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I just got one of these for free, which are the best parts? What do you think of the Bible?

>> No.19232661

>>19232650
No you didn’t, fuck off Christcuck

>> No.19232664

The Psalms

>> No.19232680

>>19232650
Highly recommend, couldn't put it down! The characters are very relatable and have super deep backstories. It's not just beautiful, but the theme of love of neighbour is also very important for our generation! The only thing that disappointed me was the light misogyny. "A woman should marry her rapist"? That's a yikes from me dude!

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>> No.19232682

>>19232661
In a way I did! I am moving soon and I remembered I had a voucher to my local bookstore, for $10! But lo and behold, it turned out it expired at the first of this month (October). The clerk was kind enough to go into the system and renew it, so this was what I picked out with my voucher (The Bible).

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>> No.19232711

>>19232681
holy based

>> No.19232764

The fact you wrote "The Bible" shows you are a lying Christcuck, enjoy hell, Jew worshipper

>> No.19232766

>>19232681
Yeah the anti vac meme on this website is ignorant and unfunny feom what I've seen and glosses over ny talk of government encroachment into our lives

>> No.19232769

>>19232711
>tells you to get the Mark of Satan
>holy based
The absolute state of christcucks

>> No.19232777

>>19232766
What do you mean? The government encroachment is embodied by the vaccine pushing. It's an obvious scam.

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>>19232769
>not a Christian
>believes in Mark of Satan

>> No.19232893

>>19232681
Thank God I'm not Catholic.

>> No.19232898

>>19232650
Book of Ecclesiastes is pretty based.

>> No.19232985

>>19232650
>which are the best parts?
genesis
judges
samuel
kings
ecclesiastes
job
ezekiel
the gospels
revelation

>> No.19233010

>>19232883
I don't, but christcucks who do whatever the pope says do

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>>19232893
Yes, I am a Catholic. How did you know?

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>>19233520
>“If I make a mistake, I prefer it to be an excess of kindness rather than an excess of rigor” - Saint Francis de Sales

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>>19232650
KJV is the preserved word of God in English. you can't properly understand the bible if you are not saved because you need the Holy Spirit to teach you the meaning behind the scriptures. watch this gospel video, believe on Jesus, get saved, and read the KJV without any footnotes or commentaries. it's easy to be saved because salvation is not of works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEawcSFuCTw

>> No.19233687

>>19233512
>completely dead-eyed
>vacant expression
He's a catholic alright

>> No.19233766

>>19232661
Not him but I go to thrift stores all the time and sometimes theres a bookshelf that offers bibles for free.

>> No.19233815

>>19232650
That part where the guy goes and gets a magic sword and then stabs the king in his fat gut with it.

>> No.19234538

>>19232650
Genesis, Exodus, Job, Esther, Gospels, Paul's letters, Revelations

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>>19232661
Aren't these lovely people. Who wouldn't want to be like them.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

>> No.19234642

>>19232650
This thread is full of dumbasses and autists.

Here's what I would suggest. Start from the beginning and read the first half of Genesis (chapters 1-11). If it holds your interest, read the rest of Genesis and immediately follow with Exodus. If you had a rough time with Genesis, skip to Mark in the New Testament. If you liked Mark more than Genesis, read the other Gospels and Acts. If you're interested in returning to the Old Testament, simply read in order, skipping Leviticus because you'll burn out if you try to read it too early. Also, you might enjoy Ecclesiastes if you're not as interested in the narrative passages. Check out a bit of it and see what you think.

>> No.19234907

>>19232661
>>19232764
>>19232769
>>19233010
>>19233044
holy shit, atheists shit up every fucking board on this site

mere mention of God, the Bible, or Jesus and they just chimp out

>> No.19235032

>>19232650
Judges has one of the most hardcore scenes you'll ever read in it, mixed in with endless fuck ups. Other than that, Exodus (the first half, aka the story you know; the second half is just Jews bitching at God after he already saved them for not feeding their fatasses), all the main Histories (Joshua to Nehemiah), Ecclesiastes, Job, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Sirach, Daniel including Susanna and Bel and the Dragon, the Maccabees, and then, of course, the Gospels and Acts.

