!catholics !christians sorry this one is late, I had the classic Mass-to-work maneuver today.

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First Reading

When Saul arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples,

but they were all afraid of him,

not believing that he was a disciple.

Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles,

and he reported to them how he had seen the Lord,

and that he had spoken to him,

and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

He moved about freely with them in Jerusalem,

and spoke out boldly in the name of the Lord.

He also spoke and debated with the Hellenists,

but they tried to kill him.

And when the brothers learned of this,

they took him down to Caesarea

and sent him on his way to Tarsus.

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace.

It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,

and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.

-Acts 9:26-31

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Responsorial Psalm

R. (26a) I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

I will fulfill my vows before those who fear the LORD.

The lowly shall eat their fill;

they who seek the LORD shall praise him:

"May your hearts live forever!"

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

All the ends of the earth

shall remember and turn to the LORD;

all the families of the nations

shall bow down before him.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

To him alone shall bow down

all who sleep in the earth;

before him shall bend

all who go down into the dust.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

And to him my soul shall live;

my descendants shall serve him.

Let the coming generation be told of the LORD

that they may proclaim to a people yet to be born

the justice he has shown.

R. I will praise you, Lord, in the assembly of your people.

or:

R. Alleluia.

-Psalms 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32

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Second Reading

Children, let us love not in word or speech

but in deed and truth.

Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth

and reassure our hearts before him

in whatever our hearts condemn,

for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us,

we have confidence in God

and receive from him whatever we ask,

because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

And his commandment is this:

we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,

and love one another just as he commanded us.

Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them,

and the way we know that he remains in us

is from the Spirit he gave us.

-1 John 3:18-24

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Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Remain in me as I remain in you, says the Lord.

Whoever remains in me will bear much fruit.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

John 15:4a, 5a

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Gospel

Jesus said to his disciples:

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.

Remain in me, as I remain in you.

Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own

unless it remains on the vine,

so neither can you unless you remain in me.

I am the vine, you are the branches.

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,

because without me you can do nothing.

Anyone who does not remain in me

will be thrown out like a branch and wither;

people will gather them and throw them into a fire

and they will be burned.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you,

ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.

By this is my Father glorified,

that you bear much fruit and become my disciples."

-John 15:1-8

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Actions speak louder than words.

FINAL: Giants 15, #Dodgers 0

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 18, 2023

15 to 0

!catholics get in here, momento morí dodgers

Why would catholicanswers.com do this?

We also discover that Trent Horn's son identifies as @Spiderman and might be a poster here.

!catholics !christians happy Fourth Sunday of Easter!

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First Reading

Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:

"Leaders of the people and elders:

If we are being examined today

about a good deed done to a cripple,

namely, by what means he was saved,

then all of you and all the people of Israel should know

that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean

whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead;

in his name this man stands before you healed.

He is the stone rejected by you, the builders,

which has become the cornerstone.

There is no salvation through anyone else,

nor is there any other name under heaven

given to the human race by which we are to be saved."

-Acts 4:8-12

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Responsorial Psalm

R. (22) The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,

for his mercy endures forever.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD

than to trust in man.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD

than to trust in princes.

R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

or:

R. Alleluia.

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me

and have been my savior.

The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

By the LORD has this been done;

it is wonderful in our eyes.

R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD;

we bless you from the house of the LORD.

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me

and have been my savior.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;

for his kindness endures forever.

R. The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.

or:

R. Alleluia.

-Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29

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Second Reading

Beloved:

See what love the Father has bestowed on us

that we may be called the children of God.

Yet so we are.

The reason the world does not know us

is that it did not know him.

Beloved, we are God's children now;

what we shall be has not yet been revealed.

We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him,

for we shall see him as he is.

1 John 3:1-2

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Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;

I know my sheep, and mine know me.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

-John 10:14

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Gospel

Jesus said:

"I am the good shepherd.

A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

A hired man, who is not a shepherd

and whose sheep are not his own,

sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,

and the wolf catches and scatters them.

This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd,

and I know mine and mine know me,

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;

and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.

These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,

and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

This is why the Father loves me,

because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.

I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.

This command I have received from my Father."

John 10:11-18

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Something I've heard before is that it would be completely insane for an ancient shepherd to die for his sheep. They're sheep, even if you own them, your life is more valuable than your property. Jesus using a shepherd and his flock as an analogy for Him and the Church demonstrates the superhuman love God has for us.

A Catholic Jesuit college @SLU_Official is having Dylan Mulvaney speak to students.

