/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

>>700423

>A committed Roman Catholic and weekly Mass attendee, Wahlberg openly supports same-sex marriage, despite the church's opposition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg

Yeah…no.

>>700425

>attending Mass weekly is now considered a big achievement

wew

>>700425

>political opinion equals theological opinion

t. politics-worshiper

>>700428

It does put you ahead of the curve.

>>700423

>get ripped bro!

No thanks, I’ll stick to fasting.

>>700436

Can't you do both? Like instead of eating meat on fast days you substitute it with high protein beans.

>>700436

Fasting does get you ripped, it's also known as cutting.

I'll take the other Catholic workout routine:

>puffs on cigarette

<You shouldn't smoke! I jog 5 miles a day

>Yeah, well, *puff* I have a car.

- Denis Leary

>>700425

So like most Catholics then (according to the polls)

>>700495

10/10 post. God bless, anon.

>>700430

Here's your (you).

>>700451

The nice thing about catholic doctrine is that it defines in a clear way when you're a heretic and wrong.

In a strict sense he's a catholic yes, but a lapsed one and definitely heading for a nice boiling-hot pit in the afterlife.

>>700495

I disagree. I enjoy lifting weights and enjoy seeing myself improve physically. I also do cardio and conditioning for maintaining my health. I do get prideful sometimes but that is my fault, not my lifting's fault.

>>700423

>insane routine

Literally a life of leisure, with an hour of work which is talking in the phone lol

>>700436

Physical exercise is a form of fasting, fasting from comfort/sedentariness/sloth/weakness/effeminacy

>>700564

Even Christ liked expensive oils on his body at times.

Our lives are so easy now, if you aren't lifting at least an hour a day you are simply spineless and pathetic.

>>700564

Nothing prideful there. You project it cause you are jealous. Back in the day people would bathe once a month if they were lucky. Do you consider daily showers vanity? Start lifting if you respect the gift god gave you, or you can let it rot and decay by neglecting physical exercise and healthy eating .

And nothing wrong with being beautiful on the exterior and the interior. Only slave mentalities resent the strong and beautiful.

>>700611

thanks for the infographs, brother

>>700613

You welcome, brother.

P.S.: You could learn a lot more by doing some reading on /r/fasting.

>>700611

It's not either/or. We need to fast and lift. If u fast too much you will be weak, malnourished and probably impotent. Balance.

Men have a duty to be strong, physically and mentally. Women can afford to be more sedentary and underfed, they retain fat easier.

If, as a Christian, it hasn't been years since you last masturbated, any criticism of yours against fasting is instantly worthless.

>>700655

>>700653

No one is bashing fasting. Fast. But don't do it to the point that it harms your body and ability to work, and recover. Don't use it as an excuse to avoid your duties.

There is no argument against lifting weights/exercising regularly if you are a man. It is a shame and disgrace to not glorify your physical temple with strength, health, and beauty. It's good to be pure on the outside and inside.

>>700655

Truth doesn't get invalidated by personal sins. Cope harder. And stop idolizing a woman.

>>700660

Intense exercise is fasting. Fasting from the easy equilibrium of comfortable, sedentary, modern life.

>>700653

"Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord." -St. Ignatius

Samson.

St. Hyacinth patron saint of weightlifting.

St Sebastian, patron saint of athletes.

>>700663

Lifting is not a desire of the flesh. The flesh desires equilibrium, comfort, sloth, rest, not pain and sweat.

Lifting is self flagellation, except healthier and purer, with better consequences spiritually and physically

>>700663

That pic is gay. Why are u stuck on the either/or mindset? I fast, lift, study, work, etc…Stop making excuses for your frailty and sloth.

Man is to be accompanied by physical exertion. We are not simply abstract spirits, we are embodied and physical exercise is necessary for strength, health, beauty and excellence. Stop being a Gnostic who devalues the material reality of the self.

>>700670

Christ didn't drive a car or use computers. Christ lifted a giant cross on his back and was a carpenter. He also travelled a lot by foot. Also life back then was more strenuous by nature, less creature comforts, more toil and labour. So your analogy is irrelevant. Our modern life has made exercise mandatory, else you suffer from sloth.Also we don't know all the stories about Jesus.

It's more than optional. Is wiping your butt optional? I guess so, but why would you neglect it on purpose? Disgusting.

>>700678

I want to be like Samson, not some impotent, barely living corpse.

Mark's physique should not be a goal for men, it should be the bare minimum.

>>700695

Quality > Quantity

Being scrawny is understandable when you're 90. But there's no excuse to be a young twink.

>>700684

>I want to be like Samson

Samson's strength was given to him by the Holy Spirit, not by working out. Also, he gets weakened by a woman, blinded, and enslaved at a millstone to grind corn. You wanna be like that guy?

>>700752

>Samson's strength was given to him by the Holy Spirit

>implying he cheated to make his gains

nope.

Holy Spirit assists those who assist themselves, it's mutual.

>>700762

There is no Biblical evidence for Samson lifting. Every time he pulls a feat of strength, he asks God for the strength.

>>700764

>praying for physical strength

So physical strength is divine, a gift worth praying for.

Since this is true, and since we can acquire physical strength through lifting, then ipso facto lifting is holy.

A healer can pray for someone's wounds to heal, and he can also tend to the wounds physically and heal that way, both practices are worthy and good.

>>700517

I think technically he couldn't be considered a lapsed Catholic. Heretical, maybe. Mistaken, yes. But he's not himself same-sex married and presumably has never officiated a same-sex wedding. He attends Mass weekly and I assume confesses and participates in other ways. This, by any definition, is not lapsed. Lapsed is out of the game completely.

He's also not definitely heading to Hell for being wrong about something.

>>700428

I read a different article that has his routine including going to daily mass. Who knows what is true?

Christianity has a major masculinity problem and Christians should be encouraging each other to lift.

>>700495

Check out muscular Christianity.

Physical fitness is our responsibility. How can one serve in poor health?

>>701111

heheh

>>700802

>He's also not definitely heading to Hell for being wrong about something.

You could be wrong about that…

>>700447

>Denis Leary, devout Catholic

>Who also has a whole bit denying the virgin birth and thus the divine origin of Christ

You shouldn't be so sensitive about being a lank and/or fatlet.

>>700495

>God gave us bodies so that we could neglect them, leaving us anemic and weak

Unless you're reading literally 16 hours a day (posts on 8chan, so not likely) you have time to do both. Stop being a defensive nerd who pretends that actually having some muscle makes someone dumber, it's just embarrassing. Besides, you think your brain will last longer than your body? You might want to take a look at what carries your big brain around megamind.

>>700678

>If you want something good, it's inherently vain

Sounds like an unsupported interpretation that's contrary to common sense and Church teaching, almost designed to drive normal people away from the church there, "big" guy.

>>701111

This.

Broke: I don't need to work out, learning is more important, I'm way smarter than those asshole jocks *closes blinds, continues being a bitter loser and social outcast, has 105 IQ*

Woke: understanding the philosophical minutia underlying church teaching isn't necessary for salvation, a healthy and balanced spiritual and social life is both rewarding and pleasing to God, and this is best optimized when your body is healthy and at it's best.

Bespoke: we should seek to cultivate excellence in both body and mind in order to have a more fully realized spiritual life and fully appreciate the gifts god has given to us.

>>700802

>Being a heretic doesn't anathematize you from Christ's Church

That's where you're wrong kiddo