I follow God because God spoke to me and said follow him and I follow Christ because when I read the words of Christ I know in my heart that this is the truth of God but then I read 1st Corinthians and Paul is like "Shun people who have gross and icky s*x, icky s*x is totally the worst sin" and that just goes against practically everything I see in the words of Christ (s*x is a sin, but every sin is as bad as every other sin and we're all inevitably going to sin because it's our nature, but God forgives us).
Paul says a lot of things that are true and good and right but sometimes he says some shit that if Christ had said it I wouldn't be a Christian. It feels fricked up to reject Paul because he's like half of the New Testament but I can't believe in his message the way I believe in Christ's.
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This is why I am your disciple and follow you
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Well I'll do my best to lead you to Christ!
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God's divine word had to interpreted by human minds, and humans are inherently fallible due to original sin. It's perfectly okay to look critically at Paul because he let his human nature influence him when sharing what God divinely revealed to him.
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Thanks, this is what I've been thinking too, it helps to hear from someone who agrees.
My weekly church group is on hiatus so I didn't really have anywhere else to go with this lol.
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Critical thinking is not counter to faith, if you'd like more evidence please read the work of St. Thomas Aquinas
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I dead name. He be Saul
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isn't paul the one that went out of his way to include, twice, that "i was totally the fastest one to his grave cave. i'm just saying i was so much faster than the other apostles. like i was there first and first to notice both just wanted to mention again" lmao
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No he's the one who wasn't even one of the apostles when Jesus was alive and spent a bunch of time persecuting and torturing Jesus's followers after Jesus died until Jesus spoke to him personally and told him to knock that off.
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there's so many silly apostles!!
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Your story hit me very hard Gabby. Iβm a 28 yo guy who didnβt think he can get affected by stories like this but I havenβt slept the past 3 nights and canβt do anything productive seeing your face crying for help but no one around to save you everywhere I go.
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Protestantism, not even once.
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May God bless you and be with you always in whatever way you glorify Christ.
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You too unironically.
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Maybe you need to be a Jew for Jesus!
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God isnt real, i praise science and kill babies for moloch
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That's an awful thing to say, God is real and loves you.
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Sorry klenny! I love god and christ now!
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No matter how fickle your love for God is, his love for you is passionate and eternal.
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It's called Christianity not Paulianity. Paul was the AntiChrist.
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All rightoids reject the Bible in one way or another donβt feel too bad. Socialism is the closest economic system on Earth to Jesusβs teaching and rightoids hate socialism.
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I remember when Jesus was like "Steal shit from rich people by force to enrich yourself, that's really holy."
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Paul is a hypocrite when he shuns icky s*x stuff, because he totally wanted Jesus to pound his bussy.
Heβs the original closeted gay pastor.
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Fatass
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