>> No.19235734

>>19233654
That's the reason christianity is dead and being replaced by either wokeism or islam
>>19234907
>Anyone who calls out christianity for what it is is an atheist
lmao

>> No.19235814

>>19233044
why does this guy a new house on a large block of land if hes meant to be a man of the church?

>> No.19235877

>>19232650
just read it from start to finish and choose your own favorite.
for me it's Genesis, Palms, Ecclesiastes, Job and the Gospel of John.
in no particular order

>> No.19235903

>>19235814
I assumed it's a new church being built

>> No.19235941

>>19232650
This is what I think of the bible:
https://www.debunkingskeptics.com/DebunkingChristians/Contents.htm

>> No.19235952

>>19233044
What kind of denominations are these TikTok priests from? What kind of denoms should I avoid if I don't want to be blasted with woke garbage 24/7 and be around people who care more about worshipping sodomites and putting deranged autogynephiliacs in charge than everything else? It seems like every Christian community is either this or people straight from /pol/ who use Christianity to justify being murderous toward everyone who isn't part of their clique. By all means I'd rather have the second since at least they seem to talk about God every now and then and they do not actively dismiss scripture, but I've been gravitating toward Christianity for a while and the state of this religion in practice is really desolating.
>>19233654
OK but the reason why this is happening isn't just an excess of kindness, this is just the action of hostile agents who are doing subtle political warfare aimed at destroying all the values of the West. There's a warning about false prophets...

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>>19235734
Western civilization was founded on this three pillars: Greek philosophy, Roman law and Christianity (Catholicism, more specifically). If the West ever falls, it won't be because it has fully adhered to Christianity, but because it has abandoned it.

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>>19235941
this is a literature board
the bible is one of (if not the) most influential books ever written
take your pseud ass to >plebbit>

>> No.19236005

>>19235955
The ultimate christian cope. Western civilization existed long before christianity, and after adopting it entered its first decline. The third pillar should be honor, which had a resurgence in later times despite Christianity, but has now long been abandoned.

>> No.19236028

>>19235952
>OK but the reason why this is happening isn't just an excess of kindness, this is just the action of hostile agents who are doing subtle political warfare aimed at destroying all the values of the West. There's a warning about false prophets...
Both rightists and leftists tend to instrumentalize religion for their own political interests. When the pope preaches about the poverty of the world, the right calls him socialist, so does left, but they fail to see that the pope is Catholic above all, and as Catholic he should care for the poor. Not because he's a leftist or an agent for Soros, but because he's doing what Christ told us to do.

>> No.19236067

>>19236028
Is the Catholic Church going to hold their ground against this stuff? The arguments that these people make are incredibly insincere and they're obviously aimed at destroying the institutions.

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>>19236005
Wherever she had the opportunity, the Catholic Church has created countless universities across Europe, countless hospitals and orphanages. How could you call this a decline of civilization? when in the pagan world there were no universities and no hospitals? Christianity expanded knowledge to the ignorant and health to the sick, and improved what was already good.

>> No.19236138

>>19236133
>whenever she

>> No.19236145

>>19236133
https://www.debunkingskeptics.com/DebunkingChristians/Contents.htm

>> No.19236151

>>19235903
looks more like an upper-middle class hippy getaway than a Church

>> No.19236154

>>19236145
Jannies close this thread please. Its all been debunked.

>> No.19236175

>>19236067
Since she was founded by Christ, the church has gone through countless crises. If not for His promise that the gates of hell will never prevail against her, the Church would already be gone. In fact, the very fact that, despite so many crises, She still remains standing, is already a sign of her divine foundation.

>> No.19236176

>>19232664
seconded. they're useful when doing magick

>> No.19236203

>>19236133
Imagine being a christcuck and defining decline in a material sense marked by universities and hospitals lmao

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>>19236151
Those are the same

>> No.19236226

>>19236207
i get that this picture is cringe and pandering.
but why do people continuously post these pictures as if those are not the core tenets of the christian church?

>> No.19236229

>>19236226
They are, but many tradcath larpers somehow imagine themselves as crusaders against degeneracy

>> No.19236237

>>19236229
Ah, of course.
American christianity is a scourge upon the world.

