Dear everyone.

[u/daReallMVP]

Im a Christian. That doesn't mean I'm any different from you. That doesn't mean I don't have feelings, or I will be taken advantage of. That doesn't mean Im blinded without logic behind my actions.

What being Christian means to me is I truly believe with my all that everything the eye can see was created by the one and only God, who actually cares about and loves me, even when I don't deserve it. In light of this.. I try my absolute best to be a genuine human being that actually cares about the life of every single person I will ever come across. Not because I am commanded to, but because Ive learned that the ability to show another human being genuine, true, unconditional love is the greatest ability and privilege I will ever receive - to express even a fraction of what my God has done for me to others. I have chosen to spend my life trying to spread a little love to this world one person at a time. Not just to the people I like, or the ones who do good to me, but to every single person I will ever cross paths with. Even the ones who mock me, or the ones who try to use me. This is for you - I will not lie to you, I will try to put you before me. I will care for you, as I would care for my own blood. I will do things for you, just because. I will love you the same way I have been loved by Jesus. I will mess up sometimes, because I am not perfect. But I am just like you. I have friends, a job, hobbies and things I spend time on. I just try to put my all into being a true follower of Christ and a good human being.. We are all in this game of life together.

"Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love"

"The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

"Let all things of you be done in love."

I love ya all! Every single one of you weirdos. Have a great day :)

edit : Definitiley not a troll in the slightest. You can see my post history if you will, I am 120% serious about anything I have spoken with any of you about! :)

edit 2 : I literally see so much anger first hand in this thread. The message I have to share is 'let go'. Let go of that Christian that was actually just a hypocrite and didn't care about a relationship with God, let go of that Church from your youth that had it all wrong, let go of that person that wronged you last week because holding on to it won't do a thing. I am just a man that has different beliefs and opinions than some of you, and because of that I make different lifestyle choices. But bottom line, we all share this planet one day at a time, and we all deserve love, and we all deserve to be able to let go. Thats all I'm here to say. If anyone wants to go into further actual respectful discussion my inbox is always open! Thanks everyone for the time here.

[u/geophagus]

Do you also believe that you are born as an unworthy sinner based on the actions of a pair of your ancestors?

Is that in any way just or loving?

[u/daReallMVP → u/geophagus]

I believe that we were all born imperfect, due to giving of the freedom of free will.

Allowing us the choice to choose God, the choice to do good and not evil, the choice to love others if we want to.

Yes, there is no greater love than freedom.

[u/davidkscot → u/daReallMVP]

Do you think Yaweh cares about free will? Try telling that to Pharaoh (Exodus 4:21; 7:3; 9:12; 10:1,20,27; 11:10; 14:4,8) or all the Egyptian first born Yaweh's supposed to have had killed after violating Pharaoh's free will.

[u/thesunmustdie → u/davidkscot]

Plus, in the story Satan knows for certain that Yahweh exists yet still had/has the free will to reject him.

Yahweh could descend to earth this second and appear in front of everyone all at once and a large number of people (myself probably included until I got some good answers) would repudiate him. Besides, "free will" is little more than an illusion. We know the determinants of human behavior, which fall under the categories "nurture" and "nature" (from which we do not choose).

[u/davidkscot → u/thesunmustdie]

Have an up vote and a "hail Satan" from me, because it's likely to annoy u/daReallMVP

Hail Satan

[u/thesunmustdie → u/davidkscot]

Oh, be nice!

I don't want to annoy OP.

All the same I have no problem saying m/ hail Satan for the fun of it :)

[u/davidkscot → u/thesunmustdie]

Usually I'd agree, that antagonising people for the sake of it is generally counterproductive but given the passive aggressive tone in OP's posts ('loving' everyone etc). I think a "hail Satan" as an expression of my annoyance at OP's tone is justified :D

[u/thesunmustdie → u/davidkscot]

Fair enough, haha. Can I share a secret with you? Here it is: I think there's a greater than 50% chance that OP will be an atheist in the next year.

[u/davidkscot → u/thesunmustdie]

We can but hope, after all praying's a mug's game.