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  1. LWB

    Another topic on Lust / Sexual Desire

    I think the point of that teaching was aimed at Pharisees, who believed they could attain righteousness by an external observance of the law. Christ's teaching implies that the law extends even to claim a person's heart. I believe in a forward escape Blueforest. Better for you to discover the...
  2. LWB

    How do I tell if I am saved?

    It is true that we are not privy to the miracles of Christ's ministry, but there were some present who did witness and still did not believe. But there is a miracle right before us at every moment that we so easily overlook and forget, but is waiting patiently for us to notice. When we see it...
  3. LWB

    How to Deal with Being Fed Up with My Faith?

    If Christianity 3.1 is revealing its limitations, maybe it is time to upgrade.
  4. LWB

    How do I tell if I am saved?

    If an actual experience with God in this lifetime doesn't interest you, there is simply no assurance outside faith that you are 'saved', whatever that means. As for me, my first encounter with God had nothing to do with a fear of mortality, hope for Heaven, nor a fear of Hell. It was a...
  5. LWB

    How do I tell if I am saved?

    Get beyond the ticket to heaven mentality, and you will appreciate your opportunity to know God is available to you right now. This life you currently have IS your ticket to Heaven. God is right here, right now, and if you seek him as Jesus taught, you will find him.
  6. LWB

    Why is Every Other Religion Wrong?

    I think that which separates the various religions are their small minded adherents.
  7. LWB

    Why am I tempted so much visually?

    Just like all other sexually reproducing organisms, we have an instinct to procreate. Humans seek visual cues when it comes to finding a fertile mate. Many other mammals depend upon scent, so lust of the eyes wouldn't be a problem for them. Their puritans would be giving them a hard time...
  8. LWB

    I am so messed up.

    GrayED, you should not feel troubled that your flesh is not remorseful. Of course the flesh likes carnal pleasure. Better to admit this truth and recognise your absolute powerlessness, than to feign remorse and continue with the delusion of self-righteousness. It is through an awareness and...
  9. LWB

    Epicurus Quote

    If Epicurus had spent more time at the theatre, he might have glimpsed why human history is permitted to have its tragic elements. Shakespeare would know what I'm talking about.
  10. LWB

    mastabating

    I trust my own experience to your reckoning thanks. Masturbation avoids the highly unpleasant experience of nocturnal emission. Even if there was some kind of sanitary napkin for single men to wear at night, the indignity, inconvenience, and expense would be many times worse than the manual...
  11. LWB

    mastabating

    To avoid nocturnal emissions and keep the prostate well flushed which may help to prevent prostate cancer.
  12. LWB

    ice cream social at church

    I like to understand realistic human behaviour from an anthropological and psychological perspective. Since as a species we were designed to interact within a small group of intimate family and friends, it is only natural that people should feel comfortable in large, unusual gatherings to...
  13. LWB

    Help me idk what to do anymore...

    I assume there is no strong and respected father figure in your life Lostsheep, at the time of life when you need one the most. I lacked a father figure I could turn to for help when I was becoming a man, and I found myself craving for any wisdom literature I could find, such as the book of...
  14. LWB

    What's wrong with Muhammad?

    I don't have the slightest interest in Mohammed. In my mind he's just another figure like Genghis Khan and the other innumerable warlords that have doted history. So my complaint is he is boring, and produced no new interesting spiritual insights.
  15. LWB

    Conflicting messages from my cat ...

    I read somewhere that the anger and pleasure parts of the cat brain are right next to each other, so when the poor dears experience a powerful emotion, it is not uncommon for it to spill into the corresponding section, triggering the appropriate response. So you might annoy a cat by messing...
  16. LWB

    Christian and Depression

    Maybe depression exists to encourage people to turn their focus away from Self and all its manifold problems, and instead focus upon the beautiful things of life. It isn't the world that people need to be weaned from, because the world is good. It is the world distorted through a broken Self...
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    Christians and Anger

    Stoic indifference is the best solution to anger I know of. Previous to my knowledge of Stoicism, this is how things tended to go for me: 1. My expectations unrealistically geared toward everyone and everything going my way. 2. Some behaviour or event disrupts my expectations, causing a bad...
  18. LWB

    Advice on Insomnia

    What sort of work or activity do you pursue, and do you get enough exercise? I worked with a guy who suffered insomnia: he was overweight, often missed breakfast and lunch (though he must have made up for it with junk food later), and he suffered dissatisfaction with his life. I suspect if a...
  19. LWB

    What is the difference?

    I don't see much distinction at all at the mystical level of understanding. As each teaching is corrupted by the culture of its setting, it becomes twisted to suit the prejudices of the people, and the hierarchies that set to profit off them.
  20. LWB

    Becoming a better christian

    Johannes, I think you'd do well to overcome this idea that God is in a partition of your life that is involved with attending church, Bible study, and other supposedly devout habits. If you could see that God is active in every part of your life, even during the mundane times, and that every...