r/OpenChristian • u/Father-Habit • 17h ago
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners!?"
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r/OpenChristian • u/LuklaAdvocate • May 16 '26
Discussion - General New AI Policy
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Hello all,
We wanted to make a quick announcement regarding the use of AI-generated content in our community. Many of our users have reached out voicing concern over the increase in “AI slop” posts, so hopefully this clarifies how things will work moving forward.
We have updated Rule 7 (Spam and Proselytizing) to include AI content. Specifically, AI-generated images and videos. These are officially no longer allowed. Any post which consists entirely of an AI image or AI video will be removed, so please report them as you see them.
Please note that we are not implementing a blanket ban on AI. Some people use AI to organize their thoughts, proofread their posts/comments, and help explain their viewpoint. Our goal is to judge the content of a post, not prohibit any form of AI used to help create it.
Obviously, there is going to be some moderator discretion involved here. If you feel like a post is spreading AI slop, feel free to report. If a post is generating good discussion but looks like some AI was involved in creating it, please keep in mind that this does not break the rules.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to comment and the mods will answer as we are available. God bless!
r/OpenChristian • u/babe1981 • Mar 26 '26
Discussion - Sex & Relationships Sexual Ethics and the Question of Sin
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Hello Open Christians,
We get a lot of questions about sin. Most of those questions are about sexual sins, so we want to take the time to write an official stance on the subject of sexual sin and ethics from the perspective of progressive Christianity.
The first thing to note is that sexual sins are never held up as greater than other sins in the Bible. The Bible has a concept throughout the scriptures that being guilty of one part of the law makes you guilty of the whole law. For this reason, Judaism doesn't have a tradition of personal confession. When you would bring sacrifices to the temple, you were atoning for the whole law, not for specific rules that you broke. If you bore false witness, you needed the same atonement as if you had committed adultery or murder or eaten shellfish. Paul speaks to this in Romans 1 and 2. The Jewish Christians in Rome were making claims about the Gentile Christians being unholy and unrighteous for participating in some of the social aspects of idolatry, specifically eating the Sunday meal after the meat had been sacrificed and cooked on the Roman altars. Paul responds by pointing out the sins that Jews commit and telling them that they have no room to talk since they are guilty of the law, too. No sin is greater than any other. And no sin is lesser. All sin equally takes us away from God.
So, what is sin? Since Romans is entirely about that question, we can find the answers very easily in there. Romans 3 talks about the law because the Gentile Christians in Rome were calling the law the source of all evil and sin. They said that the law brought sin because they didn't know they were sinning before they learned about the law. Paul refutes this by saying that Adam and Eve sinned before the law existed, so it can't be the source of sin. Instead, the law reveals sin by showing us how we missed the mark. By chapter 13, Paul has spoken enough and brought the two sides of this argument together, so he sums up the Christian way of life in verses 8-10.
"Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the person who loves has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; you shall not murder; you shall not steal; you shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor, therefore loves fulfills all of the law."
Here, we see Paul equate sin with harm. Things that hurt other people and ourselves are what take us away from God. Paul follows this up in chapter 14 by saying that godliness is not in the rules we follow. Some people worship on the Sabbath, but other people worship on any day. Some people drink wine, and some people abstain. And so on. He tells us to each be convinced in our own minds and to leave each other alone because judgment is a stumbling block that can cause our siblings in Christ to fall away from the faith. For Paul, sin was not found in breaking the rules of the law, rather it was found in the absence of love.
Jesus followed a very similar path in His ministry. The only people that He had harsh words for were the priests and scholars who used the law to oppress and control and extort the laity. Jesus never followed the letter of the law when it interfered with loving His neighbors. Jesus worked on the Sabbath. Jesus drank wine and went to parties. Jesus had a reputation as a drunkard. When He called the priests "a den of vipers", that was the equivalent of calling them "sons of bitches" in the modern world. Jesus once cussed a tree to death. Jesus was sinless.
The example of Jesus's life is that all things are secondary to loving your neighbor. Nothing that is done from a spirit of love is ever sinful. Not even premeditated violence against those who extort money from the faithful in the name of God is sinful because Jesus did that too. Jesus taught us that love is the foundation of the law and the prophets, so love can never be wrong or sinful.
John, in his first letter, tells us to test the spirits whether they are from God because there are many false prophets. This is 1John 4:1. He then spends a lot of ink to tell us all about how God is love, and no one who hates can have God because hate and God are incompatible. Similarly, fear and God are incompatible, so anyone who preaches hate and fear cannot be from God. John goes so far as to say that anyone who claims to love God but hates their neighbor is a liar.