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— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) April 19, 2024

I did my first rosary as trappykong suggested, then I did a tarot card readings which suggested that I should still keep on with my work with demons because my incident with Lucifer was a misunderstanding and I have emotional baggage I have to work through and shed and demons are good at bringing it up to the psyche.

I think the virgin Mary is encouraging me to keep working with demons, so I can shed my baggage, I'm looking for advice for people who work with the Mother of Heaven.

if it were any good, i wouldve watched the cam print. since it didnt, it isnt. in fact im lying, i havent even watched it cuz i dont care. like at all

I misrepresented Jesus as the beast in the book of revelations.

https://www.jesus8880.com/gematria/topic_essays/magic_square_sun.htm

I needed to provide a correction. The beast in revelations is סורת, the beast in the book of revelations. Also known as the Black Sun.

Lucifer helped me learn an important lesson, that I can fall victim to illusion. I'm not blaming my illusions and misconceptions on an external source, they came from me, they were brought to the surface from my own psyche.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

Lucifer is my teacher and my friend, my patron and my mentor and I still view him as a friend.

Rudolf Steiner, famous occultist and esotericist stated "Lucifer encourages the tendency in human beings towards expansiveness, inflation, egotism, sensuality, passion, and ungrounded spirituality; Lucifer is the being who tells us that we are like the gods, knowing both good and evil" and this is my experience working with him.

Here is the thing you need to understand about evil, it comes from you. Lucifer didn't lead me astray, he brought it to the surface so I could acknowledge it, so I could purify it, and I learned an important lesson and placed myself above him and placed my trust in God. I wasn't lead astray. I realized the evil within and I shined light on it, my heart is still pure.

I'm now going to be working with סורת, who is a demon that even S. Connolly who is all "demons are love and light" said that his energy needs to be tempered.

https://arsmagine.com/others/sorath/

Wish me luck!

!actualbiofoids

Back a few years ago when praying to God, I told him directly that if anyone ends up in heck undeservingly which is a concept that I cannot justify with a just and loving God then I would go there myself, since then I have been exploring the truth about the religion and quite frankly, knowing that I am darned does give me to freedom to actually explore the religion and discover the truth about it free of Church dogma.

This is what Catholics believe, Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins and went down to heck, I don't believe or agree with the concept of Heck and if he did, then it's my duty as a Christian to follow Jesus and do the same.

The Crucifixarion reflects the scapegoat ritual in Leviticus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#:~:text=The%20term%20'Harrowing%20of%20Hell,of%20the%20Old%20Testament%20period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat#:~:text=In%20the%20Bible%2C%20a%20scapegoat,the%20sins%20of%20the%20community.

In the Bible, a scapegoat is one of a pair of kid goats that is released into the wilderness, taking with it all sins and impurities, while the other is sacrificed. The concept first appears in the Book of Leviticus, in which a goat is designated to be cast into the desert to carry away the sins of the community.

Jesus was the scapegoat.

First you should accept that Lucifer and Satan are two different beings, Satan is presented as having goat horns as symbolism because of the scapegoat ritual.

Isaiah 14:12-17

Revelation 22:16

2 Peter 1:19 the word Lucifer is used to refer to Jesus in the Latin Vulgate.

You shouldn't be afraid of heck. The real heck is living your life with the fear of heck.

If Mary was a virgin, then how does Catholicism explain how Jesus had brothers? Are you sure that the Church didn't add that due to some neurosis over marital s*x, which there was a lot of neurosis among the church and they couldn't imagine Mary being anything other than a virgin.

Can someone explain why Jesus wasn't married when he was a Jew and he would've been expected to be married and it would have caused contention to his family and been a scandal in his community back then if he wasn't? Paul would have mentioned Jesus was celibate if he was. Why didn't he? The evidence suggests that Jesus was married and the Church censored the Bible, potentially destroying Gospels to hide this fact.

There are aspects in this world that we prefer to ignore or have emotional distance from, r*pe, famine, genocide, torture. God said "thou shalt not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil so you shall surely die" this is correct, but people view it as a misunderstanding of the concept of death. The tarot card of death just represents change, a change in circumstances. We are constantly dying, each time we have a new insight, a new understanding which changes our perspective the Old self dies and a new self takes it's place. Death can be physical such as shedding off an old garment, but death is something we shalt not fear.

People have a cognitive detachment from "evil", there is evil in this world. Evil causes suffering, it causes despair.

