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Spiritual gains thread
How are you holding up with the lord?

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There is no God. Only gainz.

I want to believe

I think that the only thing barring me from living a truly spiritual life is fapping. Porn and masturbation is so hard to give up and I just feel guilty always right after doing. However the guilt and control goes away and I revert back to my degeneracy. Help lads...

I gave up masturbating for Lent. Except now I just masturbate without touching myself. I'm in a lot of trouble.

I'm on day 12, the last couple days were rough. I get blue balls because of all the softcore trash people post here, should probably stop visiting Veeky Forums for a while

Fuck this dead jew conman for cockblocking me from fucking my christian gf.

Feels too good, doesn't it? Being aroused. My own thoughts aren't safe, I can only distract myself so many hours in a day

u rub ur cock on pillows n stuff

I need to get back to reading the Bible. I gave it a break for a couple months via laziness. Think I'll go again tomorrow

god is not real.

God no nothing weird like that. But when I get an erection i just keep pumping blood to it and when it's pressed against my pants its enough stimulation to get off.

Sounds stupid but when I catch my mind imagining porn I shake my head and picture the image going black like I "closed the window," it works for me

Good stuff:
>be fatass
>stop eating meat, diary and sugar
>lost 22 lbs already
Bad stuff:
>cant stop fapping

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Brothers who struggle with porn/sex addiction, turn to the Lord for help.

Trajectory is destiny, just keep on walking my man

God is the personification of future chaos and suffering that accompanies the derision of motherhood and family in a society, and that is real. God is also the personification of your qt korean gf and eventual 4/3/2/1 that accompanies your disciplined lifting and eating, and if that ain't real, I dunno what we're all doing here

jesus has to watch you wack off
just stop user !

lol jk
there probably is no jesus so fapp every day
420 blaze it tooo faggots XXXXXXDDDDDD

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Lent is unironically my favorite liturgical season. Reforming a lot of good habits and getting a lot of good prayer in. Nofap has never been easier and my cut is going great. I've been going to some Latin masses as well and I feel as good spiritually as I ever have.

Reread the Gospels by Easter, always good for lent

I'm somewhat unsure of my faith, and fluctuate quite a bit between fully believing myself to be a Christian and returning to deism. How does one go about praying?

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I follow most of the post but I'm not grasping the God -> qt3.14 korean mistress part.

Basically it's just a conversation between you and the Lord. Of course He already knows what you're dealing with, what your hopes and dreams are, and everything about you, but He wants you to come to Him and tell Him yourself, it's how we build a relationship with God.

Who here edgy Orthodox?

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I see. Thank you.

Oh shit, I haven't been celebrating Lent.
I can beat off every Sunday can't I? And I've been cutting down on food anyway (yesterday I ate once at 5), so I've kind of been doing something.

Just got baptised two weeks ago. Didn't want to do it for the longest time and even up until actually doing it. Afterwards I've noticed I'm more open to talk about my faith to other people. Feels kind of nice.
I'm leaving to Afghanistan and have a pocket Bible to carry on my plate carrier. Pray for me to remove as many shitheads from this earth as possible bros

No problem. That's pretty much the most basic way you can pray, but you can do other things like incorporating reflecting on the Gospels in your prayers. If you want, check out Ignatian meditation, it's a good way to pray with scripture

Idk. I don't believe in a God or a creator, but I like the Christian idea of suffering. Too sad that most Christians don't follow it.

Whenever I'm down and I feel like the whole world is against me, it's always nice knowing something out there loves me and knows me just as well as I know myself. Some may see that as me coping with my sadness, and that I'm lying to myself in order to feel better, but when these people are still depressed and make no effort to change I want them to realize that someone believes in them. God helps me believe in myself, whether or not he's real. He knows I can make it and I can't let him down for helping me get through my times of need. I want to help those who are depressed and suicidal and make them realize that there is peace in this world and there is love for everyone and what they do. Often times whenever I meet someone, I think about how slim the chances are for that happening. Very specific sets and circumstances had to be met for me to meet them, like both of us being born and both of us being in that spot at a certain time. It's probably a 1/(1 x 10^180) chance or some incredibly small number. And when I do meet them, I wouldn't want it any other way. I'm happy to have them in my life because god put us both there and I'll enjoy every second I have when I'm with someone. Thank you for the life you've given me god

I was trying to convey that God represents the unknown future, which could include a korean girlfriend, but only if you make "sacrifices to god". Sacrifices are bargains with the future through your thoughtful actions, such as disciplined workouts and consistency. By doing things like abstaining from liquor and resisting angry backlashes to provocation, you metaphorically sacrifice something to god, while literally preserving your body and group social cohesion. Thus, you have preserved your future, and good stuff will simply come out of that, as "gods gift". But the key thing that millenials need to take from this is that God is real if you take this point of view. God, in the form of no jobs and no money, will smite you if you choose to unwisely choose an easy career path with few options even though parents and culture warn against it. God could smite you through being abandoned during a death of a parent if you refuse to reconcile spats with friends and family.