>> No.19236305

>>19232650
The Gospels are the best, followed by in no particular order Ecclesiastes, Job, Psalms, Daniel, Isaiah and the Epistles

>> No.19236310

>>19236226
>>19236229
>enjoy this life
sure isn't a tenet of christianity

>> No.19236325

>>19236310
Well, through god.

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The Bible is based. I hope niggers go to hell. I hate jews. Pepe frog.

>> No.19236339

>>19232650
Ecclesiastes is the best book under the sun.

>> No.19236355

>>19236337
based fucking larper who hasn't read a fucking word of the bible

>> No.19236382

>>19236203
Those material institutions are concrete manifestations of immaterial values taught by Christ, such as loving your neighbor as yourself.

>> No.19236392

>>19236382
>Christianity
>loving your neighbour
Pick one

>> No.19236421

>>19236392
>he fell for the meme
embarrassing

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How's the spinoff? Any good?

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>>19234542
>Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us
What? Is this Marian Nestorianism? There is a human Mary but also a "heart Mary"?
>Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us
What? Christ's heart is not a person we can pray to? You can venerate it, although even this is doubtful, but surely not pray to it or worship it.

>> No.19237058

>>19236108
>>19233044
Can someone post the version with sounds? I want to cringe like never before.

>> No.19237063

>>19234642
>skipping Leviticus
>skipping the most based parts about skin disease and ritual impurity and sacrifice

>> No.19237071

>>19235952
>What kind of denoms should I avoid
All 'denoms' are evil and making 'denominations' is sinful. Convert to Orthodoxy, since it is the One Church established by Christ and only it will survive into the endtimes. All the denominations will fall into antichrist worship.

>> No.19237126

>>19235952
What did your parents are ancestors practice? I find that is a good place to start as you will more likely than not have a deep unintelligible connection to that church. It sounds like you spend a lot of time online, anon. Just go to church instead of asking autistic retards on 4chan for advice. You'll find most Christians are genuinely nice and reasonable people willing to listen.

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>>19236355
Bases gay fucjing njggrr good goy that thinks modern day jews aren't the same jews Jesus warned you about

>> No.19237592

Here's a quick summary of it:

https://babylonbee.com/news/the-tldr-edition-of-all-66-books-of-the-bible

>> No.19237738

>>19237071
>Convert to Orthodoxy, since it is the One Church established by Christ and only it will survive into the endtimes.
Do you have more info? This is the part I'm disliking the most about this new environment and it's getting in the way of so many things. I wish I wouldn't have to decide what denomination or sect I should pick from the catalogue, I'd just like the be introduced to Christianity and do my best without getting caught into the infighting, sectary shit or political agendas.
There are so many discordant views, even the sacred text is a matter of contention. Some days I feel like the Reformation was right, sometimes I think the Vatican may actually be the only source of stability to maintain some sort of integrity in the faith. I know next to nothing about Orthodoxy, only the basic tenets. FWIW I'm baptized Catholic but I have never practiced.

>> No.19237935

>>19237738
When you understand that sects are evil and that Orthodoxy is the only Church which holds on to ancient patristic teaching and did not establish a new church, it is clearly the Church founded by Christ. Others have given up on actually following what the apostles and their successors taught and started making up their own versions of doctrines and muddying the waters constantly, Roman Catholics like to claim we actually secretly believe the same things but it is demonstrably not true.

What have you read so far about Christianity in general? It will help give you some pointers. Are you theologically inclined? I don't know your interests so it is hard to say, everyone comes to the faith differently.

For me the choice between the churches became obvious when I understood that the Romans and everyone in the post-schism West has a corrupted understanding of the Holy Trinity. Also do not forget prayer, if you really want the truth and pray to Christ with belief in Him to tell you what to do, and you truly want to follow Christ's will for you, God will lead you mysteriously and by His providence into the Orthodox Church.

Maybe watch these videos for a basic Orthodox understanding of Christianity, then compare it to the stuff you find in sects, all of protestantism is impossible to believe when you understand Christology and the two wills in Christ. Catholicism is impossible to believe in when you realize distinction between essence and energies of God and how the Roman filioque is false, also how they do not care about truth anymore and allow anyone with wildly contradicting views in the same church as long as they formally submit to the Pope. There is no unity of belief in there as papists like to claim the Pope magically provides.
https://youtu.be/cMzuOvb92gE
https://youtu.be/5gVkAElCrlA
https://youtu.be/9vpeWc-sBjY

Good luck, anon. I will pray for you.