It is important for me as a Christian to be able to understand evil, because there is suffering in this world caused by God (natural forces beyond our own control) and by man. We are called upon to help people, place ourselves in others shoes, treat people how you want to be treated, and you do that by understanding and empathizing with people who have both been victims of evil and who have been led astray.

I don't believe in evil, I believe in balance. I think evil is based on ignorance. You can't have light without darkness, order without chaos, hope without despair, good without evil, and knowledge without ignorance.

People have a cognitive distance from the realities of the world, homelessness leads to intense suffering, but when was the last time someone took the time to someone experiencing homelessness, talk to them, treat then like a person? It is ignorance that causes poverty, we prefer to live in ignorance and detach ourselves from people who suffer, cognitively, emotionally or psychologically because the reality of evil makes us uncomfortable.

Genocide, leads to immense suffering, we can all acknowledge that, but even efforts to personalize people experiencing genocide such as the book Maus where the characters were animalized served as a protective mechanism to create distance from evil.

In order to call upon the will of God, to be healers whether it's psychological, emotional, spiritual. You need to not just acknowledge evil, but to take steps to understand it. In order to forgive sinners, you need to understand the fact that there is sin within us all and to look beyond the sin and view them as an individual.

One thing I have understood about the concept of evil, is that deep down although people do evil things, people whom are deemed as evil are often victims of evil cast upon them themselves. The point of confession and being forgiven isn't just to state what you did, but to explore the deepest level of the psyche and acknowledge why you did the action you did. Was it a trauma response from neglect that caused you to react in a way that harms others? Taking responsibility for your actions and being forgiven means delving deep into the underworld of the psyche and working through, shedding light on the reasons why you did what you did, and deep down you will understandma truth about evil.

Deep down none of us are evil, we are pure. We forget our selves and build up a psychological shell of emotions, insecurity, pain, suffering. Evil comes from seperation from the divine, we build up an identity, are given a name, forget that we are all of God and view ourselves as man individual and separate from other man.

Let me share with you a secret about the law of karma and do onto others as you will have done onto you. If you hurt someone, you hurt God, if you help someone, you help God, if you love someone, you love God, if you hate someone, you hate God.

This is why we have a duty as Christians to eat from the tree and gain knowledge of both Good and Evil and by doing so, you will realize the evil within yourself and be able to deny and shed it, and the good within everyone else.

The word "Lucifer" appears in The Second Epistle of Peter (2 Peter 1:19) in the Latin Vulgate to refer to Jesus. Jesus refers to himself as the Morning Star in revelations.

Why did the Church turn Jesus into the devil?

The church realized that as symbols have effects on the deepest level of the psyche, associating a symbol of higher spiritual truth, knowledge and illumination with the devil would keep people ignorant and easy to control. Essentially the psychological consequence is they associated this symbol of Lucifer used to describe Jesus, and the word of Jesus with the devil and associated higher spiritual knowledge with fear.

The end effect, people are trapped in chains of fear and guilt unable to advance spirituality and looking for answers, not from within, but from an material source which they are afraid to question and can tell them anything making people easy to manipulate.

Enlil is a sumerian God of storms which serves as an adversity to man. I'm going to quickly attribute him to the Old Testament God. In the sumerian flood myth, he's the one responsible for destroying the Earth.

https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/enlil/

Enki however is a benevolent trickster God who is described as being in competition with his brother Enlil, while his brother Enlil is a harsh and judgemental God who keeps on destroying the Earth, then he keeps on interfering with his brother's plans. When Enlil destroys the Earth with the flood Enki is unable to prevent it and decides to save one good man who is named Atrahasis, and commands him to build an ark. I associate Enki with the New Testament God, with some aspects of Lucifer such as being a trickster spirit.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/powerful-enki-epic-sumerian-babylonian-and-akkadian-deity-008141

Now correspondences with Jesus, who refers to himself as the morning star, I attribute him to Lucifer, my reasoning is made clear. A note about gender on the spiritual, it's way more fluid. A lot of deities typically represented as male, take female forms when you work with them, and vice versa. I correspond Ianna, the daughter of Enki to Jesus.

