Anyone else feel like Christianity is driving them insane

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Anyone else feel like Christianity is driving them insane Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:04:20 671982 No.694310

Don't take this the wrong way, but between the insane guilt I feel whenever I sin, the doubt I have as to whether I should be practicing Orthodoxy or Catholicism, and sexual repression, I feel like I have become a madman.

I literally can't sleep at night because I stay up thinking about if I am even practicing the right denomination. I wish this was bait. I haven't been able to sleep a good night in weeks.

What do I do lads. If I convert to Orthodoxy I will inevitably regret it since I always doubt myself. If I stay Catholic I will doubt myself because I always doubt myself. There are good arguments to both sides. I don't know what to do. I have read plenty of books for both sides.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:12:17 3ba717 No.694316

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:12:24 ffabd3 No.694317

>>694310

I was in the same situation regarding Catholic vs Orthodoxy. What I did was just satisfy myself by first trying Orthodoxy, then Catholicism. I eventually found some Saints in Catholicism whose intercession definitely worked for some spiritual progress I needed, so here I am. The arguments I can't deal with. After many hours it just numbs the soul. Each point has a counter-point by each side.

With "sexual repression", I just think of it as God is both lover and beloved (the active lover and the object of love), as am I. This is to go on for eternity, to misuse eros and give it to anything in the world would disturb this relationship, as I value this relationship (it's eternal and more joyful than everything) I refuse to direct any of my love to something in the world. It's not repressive, it's freeing.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:17:08 671982 No.694318

>>694316

I have done that for the past 5 years and have not gotten anywhere but more confused. It is my fault, I am lazy and dumb, but I am confused regardless.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:51:46 6c2d81 No.694330

No, people’s pro-LGBTism is what’s driving me insane since acceptance of not only sexual immorality but specifically sexual perversion separates them from God no matter what. I am shocked and deeply saddened by the amount of people who unironically support men sodomising each other.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 03:58:44 5b83f1 No.694331

read the bible and trust Jesus and you will be fine.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 05:18:01 700ea3 No.694336

Whatever you do, just don't turn away from Christ. What problems, outside of the denominational issues, have you been having that have caused you such pain?

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 05:33:08 9b0f3d No.694342

>the insane guilt I feel whenever I sin

It sounds like you feel bad because you're doing bad things.

>whether I should be practicing Orthodoxy or Catholicism

Don't worry soo much about that, focus on reading the bible and look at what Jesus taught.

>Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 06:09:48 4f7eb4 No.694353

I too feel Christian material and practice can sometimes potentially be of detriment to one's personal emotional/psychological state, my best advise would be to exert temperance with practice despite the usual tendency to be advised to endure such struggles as a test of faith and spiritual struggle.

Christanon 08/30/18 (Thu) 06:31:32 7486a0 No.694356

>>694310

In the same shoes, OP. Never lose that guilt when you sin, or it will turn you into unrepentant sinner like you once were. We live in the epoch which sin run around like crazy and we sinners are so used to sinning so when His grace hits, it hits hard. We are trying to break from sins which latched onto us for years, brother. Something not easily done and will take the rest of our life to do so until our last breath.

Between denominations, I chose Orthodox after a long while (about almost a year) of thoughts. Just give it some thoughts and not too much.

Also, read the bible. It really helps.