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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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8cada9 No.658809

Hey /christian/ unbanned early wew :DDD,

I've got quite an important question that's related a lot to one's individual lifestyle. How tolerant is Christianity to things like swearing, videogames that involve any sort of killing, music with explicit themes, as well as reading possibly secular literature that might include those terms?

My personality kind of assimilated into that, and swearing is pretty much general lexicon now except with elders.

After a while, I decided on joining the Church of Christ, and it seems, after watching this vid, that I'm going to have to not watch movies that involve any kind of swearing or anything 'offensive', whatever definition that might be. Offensive might even be something like that Capri Sun pic.

I'm pretty sure that if I get married my wife would divorce me just for having quite a coarse humor.

Thoughts, in general?

8cada9 No.658810

File: 76a80856b4f2991⋯.png (319.9 KB, 633x411, 211:137, Screenshot_2018-06-08_at_1….png)

Capri Sun pic


7c5af8 No.658822

File: 46e4462e0df7655⋯.jpg (172.43 KB, 620x758, 310:379, 46e4462e0df7655d6fc3c3b359….jpg)

<The healthy have no need of a physician.

Be yourself, and as The Lord helps you cleave away sin, all other good will come besides.

Jesus himself turned water to wine, flipped tables, and defied worldly authorities. He made apostles of tax collectors, prostitutes, and a man tasked with torturing Christians to death.

Anybody who wants to judge you for having a hobby or behaving a certain way doesn't know true faith. They see Christianity as a place, instead of a "narrow path." You'll find these people wherever you go. Pray for them, as you pray to better yourself.

Ask, and God will pour out the fruits of the spirit, to paraphrase. "Pour". Not dump out in a single day.


36e01d No.658824

I've spoken to my spiritual father about this topic this week and his response was "you must filter your mind" since over time these things do end up affecting your attitude. Media is included in this too. Games, movies, music, containing both violent and sexual things, along with swearing and the other usual suspects. He personally watches soccer but does note it's hard to find totally pure content since even in soccer things like unsportsmanlike content, fights etc do occur.

I'm trying to cut down on those things myself. I've swapped out my rap music for instrumentals, reduced my videogame playing, but the hardest of all will be quitting /v/ since that's got the worst of everything. I make ironic suicide jokes quite often myself but I'm pretty sure that's something that should be solved once the "roots" are cleaned.


eeef72 No.658825

Generally speaking, we are called to avoid any vulgarity of speech and crudeness of behavior (Ephesians 5: 1-7, 2 Timothy 2: 16-17, Matthew 12: 36).

We forget how powerful words can be, as often thought precedes word, which when spoken will precede action.

For example, if we say in passing about someone who has offended us, "I'm so mad I wish he would die," you either do wish it, which is sin, or you don't, which makes you a liar, and therefore you sin.

Therefore it is best to avoid vulgar speech insofar that it is not expedient to living righteously.

As for watching lewd and vulgar things, I can't tell you to stop, but it can be a great stumbling block in the process of seeking out God.

Is it possible to seek God while being amidst these things? Yes, but only for those of great discipline and fortitude (I hardly count myself among them, as many a brother does).

Ultimately, it's best to filter out that which is vulgar and seek out edifying material.

>>658824

Also what this anon said. Surrounding yourself in sinful and vulgar media is like holding onto a long rope that has been set ablaze at the other end.

If you don't let it go, the fire will eventually come and burn you.


615648 No.658833

>>658825

>if we say in passing about someone who has offended us, "I'm so mad I wish he would die," you either do wish it, which is sin, or you don't, which makes you a liar, and therefore you sin.

I'm sure you can make a good argument for what you're saying here that doesn't do this.

Why do I say this? Well, that statement is like a elephant.


eeef72 No.658835

>>658833

>that statement is like a elephant

I beg your pardon? I have no idea what you mean.

Is this some new meme I'm not familiar with?


8c4a53 No.658847

The girl in the beginning became a Cat


8c4a53 No.658848

>>658809

Why did you become Church of Christ the girl in the beginning became Catholic after studying CoC a lot


8cada9 No.658855

>>658848

I don't find her as someone reliable to convert to any denomination or join a Church, being honest.

However, this Church of Christ does seem quite cultish. As in Mormons but without the Mormonism.

I believe it's very likely they won't tolerate what this anon said:

>>658822

>>658824

/v/ is quite terrible even if you're not a Christian, lol. Also, I think what the anon meant with the elephant thing is that you were projecting something "else" or something underyling with the suicide jokes


8c4a53 No.658859

>>658855

go back to reddit with your reddit spaces


a8cc20 No.658860

>>658859

Not

against

the rules.

Focus on

the content,

not the format.


8cada9 No.658867

>>658859

I've never used Reddit. The people that get pissed off about spacing are probably the most autistic on imageboards.




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