Stoic here, raised Lutheran. Never found as much need for the spiritual side that couldn't be better met by philosophy. That being said, stoicism is almost completely compatible with Christianity.

Anyone have some recommendations (books, videos, etc.) for a stoic considering reconnecting with Christ? I struggle with the mystical stuff. I feel like it detracts from the greater message. The thought of God sending Marcus Aurelius to hell for not believing in the resurrection strikes me as odd.

In b4 12 Rules, I'm just wrapping it up. It's inspiring this question.

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His Bible series.

I mean, I don't want to tell you to jump straight in to Augustine, but the question of good pagans is one the church fathers were grappling with right from the early centuries AD. You might be surprised how greek christianity is, although more platonic than stoic.

you literally had /made it/ with a christian gf that wanted to stay a virgin till marriage

Not edgy though. 3 weeks to easter, bros

Would be nice if he gave me a huge dick

>worsipping a semitic God from an immigrant desert religion
you are disgraceful. I hope you aren't European

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You either made it.... or your gf is a tinder whore

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faggot

Hi OP and other fitbros. Im a former semi pro athlete that went through 3-4 years of lazyness, unemployement, alcoholism, vidya addiction, porn addiction, exxagerated unhealthy diet and mental illness etc.
Now Im a redeeming robot from /r9k/ that is turning its life 360 degrees and walking away.
> ~ Day 45 streak of eating healthy with only eating one day of those a fast food kebab
> ~ Day 60 streak of quitting vidya
> ~ Day 8 streak of 1+ hour outdoor calisthenia.
> 8th or 9th Sunday I go to the mass in a row.
> Day 0 of no fap but well ive had some 5 or 10 days streaks in between and watche porn 20 days ago or something.
> Day 30 streak of working (self employed meme though) you could call me a neet too if you wish.
My mind is clear
My resilience is stronger
My body is coming back to its old glory and losing all its old crap bros.
I feel confident.
Im on /the path/

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Norse gods weren't the gods for the whole of Europe but whatever. They are cool non the less. You should check out Neil Gaiman's book on norse mythology. There is an audiobook version on youtube.

This. I genuinely want to believe but I just can’t.

>turning its life 360 degrees and walking away.
Literally means you're going to continue the same path.

Remember that it is initially a conscious choice.
There will come a time when you realize how obvious it is, and how foolish people are for not seeing it.
Just keep an open heart, and embrace it when it comes. Don't fret if it isn't there yet, it will come at some point.
Yes, you are capable of it. Just as everyone else before you has been, and how people after you will be. Although it is harder for people to believe in it now, and the more distant people become from God and spirituality, the harder it will be. This is mostly due to the increasing materialism and indulgence of the general population in a hedonistic, comforting and soft lifestyle. Those who don't know the meaning of 'struggle'.

Carry on in your path in becoming Veeky Forums, and carry on reading more and learning about this earth. The truth will become clear and obvious to you soon.
I wish you all the best, anons.

Had premarital sex on Sat and skipped mass on Sunday

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>Christian larpers

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I can't stop myself from debating (with myself) if premarital sex is no problem if you are panning on marrying the girl and if you are not treating sex as a casual thing.
Please, fallen user, tell me I am on the right path with saving it for marriage.

There's no debate you are on the right path

And when the time has come I will be prepared and ready.

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The wolf of Odin kills the lamb of god
The weak should fear the strong

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Jesus is satan. Divide and conquer.

you are not real

either you haven't been here long enough or I've been here too long

be me, unreligious as a kid but still have respect for christfags, most of them seem like cool people. go to a religion based college because muh financial aid. I have to take 4 religion classes reading just about every foundation theological work and both the new and old testament. realize how big of a brainlet you have to be to be a Christfag if your a catholic.
>purgetory-meme
>saint-meme
>transubutation-meme aka this bread is the flesh of christ, no not a symbol you are literally eating jesus' flesh whenever a priest tells you that you are. (this one makes me lol especially hard)
>priests and the pope have a direct link to god meme, and can personally forgive you for your sins
If your a protestant
>all you have to do is except jesus seconds before death and your eternally saved-meme
>tons of offshoot churches that are literally extra retarded such as mormons, babtists ect.

