/lit/ - Literature

>>19156179
That's heresy. Satan appeared before Joseph Smith, masquerading as an angel of light. The Bible warns of this happening:

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14

It also occurred with Muhhammed who also had a demon visiting him, while masquerading as an angel. This is why the Lord requires that we test the spirits to avoid being deceived like Muhhamed and Joseph Smith. If they had tested those spirits, and Inquired if they were truly of God, those fallen angels would have been forced to reveal themselves and flee. Anon, follow Christ and forsake the lie of Joseph Smit

Is /lit/ the least secular board on 4chan or is it quite the opposite? There appears to be much sincere theological discussion here at the moment and I find that beautiful.

recommend me a (based) reading guide to the Bible. Maybe not so much for interpretation but rather the meaning of verses and words that may not be so evident to a modern reader without knowledge of ancient Greek.

>>18657074
Jeremy Myers/redeeminggod.com

real question for Christians: why didn't Jesus get married and have kids? isn't Jesus supposed to be the embodiment of the "perfect man"? wouldn't the perfect man be someone who has a family and wife? Muhammad got married, so did all the prophets of old, why wouldn't Jesus?

I am extremely envious of people who unironically believe in God. The amount of mental well being that must give you is unimaginable. I don't want to be a nihilist. I don't want to think of myself and other people as walking meat. Please help me.
Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEbgNLXuQw

I'm thinking about buying a copy of Paradise Lost once I get my paycheck. What are your opinions of it guys ?

How can other "composers" even fucking compete?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtXN-Q_tiLk&list=RDAtXN-Q_tiLk&start_radio=1

>>16357063
ROLL

>>15983587
Based. Jesus is king and George Floyd is a false prophet.

>>15322295
This is just my own intellectual side project since something like this would be shunned in academia unfortunately. As I've become more Christian I've become more sympathetic to it however... (I study the Late Economy of the Empire so fairly different).

However, here is a bit of his argument, prefaced by talking about Ancient Greece (merely a small introductory section of his masterpiece)

The Greeks were suspicious of technical activity because it represented an aspect of brute force and implied a want of moderation. Man, however humble his technical equipment, has from the very beginning played the role of sorcerer’s apprentice in relation to the machine. This feeling on the part of the Greeks was not a reflection of a primitive man’s fear in the face of something he
does not understand (the explanation given today when certain persons take fright at our
techniques). Rather, it was the result, perfectly mastered and perfectly measured, of a certain
conception of life. It represented an apex of civilization and intelligence. Here we find the
supreme Greek virtue, iyp&r<t* (self-control). The rejection of technique was a deliberate, positive activity involving self-mastery, recognition of destiny, and the application of a given conception of life. Only the most modest techniques were permitted—those which would respond directly to material needs in such a way that these needs did not get the upper hand. In Greece a conscious effort was made to economize on means and to reduce the sphere of influence of technique. No one sought to apply scientific thought technically, because scientific thought corresponded to a conception of life, to wisdom. The great preoccupation of the Greeks was balance, harmony and moderation; hence, they fiercely resisted the unrestrained force inherent in technique, and rejected it because of its potentialities. For these same reasons, magic had relatively little importance in Greece.

>>15256415
It isn't, study theology instead.

>>15162173
Extremely Based. I love Ellul

>>15109708
Genesis 3:22
“ And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
It is an act of maturity on Humanities part. The suffering we endured from our sin was going to be too great, so God in his absolute loving nature knew he had to atone for the sins of the world. God knew Humanity was ready to be saved and given the eternal life that would of been given to them if they ate or the tree of life. God entered creation incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth. The Christ (Anointed one) who redeems the world. Christ had to die, let the serpent bite his heel while He crushed the serpents head (Genesis 3:15). In a way, if you truly eat of Christ, who is the vine (John 15:5) is the author of life (Acts 3:15) and is the Way, the Truth, and the LIFE (John 14:6), you will live forever while also knowing the experience of knowing good and evil, and finally eating from tree of life by eating the flesh of Christ. Once you do this you will finally be reconciled with God, and although you will be still in this fallen world you will also be in Christ, Who has overcome the World (John 16:33).

>>13338136
Why not? Butterfly will eventually let be slurp her pussy juices. I pray to Jesus every night for that.