>> No.19237939

>>19235734
false religion is just atheism with extra steps

all false religion comes from babylon

>> No.19237950

>>19237592
>66
>all
lol

>> No.19238008

>>19237939
Imagine being this shallow.

>> No.19238487

>>19237935
>everyone in the post-schism West has a corrupted understanding of the Holy Trinity.
I did follow catechism when I was little but I never believed in it very much. I was lukewarm about religion. My household was largely irreligious and not practicing at all, but going to catechism is still seen as some kind of social formality even though nobody believes. Vast majority of people here say they're Christian but they're actually agnostic or atheist.
I'm not very theologically inclined I think, in the sense that I would rather have none of this debate exist. I personally think Christianity is too evolved, in the sense that it split up too many times and went through too many reiterations. I wish I could tap into the beliefs of early Christians and possibly learn to be a better person myself but it's so difficult when there's this wall of theological contention at access level. I hope this isn't too rambling.
As for the videos, I never understood the issue with the Holy Trinity. It's the least contentious thing about Christianity in my opinion, that God is one entity and at the same time three distinct ones that are of the same will. That Venn diagram in the second video is how I've always seen this. I didn't imagine it was such a point of contention. But maybe this is simply how I was taught as a Catholic. I think my whole set of beliefs is very crude spiritually and for the most part very polluted. I just feel an affinity for the basic tenets of Christianity like some weak magnetism still pointing my needle vaguely north.
It's really difficult to resign being alone in this search, especially since I've embraced the Anglo sphere of Christianity, I'm pretty much in Church of England territory right now, reading BCP and KJV and liking them very much, but being exposed to USA Christians is extremely tiring one way or the other. Vatican, I'm not sure, it feels more of an institution that accepts whatever as long as you formally submit to the Pope (to cite the video). Canonization of a few popular frauds has pretty much shattered the idea that the Roman Church cares about anything anymore.
Orthodoxy feels distant. I'll look into it. It's definitely weird to see pepes and other 4chan shit in the playlist for the guy you linked. I try to steer away from the internet-political side of this stuff instinctively, and I try to avoid anyone who speaks over the internet in general. I don't trust the internet anymore, it feels like everyone has an agenda and speaks cheaply (no offense, it's not addressed to you necessarily but it's a general rule I give to myself in regard to communities. 4chan is a weird place that has its own rules). I feel the need to get into a physical place and speak to physical people.

>> No.19238603

>>19237935
And I've found an Orthodox church that I can travel to. I might actually go there, but what am I supposed to do? I don't really know what someone is supposed to do when he's not faithful proper but wants to get close to the faith. Do I just go and attend services?

>> No.19238630

>>19232650
>which are the best parts?
The New Testament; primarily the gospels.
>What do you think of the Bible?
I really only like The New Testament.

>> No.19238680

>>19233685
This verses were removed becouse they were similar to other or they never been in original text. Im reading bible in my Native language and they are a lot of repetitions

>> No.19238709

>>19238487
Not the same guy, but I feel Im in the same boat. Ive kind of resigned, I just go to the church at my university. Its catholic, but Im protestant. I feel that I want to join the church closest to God, but whenever I look up the ladder of all the main churches. I see corruption and wicked behaviour, from the pope, from the patriarchs, and from the queen. I feel that we can get lost in looking at the head of the church, but goodness can be found in the people that attend church. I've given up thinking about what sect I should join, but rather am happy when I attend service and see everyone else there.

>> No.19239236

>>19238709
Rites matter though... I'm not sure if the Protestant approach where it's just you and the Bible is the way to go. Maybe I just have to feel for a place and see how it goes. That's also why I want to get somewhere and try to join in awkwardly. Sadly I see that there's this type of Christian who doesn't go to church at all which is very popular online and I don't want to be that.