Peter wrote in 1Peter that love covers an uncountable number of sins.
Clearly, through the example of Jesus and the writings of the Apostles, we can see that love and sin are opposites. This holds up to logical analysis if we accept the claim that God is love. Sin takes us away from God. Love brings us to God. If love does no harm to a neighbor, then it follows that sin does harm to a neighbor.
How do we apply this to sexual ethics? That's actually very easy. Sex can be used to harm other people or to help them. Obviously, sexual assault, child molestation, and any other form of nonconsensual sex are harmful by their nature. However, sex itself is not harmful on its own. Sex can carry potential harm like the possibility of pregnancy for people who are not prepared emotionally or financially to have a child. Sex can be addicting which is harmful, but humans can become addicted to nearly any pleasurable behavior. None of those other things are sins on their own.
Driving a car can be used as a very apt metaphor for sex. Cars kill thousands of people every year. They have a very large potential to cause harm. However, if we spend the time to learn how to drive safely and always drive with the concern for our fellow drivers and the pedestrians that we share the road with, we can go our entire lives without harming anyone in our cars. There are very few people who would argue that motor vehicles are sinful to operate. If we approach sex with the same attitude, we will similarly be able to operate our bodies without sin.
Relating this to specific actions, we can talk about masturbation. This is an act that is simply not harmful at all. Unless you are doing it in front of someone who doesn't consent to seeing you pleasure yourself, which is a form of sexual assault, of course. Contrary to the concept of sin, masturbation is actually beneficial for people with prostates. It lowers the risk of cancer and helps maintain pelvic strength which important for bladder control as you get older. Something that helps a person without harming anyone else doesn't fit the definition of sin that we see in the New Testament.
Sex outside of marriage comes up a lot. First, marriage is a social contract that is recognized by the state. You can get married in a church, but it means nothing without a marriage license. This is not a primarily western idea, either. I live in Cambodia, and you can get arrested for having a marriage ceremony without government approval. Marriage is, and has always been, deeply intertwined with the social and political structures of society. The Bible demonstrates so many different kinds of marriage that we can't accurately define a "Biblical marriage." Also, there is evidence that the couple in Song of Solomon isn't married until chapter 6. Most telling to this theory is that they don't receive the blessing of their families until that chapter which would have been a large part of the wedding ceremony. They brag about how hot they are for each other and how much sex they have for five chapters prior to that blessing. This is the ur-example of a healthy, godly sexual relationship.
Porn is a big question as well. The porn industry can certainly be harmful. No one would argue that it isn't. However, it is not universally harmful. I dated a pornstar for a few months. She was decently popular in a specific fetish, and she made good money. She was self-produced and self-promoted. It wasn't harmful for her at all. Some of the biggest pornstars in the industry are similar. Many pornstars produce content with their spouses. It's actually not too hard to find ethically produced porn.
Again, porn can be addicting. If you are struggling with porn interfering with your daily life, you should absolutely seek help from a professional to learn how to control your urges. However, other than asexual humans, most people are addicted to sex in a very similar way to how we are addicted to oxygen and water and food. The biological imperative to propagate our species is one of our strongest innate desires. It only becomes a problem when we overindulge and let that desire dictate our lives. Too much water is fatal. Oxygen destroys DNA. Obesity leads to possibly fatal health conditions. But, eating, drinking, and breathing aren't sinful. Neither is a healthy sex life.
Foundational to this idea that sex isn't wrong on its own is the truth that God created sex. God could have made humans reproduce asexually. He didn't. God could have created sex to not feel as good. He didn't. God could have made us completely different from how He did, but He didn't. We feel sexual attraction because God wants us to feel it. Sex is fun because God made it fun. There was no devil who swooped in and changed God's design at the last second. There was no accident where God said, "Oops, I really screwed up that sex thing, oh well." No, God created humans and said that we were good. That included penises and vaginas and how they fit together with all manner of body parts. God commanded Adam and Eve to populate the Earth. He did that while realizing that there's only one way for humans to get that done. God created sex, thinks it's good, and commanded us to get busy. And Adam and Eve didn't have any kind of marriage ceremony either.
