’m saying reveals something Nietzsche diagnosed correctly: Christian language can sometimes be twisted into a kind of slave‑morality pretzel, where weakness is canonized as being virtuous and any natural, intuitive standard is treated as a form of oppression.
A Catholic ethic of marriage is supposed to hold together both mercy and justice, as a union of both nature and grace.
Instead, what a lot of young men see is pastors weaponizing the word "grace" to erase the consequences for past choices from women while demanding limitless sacrifice from men in the name of the gospel. This is just ressentiment, as it certainly isn’t the Church’s moral tradition.
Majorian@majoriansmusing
This is why young men are leaving the church, btw.
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@majoriansmusing They're not saved from anything until they eat his flesh and drink his blood.
They've taken the lowest possible form of "penance" for their sins.
A holy, perfect, divine man was tortured to death for OUR sins. And they refuse to even participate in the sacrifice of His memory.
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@majoriansmusing Bro, not being an armchair psychiatrist here, but it is LITERALLY nothing but ran-through roasties that are mad about this.
They see it as a personal condemnation of themselves when someone says "yeah, good for you, but you're still icky to me".
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The funniest thing is all the women in my replies are saying "no one wants to marry you anyways"
I'm already married. Your copium does nothing but make me laugh.
Majorian@majoriansmusing
Because saying "hey guys, you should be a Christian so you can marry someone who used to do porn" is not the winning evangelistic pitch for young men you think it is lol.
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Well ideally you'd spread the weight out over an area the size of your shoulders. The thinner the plane is you're using to hold all the weight, the more wear it's going to put on it. Thicker "tactical hangers" are good for this. I'm using a gear display stand here which is what I leave this on all the time. No issues.
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