Ever since then I have no respect for anyone who treats church as anything except a social self help club. If you actually believe your gonna be saved for paying some guy wearing a big hat for doing a bunch or rituals in a certain order your retarded.

God bless you, and thank you for your service

watch the edge soyboy

>all you have to do is except jesus seconds before death and your eternally saved-meme

where's the problem

>tfw gnostic luciferian apex gainsmystic

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Not necessarily a problem depending on how you look at it but it makes what happens in the rest of your life almost meaningless. Such as a serial killer who has killed 100's of people becoming religious in their 90's and then getting into heaven. Seems wrong and contradictory to many parts of the bible.
>im not going to refute any of his points and insult him by calling him a mean word that'll show him :^)

I'm on day 28 of my water fast now. No drugs either and I've never fapped so nofap on top of that technically. The depression is starting to set in, but hey, at least I'm down 55 lbs to 230. All this time spent thinking of food has developed into me looking up all sorts of new recipes I want to try. Stuff that always sounded disgusting to me sounds fucking delicious too, I really want to try this thing called kimchi even though I hate cabbage.

Only 18 days left to go. God, I feel like I'm going to cry by the time I break this.

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The book of Proverbs opens with the advice of "do away with people that lead you to evil."

If Veeky Forums does that to you as to me too; then we both know...

>Such as a serial killer who has killed 100's of people becoming religious in their 90's and then getting into heaven. Seems wrong and contradictory to many parts of the bible

the bible heavily emphasizes that trying to get into heaven based on merit is pointless but still highlights the importance of doing so anyway, namely the impact you're having on the world you're currently living in. Plus you'll probably already experience a good amount of consequence for any wrongdoing here as well

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Keep up the good work, user.
However, I think the religious fasting should have more elements of social media fast including other pleasures, like reading fiction and such.

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>Those who don't know the meaning of struggle

But is it really struggle when you're delegating to a higher power (if that makes sense)? I can see why people pray as I've been doing it a little bit in my head lately with positive results. On the other if you look at people like Nietzsche they would say that religion is a form of escapism from true struggle. This is the problem I am personally having - normal philosophers are too rational while religion is too mystical. I would like to find something in between if possible

Every single society of any real note has a form of sprituality.
Even the people who claim to be anti spiritual are simply inadvertant or unknowing converts to another form of spirituality.
Nietzsche is also a spiritualist. Most of his autistic incel beta ramblings are at their heart a base form of non mystical spirituality.

Sometimes I'll look at my life and just wonder if God even cares about me.

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>grow up in church
>eventually leave and come back a couple times
>never feel a connection to God
Probably doesn't help that I fap like 4 times a day

I love that Veeky Forums is a Christian board.

Same. Ive gone to churches and i have a bible. I just dont see it. I used to be an edgy atheist as well

Good. 2bh. Every passing day I acknowledge the Lord more and more.
It's funny that everyone says learning more science turns you into an at*iest, but for me, science provided the proof that there must be a Creator

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i cried during mass at the end of my pilgrimage to santiago compostela. i was soaking wet and cold in the big cathedral. I had been walking for 6 weeks and had been going to every mass i could on the way but never felt anything for God. But when i arrived at the cathedral for the noon mass it was very powerful for me and i teared up like a girl idk but i havent felt something like it sinc÷ but i felt overpowered and my senses were almost gone. Idk. But i did almost feel a holy presence just once in my life. Probably just exhaustion, sense of accomplishment and hypothermic conditions while doing the rituals, idk

What happened?

How is your first day on Veeky Forums?

What you guys forget is that even the thought of lust is considered a sin therefore even before you touch your dick and get a hard on, you already sinned. Everytime I did that I said fuck it and just fapped away the lust but that was a double edged sword since once I fap I go on a week long fapping spree with no self control. If you feel horny just remember this and dont touch your dick no matter what you do. 2 month upcoming and going strong, woman at this point are meh in my eyes, I admire their beauty but very rarely will I be like "damn I want to be inside that"

>tfw catholic
>tfw everyone hates you because of some pedo priests and Martin Luther

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as jordan peterson would say

it was a moment when the literal world and the metaphorical world became the same

Of course he does. But you can't live life on the sidelines thinking "God will sort it out for me". Take responsibility for your own life

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Slightly interested in becoming a Christian, seems like there are a few paths like a catholic and Protestant, which one do I choose? Also I’ve got a sailors mouth, is that an issue

Are you reading the story of Jesus user? Here is a man that was rejected by his own family prior to his birth (no room at the inn - this is not a hotel like we think). Then throughout his whole life people say "there goes Jesus of Nazareth!!" meaning he lived while the other two year olds in the region were slaughtered. This man was so poor he had no pillow to rest his head.