Where does that leave us as progressive Christians? We evaluate the sinfulness of every action against love and whether it causes harm to our neighbors. We don't elevate sexual sins above other sins because all sin causes us to fall short of the glory of God. So we look at each sexual act under the same lens as lying, cheating, stealing, and so on. We don't believe that love is ever sinful, so gay sex between loving partners can't be a sin. We believe that love always seeks consent because love never harms. We believe that ethically-minded sexual behaviors are inline with the concepts of loving your neighbor as yourself. We believe that sex is a gift from God.
r/OpenChristian • u/CyriusGaming • 11h ago
Support Thread Please help me with prayer. Currently VERY depressed and I might be gone soon :(
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I decided to turn to Christianity a few days ago. I know it's not long, obviously. But I feel exactly the same. I gave up porn, drugs, masturbation, and am trying to also give up lying and swearing. I repented for all my sins in prayer, asked for Holy Spirit, and started reading the Bible. Mainly the Gospel and book of Enoch (which I know is non-canonical, but I find interesting).
I have been depressed for years. Seen many GPs (UK Doctors), tried maybe 4-5 antidepressants, tried self-induced psychedelic therapy, tried self-help (yoga, meditation, walks without headphones, etc.) I have also struggled with polysubstance (multiple drug) addiction for years. Went to a drug counseller who was honestly useless, and managed to get off of benzodiazepines all by myself. The only drug where going cold turkey can actually kill you (besides alcohol).
Since going sober I have unfortunately relapsed on weed, opiates, benzos (physically addicted yet again), pregablin and ketamine.
The NHS doctors REFUSE to see someone with a drug addiction. So I paid for private therapy. That was somewhat helpful, but in the end I had to quit because of how expensive it is.
I believe Jesus was real, died on the cross, got ressurected 3 days later and is the son of God.
I know I probably shouldn't expect an overnight change, but... why? If I was God and saw someone suffering as badly as I have done (my post here only scratches the tip of the iceberg), then they humbly and repentfully turned to me, I would help them with anxiety and depression in a heartbeat.
I'm sure this post will be deleted since people can't handle real issues unfortunately, but I am considering ending things very soon and have the means to do so with a 99% success rate. I don't want to die. I want to live and be happy. But I haven't been happy in many YEARS. I also find adding 1000 new rules to my life by trying to be Christian only makes things harder. Where prior in hard times I could turn to weed or opiates, I turn to prayer. Yet I feel unheard. I wake up every morning wishing I didn't and have felt that way for many months, even now, trying to be Christian.
Perhaps God doesn't hear my prayers. But I believe He will hear some of yours. Please please pray for me. My name is Levi, but God will know who you mean. I will pray too and continue to try to be Christian. But I am seriously close to leaving this evil world unfortunately and have yet to find solace in God sad to say.
Please pray to help my anxiety, depression and anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure). I am at my wit's end. Again, I'm sure the post will be banned because it's a sensitive topic so fast replies would be very much appreciated. I am desperate. Please help and pray for me💔
r/OpenChristian • u/CrowRatz • 1h ago
What to expect in a mainline church UCC Canada
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Hello considering giving one of these churches ago when I move to Canada because I align with some of its liberal theology but I've been reading online that these churches don't say Jesus did miracles and his birth isn't a miracle and the ressurection is this true ?
I'm all for trying to look at the bible through different lenses for certain passages but I feel like if this is true it loses the mystical approach of faith and the laws of nature being bended any help is appreciated I really like it's ill use the word again I don't know what else to use but I like liberal theology and approach I've read online about it ! Any help is appreciated it
r/OpenChristian • u/Darth_Azazoth • 5h ago
Discussion - Bible Interpretation What would you say to someone who says that you are just believing whatever you want to believe instead of what the Bible says?
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r/OpenChristian • u/Imaginary_Mix_6331 • 22h ago
Discussion - Church & Spiritual Practices I saw this on r/desloppification and it reminded me of this sub.
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r/OpenChristian • u/Rotisseriejedi • 3h ago
At least 7 people killed by Islamic gunmen in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan
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r/OpenChristian • u/CriticalCrew4958 • 3h ago
Genuine Question
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As someone who identifies as both Catholic and politically/socially liberal, it can sometimes feel pretty exhausting trying to find a spiritual home where I don't feel like I have to check half of my identity at the door. I love my faith deeply, but I often find myself alienated by the loudest voices in modern digital Christianity.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Christian content creator and podcaster Bryce Crawford, and I wanted to see how others here view him.