>> No.19240165

Bump

>> No.19240193

>>19232650
psalms
it teaches what prayer is

>> No.19240383

>>19238487
>I personally think Christianity is too evolved
It can definitely seem like this at first, I understand where you are coming from. But this itself is an indication that truth is very important to Christians who go into such great detail over minute points because it really is important for proper spirituality and salvation. It has always been understood by the early fathers that unity of Christians is predicated on proper apostolic belief, we can't invent new doctrines or change things as we please because this is a sin against Christ. My point is that only Orthodoxy still preserves this understanding, the rest have mixed truth with falsehood and/or stopped caring about it entirely like modern Protestants or Roman Catholics.
>but it's so difficult when there's this wall of theological contention at access level
If you think Orthodoxy might be correct, start reading stuff from authors in the Orthodox tradition about the topics you are interested in. Tell me some questions or interests you have so I can maybe recommend books. I also suggest just looking up Orthodox videos on youtube, there are a lot of channels today with different subjects covered presenting a legitimate perspective, look up Fr. Josiah Trenham for example. Also look up Orthodox exegesis of parts of scripture you are reading right now.

>I feel the need to get into a physical place and speak to physical people.
You are correct in wanting to visit an actual physical church, because reading is only a part of the spiritual life. You need to actually pray and interact with other Christians.
The guy I linked is just a Turkish Orthodox person explaining stuff he read from the fathers, it's not really anything peculiar to the internet or a distorted version of anything. Internet is just a tool we can use to spread the truth today to many distant people.

>>19238603
>I might actually go there, but what am I supposed to do?
Call or write to the priest and ask if he can talk with you about some questions you have. Or if you do not feel like it and don't really know what to talk about, maybe just go there in non-worship time when there is not much people around and pray. You can also attend the evening service called vespers or all-night vigil (on Saturday evening), look up the when the church does these, anyone can attend it even they're not a member of the Church. These videos are good for understanding some basics - https://youtu.be/7uIEYIzArx4 https://youtu.be/bw45OChdnJ4
If you are already a believer in Christ, the only thing "required" of you to not look weird would be doing the sign of the cross at certain points of the service, which I assume you would have no problem with. There is nothing like Catholic mass responses. Either way people won't say anything to you if you just show up assuming it is a somewhat big enough church. The priest might himself talk to you if he sees you are new.

>> No.19240871

>>19240383
Hello, thanks for answering again.
>If you think Orthodoxy might be correct
I have no real direction on this. As obviously this is all based on faith, I have no real basis on which to determine which creed is correct. From a broad perspective the disagreements between the different Churches are over secondary matters (in the sense that they all share the foundational tenets of Christianity). I'm looking into Orthodoxy simply out of reaction because the other Churches seem to be corrupt and the people involved not very Christian to begin with, at least not in their daily lives. I'm not being holier-than-thou over theology matters here, there's some rather horrid hypocrisy going on among church-goers in my Catholic environment. It seems like the Roman Catholic Church has enough authority not to bend to certain influences, but it feels more like lip service.
I'm still finding a direction I guess so I should try to stop feeling frustrated. I doubt I can trust my own judgment because everyone involved in these debates is more well-read on the Scriptures than myself. I guess I could just trust my feelings and go with my gut, but I know from experience that my gut isn't very good at taking decisions.
>Internet is just a tool
Technically yes but on the internet it's very easy to deceive people and pretend to be something you're not. I am not saying that everyone on the internet (or that guy you linked) is a fraud, but if I have to put a certain amount of trust in someone I find it difficult to do over the internet.
>Also look up Orthodox exegesis of parts of scripture you are reading right now.
Will do. Apparently the KJV is a fine translation for Orthodoxy?

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>>19233654
It is not kindness to let your brothers be sodomized and your sisters stripped of their clothes to be exposed. It is not kindness thats allowing pederasts to work in kindergartens while transsexuals pole-dance in front of toddlers. We are witnessing satan take the form of the less than Godly and you welcome it out of kindness as if it were ever instructed in scripture.
Be one of the few who name the wicked when it wishes to be exposed.

>> No.19240936

>>19240918

It's not kindness at all. You know deep down where the evil truly lies.