Through all of that he still may be the only person in your life that says "I love you user!"

Pretty powerful!

Are you reading the story of Jesus user? Here is a man that was rejected by his own family prior to his birth (no room at the inn - this is not a hotel like we think). Then throughout his whole life people say "there goes Jesus of Nazareth!!" meaning he lived while the other two year olds in the region were slaughtered. This man was so poor he had no pillow to rest his head.

Through all of that he still may be the only person in your life that says "I love you user!"

Pretty powerful!

>some pedo priests
>4% of ALL priests

Church is not Christ, grow in Christ first.

If y’all have metaphysical or epistemological questions/problems, or questions regarding the Bible, I recommend checking out this site.
carm.org/objections-and-answers

If you’re talking about general agnostic or atheistic feelings, regardless of your rational convictions about the existence of a god, it’s necessary to do what you *think* is right. Not obeying your feelings.
It’s called spiritual “discipline” for a reason. Just like in physical fitness, motivation can only carry you so far. The daily practice of faith is doing what your reason has previously accepted as correct, regardless of how you feel.
If you want a simple suggestion, I’d say start reading the Gospels daily. Just do a single chapter a day, but pay attention closely. Shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.

Pic Related’s “Mere Christianity” is the best thing written in the last century on the subject.

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What do user? I'm not sure how to

Out of all my discussions with Atheists regarding God our Father, we always come down to the same conclusion, which is, creationism and the Universe mainly because, if we can start from the beginning, the rest follows.

Atheists of Veeky Forums, I'll ask you this without bias. Look at the infinite, constantly expanding universe, the absolutely perfect state of earth and everything on it (assuming no sin) and all the unbelievably amazing things in space. If you really, truly believe that was created by "chance" ie. the Big Bang, then there is nothing left to talk about. IF however you are open to the fact that the probability of something like this happening would be ridiculous to say it was mere chance, then we can talk more.

I mean come on, its absurd to belive that the universe came from nothing, it had to have stemmed from something and whatever that something was, it also had to come from something, and so on to the point where our minds cannot even fathom.

Catholicism is the way to go, friend. It's easy to be a Protestant, but better to die a Catholic. The swearing isn't the worse thing, and with even a little effort it goes away.

Not that user, but prayer is the foundation of any relationship with God. And stop fapping, even if you don't believe in mortal sin

God has been blessing me like crazy, I've finally overcome the habitial sin of pornography and masturbation through the power of the Lord, getting blessed at my Job, living situation and in my marriage...

However I have been using testosterone and am struggling with the idea of God being against it. I have been praying about it a lot and need clarity on the situation.

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My dear brothers, how do I make spritual / religious gains?
I was baptised as a catholic and I did go to church (almost) every sunday with my parents. However, they were never really faithfull I guess (my father probably more, but that is not the point here)

As it is common (I guess) I lost my faith over the years, when my grandparents died and it just kind of went away. However, I am "intrigued" (don't know if this the right word)

I don't really like this "pray for help" kind of thing, because I am certain that an omnipotent entity would not care about helping those who wait for help, but rather encourage the "doers". I went to church some months ago (mostyle because I finally wanted to see the inside of the church of the city I study in)..the service was..weird. I don't really know how to describe it.

Is it possible to be a catholic and not be interested in the church per se?

Seek the Kingdom of God first..

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Start by reading the gospel of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The contextualize it, because it's not the whole story - I did partially elsewhere in this thread:

Are you reading the story of Jesus user? Here is a man that was rejected by his own family prior to his birth (no room at the inn - this is not a hotel like we think). Then throughout his whole life people say "there goes Jesus of Nazareth!!" meaning he lived while the other two year olds in the region were slaughtered. This man was so poor he had no pillow to rest his head.

Through all of that he still may be the only person in your life that says "I love you user!"

Could be better, certainly. I missed mass the past two weeks. Feels bad, mane.

openbible.info/topics/steroids

gotquestions.org/Bible-steroids.html

I guess it really depends on how you interpret those passages..I mean Ronnie Coleman is a devout christian, but he was obviously roided to the gills

If you are a Christian, you are a cuckold. Follow the true religion of your ancestors.

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Try harder, what great works have been done in the Pagan pantheon's name that still stand today?

What has been done in Christ's name remains alone.

There is literally no reason to do anything for the good of others or society if you're Christian. Christians believe they are saved by faith and not by their deeds, so you can rape as many children as you want and if you are a true believer you remained saved.

This is why pedophilia remains so rampant in Christianity. They remain saved.