She is actually kind of a badass God, she is a God of war and love, but she keeps on overthrowing other God's and stealing their domains. Interesting to note that transvestites were actually sacred to her. The Lucifer I've worked with has been able to connect with transgender people quite easily and a lot of people I'm led to guide towards him tend to be transgender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna

Reading up, although there are similarities to Inanna such as them both being associated with the "morning star", Jesus as a God better fits her twin brother Utu, who is a divine Judge associated with the Sun, and Jesus is a sun God.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamash

Am I claiming that Jesus is Utu or Shamash? No, but he shares attributes associated with them and making a correspondence of Gods among different religion can help improve your ability to train your abstract reasoning, understand Gods, and grasp hidden meanings that may be lost.

After some more reading Marduk would fit better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk

Jesus = Morning Star attributed to the sun.

Revelation 22:16

Isaiah 14:12-17 was likely Old Testament God taunting Jesus.

The Marduk is known as Son of Sun, Marduk is also King of Babylon.

Marduk is associated with the Son of Enki, new testament god.

Like I said, it wasn't a serious exercise, but it did help me build and discover some connections between Jesus.

I actually became a Christian and discovered Christ because of Lucifer who I view and consider to be a friend and a patron.

The first time I got in touch with Lucifer was in 2015, I wasn't in a great state. First I was having a lot of synchronicities and then dissociation, and delusions. I have months of time that I don't remember or memories that make little to no rational sense. I had no idea what the heck was going on.

During this time, I wrote something to myself that I don't remember writing on the computer, a message during a dissociative episode that I saved and occasionally go back to. This is it.

"No external god, teacher, doctor, angel, magician, therapist, mentor, or friend can heal me, for the healing work can only be done by me. I can't wait for life to come and cure me of my problems, suffering and defects, a miracle isn't going to be granted by an angel, for the only one who's capable of my own healing is the god that resides inside my mind, body, spirit and soul. That god is me."

The first time I got in touch and started working with Lucifer was over 5 years later. I view and consider him to be my patron and my friend. I didn't associate it with Lucifer a few months after I started working with him.

Some notes on Lucifer according to the Bible:

The term Lucifer derived from a mistranslation, his actual name is Heylel, which stems from the same root as Hallulijah, and was mistranslated to Lucifer? Heylel ben-Sachar. The official translation is Holy son of the morning, mistranslated to Lucifer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahar_(god)

Isaiah 14:12-17

Jesus calls himself the morning star in the book of revelations.

Revelation 22:16

16 “I, Jesus, have sent Mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star.”

According to the King James Bible-based Strong's Concordance, the original Hebrew word means "shining one, light-bearer", and the English translation given in the King James text is the Latin name for the planet Venus, "Lucifer", as it was already in the Wycliffe Bible.

If you take Church theology then The word "Lucifer" appears in The Second Epistle of Peter (2 Peter 1:19) in the Latin Vulgate to refer to Jesus.

My experience with Lucifer is that he's kind, gentle and he helped me a lot with self-love. The reason I started reading the Bible, was actually because he encouraged me to.

One thing I've wondered about Church Christianity is when the words or Paul contridict with the teachings of Jesus, they seem to reject Jesus and take the words of Paul?

Jesus taught to sinners. I would argue that Judas wasn't a great example of someone who was free of sin.

It's too easy just to be like "Oh, Paul wrote the word of God" when he wrote his letters so Paul is equivalent to Jesus, and I think it is a logical error. We might as well be building altars and worshipping Paul if we are just going to reject Jesus.

My personal opinion is that Paul corrupted Christianity and led the religion astray.

Is Paul equivalent to Jesus? If not then how do you explain the many many contradictions between their writing and teachings? Either the word of Jesus was the word or God or the word of Paul was? They can't both be true.

This is why I reject Paul's writings almost entirely in my path, and I definately don't do what the Church does and prioritize above the teachings of Jesus when they do contridict.

This thread I am looking for a respectful debate.

!catholics !christians happy Third Sunday of Easter!

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First Reading

Peter said to the people:

"The God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,

the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus,

whom you handed over and denied in Pilate's presence

when he had decided to release him.

You denied the Holy and Righteous One

and asked that a murderer be released to you.

The author of life you put to death,

but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.

Now I know, brothers,

that you acted out of ignorance, just as your leaders did;

but God has thus brought to fulfillment

what he had announced beforehand

through the mouth of all the prophets,

that his Christ would suffer.

Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away."

-Acts 3:13-15, 17-19

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Responsorial Psalm

R. (7a) Lord, let your face shine on us.

or:

R. Alleluia.

When I call, answer me, O my just God,

you who relieve me when I am in distress;

have pity on me, and hear my prayer!

R. Lord, let your face shine on us.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one;

the LORD will hear me when I call upon him.