>Nuns Raped Girls With Crucifixes as Female Pedophilia Was Covered Up by the Church

https://news.yahoo.com/nuns-raped-girls-crucifixes-female-110940545.html

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>>19234907
Turn the other cheek, Christcuck

>> No.19240978

>>19240383
Scratch that on the Orthodox church I mentioned. The services are entirely in Russian because it belongs to a Russian community. It makes no sense to go there.

>> No.19240994

>>19232703
Yeah? What are you 14?

>> No.19241006

>>19232703
I doubt there's any serious Christian who doesn't believe this. Vast majority of what is treated as "racism" and "xenophobia" in the better educated people is about cultural differences, not ethnic or racial differences.

>> No.19241042

>>19241006
I have more love for my muslim brothers, as we are both children of Adam, over disgusting atheists or chicken shit 'agnostics'.

>> No.19241052

>>19240871
>I'm looking into Orthodoxy simply out of reaction because the other Churches seem to be corrupt and the people involved not very Christian to begin with, at least not in their daily lives
I understand your struggle, I grew up in an Orthodox country with a Catholic Mother and Orthodox father. I am not going to bother with theology, but I can tell you now that the Orthodox Church is far from scandal, corruption and hypocrisy. Where I live the Orthodox Church is one of the biggest owners of land and maybe the richest institution, and many times it has used its power to bully and coerce into silence and compliance others, generally acting quite like a mafia. My local community even came out in full force to demonstrate against it bulldozing a loved area of our town to build a megachurch that wasn't needed but just for the Church to splash its cash. Moreover, the Orthodox community is very insular, many on 4chan will like this fact, but it isn't very good at offering a hand to 'outsiders', and although Catholics and foreign protestants are 1-3% of the population they do the majority of charity works and acts. Also many so called relics are painfully fraudulent.
My point is that many foreigners fall for the 'allure' of Orthodoxy without realizing the reality of living under its institutions. Not saying at all you shouldn't look into it but many of the same moral problems you see in the Catholic Church are present here. Having said that, even I see the Catholic Church as being even more revoluting because of its massive sexual crimes and its history. The Othodox Church also has the best monastic tradition relatively speaking, which is totally lacking among protestants and very shallow now in Catholicism.

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>>19241052
I think every institutionalized Church is going to be corrupt. There's no escape. If a Church does not lend itself to playing with power then it will vanish. Judging by my own beliefs alone, I'm the closer to Reformed but I think there are painful problems with the kind of Protestantism that is popular in America, there needs to be some sort of structure like in the Anglican Church (although I might be so inclined toward Anglicism because of the texts I'm more familiar with).
>>19241073
What we are headed to is not going to be a Christian Europe, but in fact a methodical dismantling of our civilization, which is mostly founded on Christianity. So taken out of context this exchange makes little sense to me. If it's explicitly the idea of non-whites entering the West that makes you upset then I'm sorry for you.

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>>19232703
Why would I side with a fat, pimpled “pagan” LARPer over another Christian? Race idolators are embarrassing

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>>19240945
I would rather turn you inside out subhuman atheistcuck

>> No.19242821

What translation?
OT essentials:
>Pentateuch
Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy chapters 28-34
>Histories
Joshua, Judges, books of Samuel/Kings
>Wisdom Literature/Poetry
Job, Psalms (read a couple at a time, don't rush through them, can put them after other reading other sections or as a daily thing), Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
>Prophets
Isaiah, Daniel, Jonah
Touches everything essential, try and get the rest at some point though, including the deuterocanonical texts.
NT is already pretty short but if you're looking for the quickest read then:
>Gospels
Matthew and John
>Apostolic History
Acts
>Epistles
Romans, Galatians, James
>Apocalypse
Revelation

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>>19236310
>Go thy ways, then, eat thy bread with a stout heart, and drink wine to thy contenting; that done, God asks no more of thee.
>Ever be thy garments of white, ever let thy brow glisten with oil;
>live at ease with the wife that is thy heart’s love, long as this uncertain life is granted thee; fugitive days, here beneath the sun.
>Live thou and labour thou under the sun as thou wilt, this thy portion shall be, and nothing more.
>Whatever lies in thy power, do while do it thou canst; there will be no doing, no scheming, no wisdom or skill left to thee in the grave, that soon shall be thy home.
Read the Bible.