Dang, no. Now that you’ve made me think about it, I believe you’re right. Wow.
I’m just going to continue believing action figures are for kids, even though I’m likely wrong. Cause to accept the fact that these toys are legitimately intended for adults is too depressing.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you.
I’m pointing out that there is no equivalence between sides here. Do not forget what really happened.
Because I guarantee that though Reddit and mass media have censored the Hamas-produced videos of unspeakable crimes, they will breathlessly promote Hamas-produced videos of “unspeakable crimes” (i.e. some rubble and maybe an apartment building collapse) in the coming days.
Maybe you will be swayed. Maybe you will not. But there is, and this post is evidence of, a clear effort to whitewash these crimes. “Both sides” is the vehicle that whitewashing rides first.
“The whole thing” being the indiscriminate execution, rape, and kidnap of civilians, specifically and intentionally women and children. Nearly a thousand by current count.
I’m not about both sides here, sorry. I’m not about either side, to be honest. I don’t give a rip.
But that shit is fucking baseline evil. I’ve seen the videos they’re trying to censor. There’s a very good reason the censors want to limit their reach. What happened in Israel over the weekend is an absolute abomination, millennia removed from civilization as we know it, and a clear threat to the pristine and blameless image of so-called downtrodden protected classes.
Seems the opposite to me. Reddit doesn’t want footage of mutilated civilians, rape victims with bloody pants being loaded into vans, entire families mourning their executed children with their remaining children taken hostage, to get any publicity.
Cause that might lead people to think Islamic terrorists are maybe less than perfectly intersectional victims.
I think it’s reform in general, but again, if that’s part of Lutheran theology, I’ll say they’re right!
Catholics have their own ideas about salvation I don’t necessarily agree with, but I don’t believe they’re doomed by any means, haha. They are Christian too.
Like I said, Christian theology is a profound and challenging topic I’ve spent some soul-searching and prayerful time on. There’s a lot to it!
Interesting. Not a Lutheran.
Justification and salvation are free gifts, according to the Bible: “... justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” -Rom 3:24
If Lutherans say God’s love is free and true, they’re right, but I’m just going by what the Bible says.
Given the choice between eternity with God and eternity separated from him, I choose the former. It’s not a fear thing, it’s a love thing. Fear is compulsion, and you’re right in that false religions lean heavily on that aspect. But love is a choice.
Christian theology is a profound, challenging topic with the opportunity for lifelong learning and growth and meaning. You do indeed have a very simple understanding of it, and I lived much of my life in the very same mindset. I’d challenge you to dig a little deeper. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Reformed Christianity offers one path to eternity with God: Christ. We are saved by grace, which is freely given. That’s salvation.
If you know Christ, you’ll try to live according to the law God set out for us, which does include turning away from sin. That’s sanctification. It’s hard. We fail. But if we repent, we are forgiven of all of it.
I don’t have to wear special clothes or turn around three times and pat my head or sacrifice goats or give half my money to the church. Those things won’t save me. Only Christ. And he already did.
I’m not scared. I’m free.
Praise God for the greatest gift of all.