How did you become a Christian, Veeky Forums?

That's life sometimes.

why does this get reposted so often? it's cringy af.

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Ggnore

christians are called to share their testimony

how is this cringe

Stop making these useless, off-topic threads, you retard

this
i am a christian myself but this is a history board. for history.

>& humanities

>was a mistake

>implying

Didn't there used to be a religion board?

This is NOT a thread about humanities, don't pretend otherwise

Spirituality is a humanities topic.

it's cringe from start to end. reading pretty much anything Nietzschefags feels like I'm bashing my head against a wall. it's perhaps no surpise that Nietzschefags fall back into religious life not through any reasoned argument but because of their emotions and a growing love for beautiful prose in the bible and church aesthetics.

Personal life experiences of Veeky Forums posters is NOT humanities, you fucktard. May as well make a thread asking about travel experiences and then claim your thread is about anthropology

*anything by Nietzschefags

Reason is a whore.

t. Martin Luther

forced on me as literal fact when I was a child without my consent

>This board is dedicated to the discussion of history and the other humanities such as philosophy, religion
>such as philosophy, religion
>such as religion

I'm not.

Thought about converting once, still do sometimes.

there's a difference between threads about theology and the development of religions throughout history and the vague nonsense that you get by discussing "spirituality"

it falls under the category of religion either way as in we are discussing our personal experiences with a particular religion

A thread about scripture, theology or soteriology would be Veeky Forums material, a thread asking "How did you become a Christian?" is NOT humanities you fucking imbecile. It's like saying a thread asking for help in your homework belong in Veeky Forums. It doesn't.

this thread is about scripture because we are living out the commandment in scripture to share share the good news of jesus christ risen from the dead and how he saves us.

Now you're trolling. Great.

Christ said he would make us fishers of men.

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through the perennial philosophy.

mystical christianity is so much more interesting than vanilla christianity.

it proposes that i am indeed God, just like Jesus, only i don't perceive it like he did.

What you are saying is not any kind of Christianity, mystical or otherwise.

desuarchive.org/his/search/image/OtNfGCvZ8OYUYOZ8DHQxrA/

It's literally just one person.

christianity just means believing that Jesus is the son of God.

if you look through the gospel, you find many mystical undertones.

"Is it not written You are Gods?"
"To enter heaven one must be born from above."
"The Father loves to give His Spirit to those who ask!"

>הִנֵּנִי

tl;dr

The Holy Spirit lives within Christians so that we are co-heirs with Christ however we are adopted children whereas Christ is God's only begotten Son.

That's like your opinion man.
I think your belief has been largely conditioned by the revelation of human intellect.
I don't think the early church founders were divinely inspired.

It is my belief because that is what is written in the Holy Scriptures and affirmed by the saints through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

"inspiration of the Holy Spirit" seems like the ultimate cop-out.

Things are not always as they seem.

I know it gets confusing because the bible says we believe in Jesus because he performed miracles, and then they say the saints performed miracles to prove that what they say was divinely inspired...
but the image of the holy ghost that the church purveys doesn't sit well with me.
They claim that every act of moral conscience is the act of the holy spirit.... but it seems to just be the intelligence of man at work.
Also, didn't early authors propose that slavery was ok? If the spirit was at work you think he would have told one of them what was up.

I was born into an Irish Catholic family.

I don't really know what to feel about it desu. I want to believe but at the same time I recognize that if I was simply born into a different family I'd probably think its all nonsense.

Jesus came to break chains and set the captives free.

God chooses foolish things to shame man's intelligence.

But the Bible has plenty. Jesus- love all people Bible- that's true but gays will burn in hell forever for something they didn't choose.

They choose not to repent; that's a choice.

Actually, in Roman Catholicism, the only true Christianity, being gay is not a sin.

Gay sex, referred to as the "homosexual act" is a sin, but that's more about using sex for non-procreational purposes between a husband and wife.

I was born into a Fedora (not just atheist) and Buddhist household and found God, so there are certainly more factors than just that.

I hope so friendo.

I've been going to Catholic school forever and am currently at a Catholic university. We were always pretty religious but nowhere near crazy or anything.

I just kind of doubt I'd accept it if I wasn't born into it.

I'm scared that my belief in it is just me trying to assure myself there's something after death.

Doesn't that make God deceptive?
I think he was perfect/

nice get/

>I'm scared that my belief in it is just me trying to assure myself there's something after death.

It probably is, but if it makes you feel better, then there's nothing wrong with that.

[spoiler] I wish I didn't have that fear of death but I can't force myself to be religious [spoiler]

Shit, I forgot Veeky Forums is the only board I visit where spoilers dont work.

I don't know if it does make me feel better though.

I go to church every weekend regardless, but I think when I'm alone it stops working.

Will die scared anyway. Or maybe I won't die.

The actual reasoning behind most people believing in God is simply comfort. It takes away the fear of dread and makes life more meaningful.

Doesn't mean that faith is bogus however.

Ever hear of pascal's wager?

Even if it was just one life of happiness you were betting on, you would be a fool to take the other option.

I grew up in a pagan house with a strong anglophile culture, and was an Socialist Atheist the majority of my youth. I'd guess the turning point was when I read Martin Eden at 17. I'm now an Eastern Rites Catholic

>Eastern Rites Catholic

Neat, which one?

Visions and dreams from God converted me from being agnostic to theistic and finally to Christianity.

Would you please share one with us?

>trusting dreams and hallucinations

why are there people dumb enough to do this?

Question: How do you differentiate between "inspired by the holy spirit" and "making shit up".

Example: These gospels, and not these other gospels, are the only true gospels. I know this because of the holy spirit.

I can share all three. I'll share them in sequential order.