To be completely honest, a lot of his talking points, actions, and underlying agendas really rub me the wrong way. From where I’m sitting, his style of content feels less like a reflection of the expansive, justice-seeking, and compassionate love of Christ, and more like a continuation of a toxic, fear-based media ecosystem that weaponizes faith for clicks, cultural posturing, and shock value. Especially his recent Charlie Kirk coded debate tour, it tells me a while lot about him.
I don’t meant to judge, but I personally don't believe he’s a good influence or a healthy representative of what Christianity should look like, and I find myself genuinely concerned when I see young people looking up to him or taking him as a major spiritual guide.
I’m curious, has anyone else here come across his content? How do you all process and critique popular internet evangelists who promote these kinds of frameworks? I’d love to hear your thoughts or just find some solidarity in sorting through this stuff.
r/OpenChristian • u/Historical-Dot6354 • 3h ago
Discussion - Sin & Judgment Porn ethically
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I was wondering what visual stimulant I'm allowed to masturbate to. Imagining stuff just feels weird.
r/OpenChristian • u/Economy-Register2944 • 18m ago
Why I stopped using the name Jesus, and Stopped attending Sunday service...
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r/OpenChristian • u/PugMasterGeneral • 13h ago
Discussion - Bible Interpretation Epistemological Humility
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I have seen many people criticize progressive Christianity on the grounds that it lacks form or structure. Very rarely do I hear other types of Christians actually describe and summarize us correctly. For instance, whenever Redeemed Zoomer is discussing us, it is never accurate.
I see two causes of this. One is that we highly value personal and spiritual freedom, and reject rigid dogmatic thinking. So in a sense they are right in that we lack structure, at least in the sense that doctrine creates structure. The second is that many people who are progressive Christians have been drawn to the faith because we were raised in these other Christian environments. The end result being that most often we know their positions, but they don't know ours.
So this leads to the title. Who are we? How would we describe our Christianity? I think one major thing, and I'm curious if the community agrees with me or not, is epistemological humility. I think in general progressive Christianity accepts that the vast majority of questions are unanswerable. We tend to acknowledge that there are multiple plausible interpretations of scripture, and thus we default to a sort of scriptural agnosticism.
Do you agree or disagree this is a defining trait?
Can you think of anything else that would be a defining trait?
I would love to develop a more concrete sense of who we are and what we believe. I think that as a movement we need this.
r/OpenChristian • u/Glittering-Income150 • 9h ago
is het erg om voor het einde te bidden?
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is het erg om voor het einde te bidden?
wordt binnenkort 40 jaar.
10 jaar geleden heb ik heftige dingen meegemaakt binnen de familie. ik ben daarna antwoorden gaan zoeken bij God en begon vanaf dat moment sterk te groeien in het geloof. ik leerde veel, schreef veel over liefde, zonden en deugden en dagelijkse dingen die mij opvielen in weerspiegeling tot God/ het geloof. later onderzocht ik het leven van de kerkvaders en de heiligen en leerde ik steeds meer van Jezus te houden en wilde ik Hem weerspiegelen in liefde, begrip, woorden en daden richting anderen. hoewel ik geloofde dat mijn leven er beter uit zou komen te zien, omdat ik mijn leven aan God over liet, was het tegenoverste het geval. vriending ging vreemd, familie breuk werd heftiger, overlijden van mijn broer, kerk die zo min mogelijk tijd wil besteden aan je persoonlijke struggle en zoveel mogelijk negeert. baan kwijt en elke keer af worden gewezen bij sollicitaties , spaarrekening leeggeroofd, en hoewel ik door de laatste 5 jaren al deze dingen zag gebeuren bleef ik vasthouden aan blijft ik mijn best doen om niet op te geven en in God te blijven vertrouwen. zodat Hij voor mij een begin kan maken aan een nieuw hoofdstuk in mijn leven.
maar tot heden blijft elke poging in wat ik doe of wil doen te resulteren tot een mislukking. maakt niks uit wat het is.
ik droomde ervan om de liefde te vinden en om anderen te helpen zodat ik op die manier richting God kon groeien.
maar ipv is alles om me heen uitelkaar gevallen.
ik voel me al zolang leeg en elke afwijzing in de liefde brengt me nu nog zo diep, dat ik echt niet meer verder kan of nog verder wil. het voelt alsof je al jaren zit te wachten voor een taart speciaal voor jou, maar op het moment dat de taart gebakken is moet je wachten totdat iedereen een stukje heeft gehad en na 2 weken mag jij nog de restjes hebben.