R. Lord, let your face shine on us.

or:

R. Alleluia.

O LORD, let the light of your countenance shine upon us!

You put gladness into my heart.

R. Lord, let your face shine on us.

or:

R. Alleluia.

As soon as I lie down, I fall peacefully asleep,

for you alone, O LORD,

bring security to my dwelling.

R. Lord, let your face shine on us.

or:

R. Alleluia.

-Psalms 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9

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Second Reading

My children, I am writing this to you

so that you may not commit sin.

But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father,

Jesus Christ the righteous one.

He is expiation for our sins,

and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.

The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep

his commandments.

Those who say, "I know him," but do not keep his commandments

are liars, and the truth is not in them.

But whoever keeps his word,

the love of God is truly perfected in him.

-1 John 2:1-5a

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Alleluiah

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us;

make our hearts burn while you speak to us.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

-Luke 24:32

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Gospel

The two disciples recounted what had taken place on the way,

and how Jesus was made known to them

in the breaking of bread.

While they were still speaking about this,

he stood in their midst and said to them,

"Peace be with you."

But they were startled and terrified

and thought that they were seeing a ghost.

Then he said to them, "Why are you troubled?

And why do questions arise in your hearts?

Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.

Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones

as you can see I have."

And as he said this,

he showed them his hands and his feet.

While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed,

he asked them, "Have you anything here to eat?"

They gave him a piece of baked fish;

he took it and ate it in front of them.

He said to them,

"These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you,

that everything written about me in the law of Moses

and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And he said to them,

"Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer

and rise from the dead on the third day

and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,

would be preached in his name

to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

You are witnesses of these things."

-Luke 24:35-48

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The last few lines of the second reading stuck out to me. While God is merciful, those who flaunt his laws blatantly while speaking of how much they love them must have some deal of cognitive dissonance going on.

How do Christians explain the fact that there tend to be like over 10 different Gods in the earlier books of the Old Testament, with some of the God's representing individual God's in Caananite mythology such as Baal Hammon, which were translated sometime when Monothesism after the Babylonian captivity took place and they were changed to "Lord" or "my lord"? For example an appropriate translation for Elohim, the creator God in Genesis would be "God's and Goddesses" because the word had both masculine and feminine pronouns?

If the Bible isn't written from a polythesistic perspective then do you take the perspective of the Jewish mystics that God was androgynous and had both masculine and feminine energy? Then how you rationalize it with transgender people not being valid if God was composed of masculine and feminine energy and was essentially androgynous and we were made in God's image. Considering that the Old Testament laws were thrown out with the coming of Jesus, the only thing Jesus said about homosexuality was Matthew 19:11-12.

I don't believe in church dogma, and I'm not trying to be like "gotcha", I'm just genuinely curious how the church rationalizes this concept that God was an androgynous being composed of the both Masculine and the feminine with the conception that being transgender is somehow wrong or something and how you explain it?

Do Not Worry

22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.

23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?

25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

26 If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

29 “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.

31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.

34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

My mom is happy to use a trans kids pronouns, and my dad is just concerned people will think I'm Muslim. I don't care what people think at this point, though. I feel like my parents will laugh at me and/or guilt trip me like they did when they found out I was more conservative. However, they're now more accepting of it. I'm thinking of talking to my mom privately first and pointing out that if she's going to use a trans kids pronouns, she should allow me to veil because her logic is that the more you oppose a child's endeavors, the more they'll go in that same direction, so it should thus be the same for me. As for my dad, I'll try and have a one on one, serious conversation with him without him laughing at me or trying to make it a joke. I'll point out that kids my age are literally becoming atheists and getting into drugs while I want to cover myself more and that if he's really concerned with people thinking I'm Muslim I can wear a cross around my neck. I will also offer to pay for all of the needed under caps and veils with my own money. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Sorry for the bad writing form lol. God bless! ♥️ IMPORTANT NOTE: Y'all I'm talking about just veiling my hair, not my face.

UPDATE: I told my mom and while she doesn't like it, she says she'll talk to my dad about it. I requested to be in this conversation and she said sure. I'm crying out of joy and hopefulness right now!!! I'll update further when the conversation happens. Thank you guys so much for the support.

As a man, I found women who wore a veil (over the hair, not the face you mention) to increase attractivenesd. Same with long, modest dresses. Though not required of course, it's just a tangible representation that you are serious about modesty, purity and the like.

