/lit/ - Literature

>>19443706
I'm sorry that you are so angry. We know from Scripture that "hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions" are all acts of the flesh, and are from Satan. On the other hand, "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" are the fruits of the Holy Spirit, and which are exemplified by those who are in the grace of God.

Ask yourself - am I manifesting the acts of the flesh, or the fruits of the Spirit? I hope you take some time to reflect and come to salvation in the Church created by Jesus Christ. I'll pray for you, brother.

>>19294244
>christucks
>amerimutt
>masturbate your self-importance

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you."

God bless you!

>>18545795
>so it was never proven
What kind of proof would you accept as evidence for the real presence, seeing as you disregard the teachings of the apostles (who knew Christ, and therefore we can assume interpreted His words correctly when He said "this is My body", and "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life")? If you are speaking about empirical evidence, you can look at the many documented cases of Eucharistic miracles that have been analyzed by scientists.

>They just decided to make it true
Yeah, they just randomly decided to believe in something that would have gotten them ostracized from their community, and tortured and killed for. Extremely rational motive there

>Religion, such as it is, is a man made cult
All religions are different. Blanket statements are imprecise and not useful. Your usage of the word "cult" here is also loaded with presuppositions that need to be explained and proven.

>I'd believe it if the Jesus cured someones illness while in church
Read the book by PhD hematologist and Canadian Medical Hall of Fame inductee Jacalyn Duffin in her book "Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing in the Modern World".

>Or if he turned water into wine in the middle of the mass
Part of true belief and love is to not be compelled. If God spelled out with stars in the sky "I AM REAL. WORSHIP ME", His existence would no longer be in doubt, but people would not be choosing to worship Him out of genuine love and desire, but rather a feeling of compulsion, and fear. True love is freely given.

>Mass at this point is a repetition of rituals
Why is a ritual bad? Jesus explicitly commanded His disciples to perform three rituals in His ministry - forgiveness of sins (confession), baptism, and the Eucharist.

>To go astray. Astry from what? God? I don't know any god.
To go astray from the ultimate good, and to seek some lesser good which takes you further away from Him. If you don't want to know Him, then you will keep deifying yourself and your carnal desires, and end up embodying the doctrine of the Satanic churches - do what thou wilt. If you want to share ideological doctrine with literal Satanists over the free offer of love given by the creator of the universe, that is your free-willed choice - but you better hope there is no after-life.

"But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.

Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will hunger.

Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep."

>>18534114
>Not completely, but partially.
They say they same about whatever sect you're in. If God really intended Islam to be the religion of the world, the Sunni are a far more likely candidate, considering they are the vast majority of Muslims in the world.
>(and repeated a few with slightly different spellings)
The Alawites, Alevites and the Alavites are three different sects.
>I don't care about convincing you though
I can definitely see that - you're definitely not making a case as to why I should follow the teachings of a pedophile warlord with 10+ wives from Arabia, much less whatever small sect you belong to.

Reject the false prophets, and come to Muhammad's lord and judge, Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

How can atheists complain people are immoral when they believe that morals are relative? You have no basis to complain about rape, murder, persecution of whites, thievery, drunkeness, etc. All those things are relatively immoral to you but to others they are relatively very moral and should be promoted.

Trans people are moral if their morals are relative to it being good and you have ZERO basis to complain. There is no objective right or wrong therefore you can decide what is right and wrong. Child rape is only relatively wrong in your world view but to others it is good. How can you complain? Is this not what you want? You have absolute freedom to define what is right and wrong yet you complain when others exercise that ability? Hypocrites!