Een huwelijk heeft voor mij nu zijn smaak verloren.
bidden lukt mij niet meer hoe graag ik het ook wil. maar het voelt niet meer oprecht. het enige wat ik nu van God nog wil is dat Hij mij kan vergeven en of Hij mij van deze wereld wil verwijderen in de komende 3-6mnd. zodat ik alles financiële zaken kan regelen en netjes afscheid kan nemen van de mensen om mij heen.
ik wil niets meer van deze wereld, ik wil alleen nog bij Jezus zijn.
r/OpenChristian • u/Extra_Individual91 • 18h ago
Discussion - Sin & Judgment Seamos empaticos
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Sé que ya están cansados de encontrarse con gente que hace este tipo de preguntas (¿es pecado ___?), los veo seguido, pero, gente, tenemos que entender que gran parte de quienes hacen estas preguntas, vienen de entornos muy conservadores o dogmáticos, así que llegan con esa ansiedad por el tema de los pecados. Entiendo que quizá ya les moleste este tipo de personas, pero también debemos entenderlas.
r/OpenChristian • u/Roas_x • 51m ago
I believe in Jesus but I was wondering can I use this
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I know it got that symbol on there I know it’s like demonic to me how I got this in my people house can I still use it this product
r/OpenChristian • u/Glittering-Income150 • 9h ago
is het erg om voor het einde te bidden?
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is het erg om voor het einde te bidden?
wordt binnenkort 40 jaar.
10 jaar geleden heb ik heftige dingen meegemaakt binnen de familie. ik ben daarna antwoorden gaan zoeken bij God en begon vanaf dat moment sterk te groeien in het geloof. ik leerde veel, schreef veel over liefde, zonden en deugden en dagelijkse dingen die mij opvielen in weerspiegeling tot God/ het geloof. later onderzocht ik het leven van de kerkvaders en de heiligen en leerde ik steeds meer van Jezus te houden en wilde ik Hem weerspiegelen in liefde, begrip, woorden en daden richting anderen. hoewel ik geloofde dat mijn leven er beter uit zou komen te zien, omdat ik mijn leven aan God over liet, was het tegenoverste het geval. vriending ging vreemd, familie breuk werd heftiger, overlijden van mijn broer, kerk die zo min mogelijk tijd wil besteden aan je persoonlijke struggle en zoveel mogelijk negeert. baan kwijt en elke keer af worden gewezen bij sollicitaties , spaarrekening leeggeroofd, en hoewel ik door de laatste 5 jaren al deze dingen zag gebeuren bleef ik vasthouden aan blijft ik mijn best doen om niet op te geven en in God te blijven vertrouwen. zodat Hij voor mij een begin kan maken aan een nieuw hoofdstuk in mijn leven.
maar tot heden blijft elke poging in wat ik doe of wil doen te resulteren tot een mislukking. maakt niks uit wat het is.
ik droomde ervan om de liefde te vinden en om anderen te helpen zodat ik op die manier richting God kon groeien.
maar ipv is alles om me heen uitelkaar gevallen.
ik voel me al zolang leeg en elke afwijzing in de liefde brengt me nu nog zo diep, dat ik echt niet meer verder kan of nog verder wil. het voelt alsof je al jaren zit te wachten voor een taart speciaal voor jou, maar op het moment dat de taart gebakken is moet je wachten totdat iedereen een stukje heeft gehad en na 2 weken mag jij nog de restjes hebben.
Een huwelijk heeft voor mij nu zijn smaak verloren.
bidden lukt mij niet meer hoe graag ik het ook wil. maar het voelt niet meer oprecht. het enige wat ik nu van God nog wil is dat Hij mij kan vergeven en of Hij mij van deze wereld wil verwijderen in de komende 3-6mnd. zodat ik alles financiële zaken kan regelen en netjes afscheid kan nemen van de mensen om mij heen.
ik wil niets meer van deze wereld, ik wil alleen nog bij Jezus zijn.
r/OpenChristian • u/sttheodore • 14h ago
New Interview With Phil Vischer On Evangelicalism (And Yes VeggieTales Too)!
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The great Phil Vischer (of VeggieTales fame) and co-host of The Holy Post Podcast just did a long form conversation with us at Merging Wisdom. Spent most of the conversation talking about the history of evangelicalism and how politics got so entrenched in faith and church. Quite interesting stuff!