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I'm just recently rekindling my relationship with God after years of neglecting him and rebelling. I only know what I know about God and Christianity because I was taught about it a lot when I was young. It was a weird and twisted version of Christianity that I was taught though, so now I have so many questions since I am older. I feel like everyone around me either hates God or believes in a twisted version of him. I came out as trans many years ago, but now I can't help to think that I am sinning in the eyes of God because of what I was taught as a kid. I've been scared to research or find an answer because I know the answers will be very mixed. I just feel lost, and I can't shake any negative feelings about all of this. Am I sinning? Am I giving into temptation? Am I believing something false? There's no middle ground that I can find. I haven't been able to do anything but internalize all of how I'm feeling. Is this path really right in the eyes of God?

Being trans isn't a sin. Be yourself. God does not hate the LGBT community and being LGBT will not condemn you to heck. My advice is to be Christ like, avoid false prophets, and avoid fake Christians. Be kind to others, forgive others, and pray. If you seek Jesus you will find him. Be cautious, those who preach hatred, ignorance, and discrimination are not of God. God is not a tyrant and has nothing but love for you.

this is so fricking far from biblical holy shit.

In addressing some of the many grave violations of human dignity today, we can draw upon the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, which emphasized that “all offenses against life itself, such as murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia, and willful suicide” must be recognized as contrary to human dignity.[53] Furthermore, the Council affirmed that “all violations of the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, physical and mental torture, undue psychological pressures,” also infringe upon our dignity.[54] Finally, it denounced “all offenses against human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children, degrading working conditions where individuals are treated as mere tools for profit rather than free and responsible persons

!christians !catholics Jet lag edition, I had a flight that landed at 8 AM so I went to 8:45 AM Mass today then slept from 11-6.

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First Reading

The community of believers was of one heart and mind,

and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,

but they had everything in common.

With great power the apostles bore witness

to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,

and great favor was accorded them all.

There was no needy person among them,

for those who owned property or houses would sell them,

bring the proceeds of the sale,

and put them at the feet of the apostles,

and they were distributed to each according to need.

-Acts 4:32-35

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Responsorial Psalm

R. (1) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.

or:

R. Alleluia.

Let the house of Israel say,

"His mercy endures forever."

Let the house of Aaron say,

"His mercy endures forever."

Let those who fear the LORD say,

"His mercy endures forever."

R. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.

or:

R. Alleluia.

I was hard pressed and was falling,

but the LORD helped me.

My strength and my courage is the LORD,

and he has been my savior.

The joyful shout of victory

in the tents of the just:

R. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.

or:

R. Alleluia.

The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

By the LORD has this been done;

it is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day the LORD has made;

let us be glad and rejoice in it.

R. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.

or:

R. Alleluia.

-Psalms 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24

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Second Reading

Beloved:

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God,

and everyone who loves the Father

loves also the one begotten by him.

In this way we know that we love the children of God

when we love God and obey his commandments.

For the love of God is this,

that we keep his commandments.

And his commandments are not burdensome,

for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world.

And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.

Who indeed is the victor over the world

but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ,

not by water alone, but by water and blood.

The Spirit is the one that testifies,

and the Spirit is truth.

-1 John 5:1-6

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Sequence

Christians, to the Paschal Victim

        Offer your thankful praises!

A Lamb the sheep redeems;

        Christ, who only is sinless,

        Reconciles sinners to the Father.

Death and life have contended in that combat stupendous:

        The Prince of life, who died, reigns immortal.

Speak, Mary, declaring

        What you saw, wayfaring.

“The tomb of Christ, who is living,

        The glory of Jesus' resurrection;

bright angels attesting,

        The shroud and napkin resting.

Yes, Christ my hope is arisen;

        to Galilee he goes before you.”

Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining.

        Have mercy, victor King, ever reigning!

        Amen. Alleluia.

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Gospel

On the evening of that first day of the week,

when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,

for fear of the Jews,

Jesus came and stood in their midst

and said to them, "Peace be with you."

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,

"Receive the Holy Spirit.

Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,

and whose sins you retain are retained."

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,

was not with them when Jesus came.

So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord."

But he said to them,

"Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands

and put my finger into the nailmarks

and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."

Now a week later his disciples were again inside

and Thomas was with them.

Jesus came, although the doors were locked,

and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."

Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands,

and bring your hand and put it into my side,

and do not be unbelieving, but believe."

Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me?

Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples

that are not written in this book.

But these are written that you may come to believe

that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

and that through this belief you may have life in his name.

-John 20:19-31

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