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  1. Maniel

    Would you pursue and marry someone with chronic illness?

    Hi there, I've been dating a girl for a couple months that I've admired for many years. She is a kind soul, calm and very sweet. She's also very beautiful. But as we've been dating and got to know each other, it's become clear that she has chronic fatigue from having covid a few years ago. It...
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    Doubts in Jesus as universal redemption

    This isn't about me as much, but a friend of mine. She revealed her thoughts, coming from a Christian upbringing, going to church, she met a new person in the faith who asked a lot of questions. She then found out, that she wasn't actually sure if she believed in the good news of the Bible. It...
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    How much should we deny ourselves for others?

    Hi there I'm interested in knowing your perspectives on how much one should deny himself for the sake of others. What does love your neighbor mean? In what way should one honor their parents? I'm asking, because I have two parents who are struggling quite a bit. They had a quite traumatic...
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    Parent's divorce and moving forward?

    My parents officially got divorced a couple months ago, after years of struggle and my mother moving out some years ago. I really love my parents, and I hope I don't dishonor them by telling these things. Since it's anonymous I hope it's alright, as to seek advice. They are at a place where...
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    Are sinful thoughts out own?

    Listened to a conversation on YouTube today between two men, one said something that was quite illuminating to me, that many of his thoughts and emotions could be said to be that of demons, and not him exactly, something his priest had told him if I remember correctly. That it made it easy for...
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    Are sinful thoughts my own?

    Listened to a conversation on YouTube today between two men, one said something that was quite illuminating to me, that many of his thoughts and emotions could be said to be that of demons, and not him exactly, something his priest had told him if I remember correctly. That it made it easy for...
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    Need advice on a date

    Hey you guys So I invited the first woman in my life on a 'date' this Saturday and could really use your help! My thoughts about this is going in all sorts of directions, so I'm trying to calm myself a bit. You're insights and all you can provide is highly welcome. A bit of back story. I met...
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    New to church - seeking advice

    Hi there I've attended church for 2 months, and could use some advice on my forward walk with Jesus. One reason is that I'm very shy. The first time I was going to church it became too much so I went home instead. Now I'm at the point where I can go in and feel comfortable to just be there. But...
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    Your view on online dating?

    What is your view on online dating? I just turned 30 and it suddenly hit me, that I'm not that young any longer. I don't get to meet that many women. So I was randomly invited to a Christian Facebook page for singles here in my country, I wonder how they found me! But I accepted, in the hopes...
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    Book recommendations for a sceptic?

    Hello all you book readers I'm looking for a good book that I can give a person who is a sceptic of Christianity. Got any suggestions? C. S Lewis once said, that God has many snares out there for any person who is an atheist, himself included when he was younger. He said that Phantastes was...
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    Fractured family advice?

    I'm here seeking advice on my family that is very fractured, with some rather distanced relationships. I wonder how many Christian families are fractured these days? In my own family there's so many issues it's hard knowing where to start. I hope my family can heal somehow. In short: My brother...
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    Justification: Faith (and works?)

    I'm having a conversation with a catholic friend. I'm trying to understand justification from his view and the protestant view that I was raised in. Ephesians 2:8 says: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works...
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    What's your view on psychedelics as medicine?

    I would like to hear your thoughts on psychedelics as medicine for various disorders and addictions. There are many new studies in recent years, that examine the use of psychedelics use for mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, PTSD etc. There seem to be some good evidence, that over 50%...
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    Understanding typology and Mariology

    I recently learned that most of the dogmas concerning Mary comes from typology of the OT. Very little is said in the NT. That she is blessed, but that is said about many people in the Bible as far as I know. Jesus said to John that she is to be his mother. But that could easily be interpreted...
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    Understanding The Eucharist

    I'm having a discussion with my catholic friend. He is trying to persuade me that The Eucharist is true. As the protestant I am I feel like challenging him on that, and would like some of you to comment on some of the issues I have. Let me go through the scripture and I will include some...
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    An analogy of the absurdity of reality without God

    Hi there, I wonder of this is the right place to be posting this? Here it goes anyway. I've been trying for some time to make an easy to understand and explainable analogy in regards to the title of this post "The absurdity of reality without God". I would love some feedback on what could...
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    Seeking relationship council

    Hello, I am here in the hopes of receiving advice and council. I am writing because of struggling thoughts in my newly-bond relationship of 5 months, with a girl whom I have come to hold very dear and love. Yet I feel recurring withdrawal, uncertainty that we are to pursue marriage. I once did...
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    Is my brother saved?

    I'm writing this post in the hopes of clarification and and what I could possible do for my brother. I don't think I myself have a total understanding or view in which a person is truly saved and right with God. Sometimes the Bible seem to make it so clear and often simple, that by the grace of...
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    Mindmap of Reality

    Hello, This is my attempt of making a mindmap, for a better understanding of the complex matters of reality. I would like to add more strings to it, so I thought I would ask you guys for inspiration. Do you see any mistakes? Any faults? Anything unclear? All the critique you have I welcome to...
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    Peter the Rock / Protestant and Catholic

    I'm having some discussions with a friend of mine who is a Christian Catholic, in regards to the following verse: 18 “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of...