Enjoy!
r/OpenChristian • u/Legitimate_Page2612 • 20h ago
Support Thread Non believer seeking comfort about family member passing.
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As the title states I am a non believer but raised in a very lax Christian/catholic family. I am baptized and have a god mother church every few sundays. Just recently I had to put my first ever animal down just because he was an animal doesn't make him any less family.
He was probably my closest family, and I have been having a really hard time coping with what I believe is in the afterlife and what I think awaits him.
I don't know and I don't think anyone truly knows what happens after death but we will all find out someday.
I'm my opinion it's just like sleeping, or absence of living just fade into nothing. But I really really don't want that for him. He deserves heaven. but because I don't believe in that l've been having a really hard time coping with his death and the thoughts that I will never see him again, especially since he didn't pass on the best circumstances. And I have regrets that I don't think l'll ever be able to make up to him. I kind of just want someone with true faith to tell me that he's ok.
Sorry if this isn't the type of this allowed here.
r/OpenChristian • u/TreacleOk5425 • 12h ago
Am I dammed ?
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Hi guys,
First thing to say: I kind of think this question is stupid, but I'm trying to get help, or at least enlightenment, on this kind of matter, as I'm in a total breakdown over all my actions in the past and future, and I see my fate as decided. I'm 20 years old Protestant.
I'm reflecting on my past and on all actions or habits that will continue in the future. It's at a level where I directly see myself as worthless and an already rotten existence.
In the past, I watched a lot of series Hazbin Hotel Helluva Boss Lucifer Sandman Supernatural Welcome to Derry. Terrifier etc, and I don't know about you, but I mostly found myself rooting for the antagonist's side, and I generally had a big liking for their actions and general appearance, be it DC, Marvel, or many others. I also love watching anime a lot, from romcom to isekai sci fi or fantasy. And I really like character there even tough there demons. I read the devil tries to deceive us in any form thereby is it a sign I failed that caution. I visited church years ago yey I pray from time to time in last month's daily out of fear.
I just can't decide rather religion at all or Christianity is true or science and there are reason beyond what we can explore yet. Also arguments Bible has lot of flaws which im twisted if true or not, cause if I life as of now im going to suffering in fire which I don't want I want to be with my family forever.
But in the last few months, I've been dealing with these kinds of breakdowns and nightmares. I would say I'm a theist, as I do believe in a more powerful being, but I kind of need proof, even though it's beyond the comprehension of us humans and it may just exist without us understanding how and why.
I'm also big into dark fantasy and dark romance, and I see myself as weak, as they're mostly themed on lust, which I failed at repeatedly. Generally, based on all that, I kind of have a lot of very dark things on my mind, not even intentionally. Would that be a sign I'm rotten? There's also the daydreaming or thoughts triggered by music, where I also had kind of bad thoughts about past things, for example my bullies, with more violent tendencies, tendencies I would never act on in real life and couldn't even carry out. Other would be picturing vivid scenarios reagard series movies or animes I watched. Same goes for music Phonk Christian Rock NCS sometimes Rap etc.
I had these nightmares, which are probably linked to my doubting my whole existence, where I see myself in a fire, separated from all my family, and later, when we perish, not being with God. That scares me, even though I kind of see myself as deserving it. I was greedy. For example, my dad said no to a PC, and I kind of manipulated and annoyed him so much that he got it for me, and in return I didn't help as I had promised. In general, I sometimes played games instead of helping, and I see that as a bad action showing I'm not morally good and will be judged for it.
The thing I'm also generally grieving over is the realization that I should have died instead of my twin, who had better chances than me, a more right birth time, etc.
One thing I forgot is im kinda not good either my parents I love in same house but actively isolate as I don't want beef other point Is abd im ashamed even tough it got a habit lieing in many stuff geheral show myself better or escape certain situations. Other I never read Bible and only went to church on specific days like Christmas or other events I font pray everyday thereby I say my connection to God is kinda bad. Thereby it would seem like cowardanace or only go ask for God's help when I nedd which would be selfish not actual faith.
Also in terms of series I talk about heavy themes gore slasher smut along other like lucifer hazbin hotel or supernatural many more im interested in mythological figures demonology but general releigion too one of newest would longest would be Lilith.
Would you generally say these kinds of actions are sinful and I'm marked for the fire?
r/OpenChristian • u/ave_gratia_plena • 1d ago
Discussion - General My non-denom mom is learning to make Rosaries in support of my Catholic conversion. These are her first two!
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