“The system is set up against me” by giving me free housing and income
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Sorry for the late response. And I hope this comment's clear, I'm drowsy as hell right now, so try and bear with me.
That section of my comment wasn't exactly directed towards what you wrote so much as in response to what I've hard from a handful of other Christians in the past year (Not from anyone on these boards, just for context).
And before I posted my previous comment I did glance through what you wrote and recognized that you weren't really trying to minimize human suffering. Which is why I was being broad in my words.
But I did want to get the point across that with some Christians I've encountered (and with people from other backgrounds/beliefs too) sometimes it comes off that way in the phrasing, or does come from someone with a legitimately dismissive attitude.
And I was trying to honestly... just try to do something to help heal some of the divide. I've been trying to do that for myself in my own personal life, still have some long lasting baggage with religion, but I try to recognize that my sometimes instinctive knee-jerk reaction is both rushed and often times misplaced blame.
Thanks for the clarification. I agree. There are a lot of Christians, or people in general, that try to explain away or minimize suffering, within the context of my warnings about it (as highlighted in my lengthy initial comment).
Thank you. I try to do the same. That's why I generally try to remain amicable despite some incredibly toxic comments I get (not you, but there are a lot of users on this site, and many other social media sites) that are nothing but toxic. I only recently came back to Christianity, being agnostic most of my life. Only after fully realizing the answers to some very deep questions, and understanding how truth is nearly synonymous to God, did I fully understand and convert back to Christianity. I was raised Christian as a kid, to clarify. But, there are some extremely vitriolic anti-Christians, that do nothing but misquote scripture and try to lay blame for all the world's ills at our feet. It's maddening, but understandable given the current atmosphere, propaganda, and that the people in power are vociferously anti-Christian.
Given the forces and evil arrayed against us, I try to stay on peaceful terms with my neighbors and people who aren't Christian, so as to work together for common cause. Given how anti-Christian many of them can be, it's difficult sometimes. In any case, this is why I explain things from a non-Christian and Christian perspective, because the logic works both ways. Most of my writings are written from a non-Christian perspective, as that's who I was prior to realizing the connection.
Aye, I think I have a pretty good idea of where you're coming from. Even though we may not have come to the same overarching belief systems, I can certainly respect and largely agree with the perspective and reasoning you seem to take in your approach.
Some of it's honestly a little familiar from when I was still more agnostic. IE, trying to maintain a balanced thought process involving both secular and non-secular, sort of in unison. Since ideally, the results should line up if both are accurate and true. Or something along those lines.