The canon was assembled by saints whose teaching was derived from the original apostles and this is why the Catholic church emphasizes apostolic succession.

However in general we know what inspired by the Holy Spirit by testing whatever spirit we encounter with what is revealed in scripture. That and knowing the tree by its fruit. The more you walk with Jesus the more you learn to hear His voice which is why He said the sheep know their shepherd's voice.

Please do, I'd unironically love to hear them.

The endless spam by christniggers has broken my will. Praise jeebus
Do you make these threads in the hope that someone will say something like that?

I had this dream 12 years ago. In this dream I was seeing within my gut and I could see nothing but darkness. A light of shifting colors appeared (mainly a blueish hue) which I felt warmth off of. The dream scene changed into a third person view, where I could see myself sitting down on my bed with my legs crossed. The ball of light came out of my gut and started floating towards my forehead. The closer it got the more love and warmth I could feel emanating from it. It finally got too my forehead, and I felt an overwhelming amount of love and bliss. This sense of love was so strong it felt like I couldn’t even comprehend the fullness of it and it made me go unconscious within the dream. "My Cup Runneth Over"

I woke up filled with energy for the whole day. It was simply an amazing experience, and it convinced me to believe in something beyond our physical existence. Before, I was agnostic.

This love completely dwarfs anything we'll ever feel from another human but it doesn't have a similar feeling. It's like comparing a light bulb to the sun. It also had a certain pureness about it.

In the second experience I had, I was wide awake in my room. I heard a booming disembodied voice tell me, "You don't need alcohol when you have the holy spirit." I actually didn't believe it, thought it was just my own thoughts. Afterwards I heard the sound of a gong reverberating for a few minutes. Filling my room with sound. I then concluded that this experience came from the God of Christianity.

Interesting thing to note: I never drank alcohol in my life when this happened. There was a tough thing I had to go through a few months later that caused me to drink.

Third experience: I had a dream that a group of people were judging my life through exhibits. They took notes and talked amongst each other as they passed by each exhibit that represented different shames of my life.

The dream then changed into a coastal town that looked Mediterranean in nature. I became self-aware that I was dreaming at this point. I floated towards a man that was wearing scraggly clothing. He had a beach bum, surfer, look about him. He then told me that "all those things from before, no longer matter." He thought I was "rad" and then he told me he was Jesus. I looked at him in disbelief and the dream started changing wildly. The sun in the sky became increasingly bright with a very strong white light filling the sky. I then saw a close up face of Jesus as light started filling the dream. Light filled up his eyes and a crown of thorns appeared over his head. I could see his face with such fidelity, it was like looking at an expertly crafted painting. I could see his vains and the texture of his skin.

The dream ended in darkness, and I still being self-aware, spoke to myself and said "I guess he really was Jesus"

Lusting after a person and doing the deed are apparently the one and the same.

Was born into it. Parents made me go to church all the way until i was able to move out for college and live like the degenerate I truly am inside.

Catholics aren't Christian

>Turn the other cheek
>Vaporized that one guy for bumping him in the street that one time

This is the ONLY appropriate answer in this thread, what the fuck are all you LARPers talking about?

>Lusting after a person and doing the deed are apparently the one and the same.

Right, but the same applies to straight people. Pre-marital sex is considered a sin, homosexual or heterosexual. You repent either way.

Most people inherited their Christianity. Save for some African tribes no one gets missioned today.
More interesting would be the question how did you lose your faith in Christianity, because that is what happens way more often in todays western society.

I wanted to LARP as a crusader. Deus vult, my fellow Catholics!

Kek

When you live with (and have family members) who practice witchcraft a/o are satanists and luciferians who try and kill you as they have their other family members its hard, , if not impossible to deny the existence of the paranormal and supernatural. People deny there is evidence of these things when it is in fact all around them at all times (and within them). I am constantly and daily within spiritual warfare through Christ Jesus for he and he alone has allowed me to persevere through that despite the hardships and pain. MANY CHRISTIANS ARE MISLED AND LUKEWARM THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL PARTY THIS IS A WAR AND PEOPLE ARE DYING WHILE YOU STAND BY IN IGNORANCE. REPENT, BE SAVED, AND JOIN THE BATTLE FOR YOUR VERY OWN SOUL. THE DEVIL MERELY WanTS TO PROVE HUMANS DESERVE TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE HIM AND HIS DEMONS ARE (HELL) THIS +IS VERY SERIOus AND YOULL ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME IN THE JUDGEMENT. JOIN THE BATTLE.

PRAISE JESUS

Never became a Christian, because I'm a Neo-Pagan. Yes, I know, I'm a faggot LARPer, but I have nothing wrong with Christians or Catholics. Hell, I like it when they talk about they're religion to me, but I like talking and learning about different religions. I just don't like the odd turbo Christian/Catholic that wants me to convert and doesn't take no as an answer.

>The reality I created couldn't satisfy me
>So I created a new reality that made me feel better, which means it must be objectively true

I didn't create this reality; I learned about it from God.

>love the sinner not the sin
>kill fags
>non-christians burn in hell forever

>sets premises to no end as a justification why you should do x rather then telling you the practical benefits for yourself to be nice, such as integrity in a society that will help you in exchange for you helping them, which is directly tied to the stimulus you strive to achieve or either avoid depending on its kind and that rather then living in a ideology you should aim to live a life of content and search of happyness because this life is the only true constant you will always face
stopped reading after the first 50 pages

the book was written by a human controlled by super satan, to sort out who falls to his obvious lies and choose the right people for the afterlife. he told me, you know

islam makes more sense

Why are you listening to super Satan?

Frygt og Bæven

baptised without consent

>people don't convert to christianity as adults

christianity doesn't have a history?
it hasn't played a role in world history?

after moral bankrupcy

what kind of pagan user?