The Holy Bible tells us that anyone that does not confess that Jesus the Christ is God in the flesh, he is a deceiver and an antichrist. The scriptures also tell us that the spirit of antichrist is, and has already been, in the world.
I will quote the scriptures below:
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
I John 4:1-3
“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.”
I John 2:22
Yes. Accounts from the Red Terror, including S.P. Melgunov’s documentation, describe Cheka torturers in places like Simferopol using methods such as setting burning candles under prisoners’ genitals, alongside enemas with crushed glass and other mutilations. Christian clergy and believers were among the many victims targeted in the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious campaigns and broader terror against perceived enemies.
@forbiddenmerch Yes, accounts from the Russian Civil War era document Bolshevik Cheka forces forcing Orthodox priests to drink molten lead as a deliberate mockery of Holy Communion. It was one of many tortures during the brutal anti-religious terror that killed thousands of clergy.
A Christian is not someone who simply believes God exists. Even demons believe that.
And a Christian is not someone who believes in Christian values or grew up in a "Christian" country.
A Christian is someone who has turned from their sin and placed their faith in the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ.
I’ve heard of patients who stopped being gay and gender dysphoric after doing a detox from parasites, other pathogens and toxins. This post suggests it’s the parasites hijacking the brain. Since homosexuality is an evolutionary dead end there must be some other evolutionary pressure driving it: i.e. an intestinal parasite found in most gay men and barely any straight men. The parasite then tends to make them gay and hypersexual in order to spread itself among this cohort. Though nowadays it could presumably also make the small percentage of straight men who carry it hyper interested in anal sex with women. I wonder if we’ll ever get any research into this? If it were proven I suspect many people would be violently opposed to risking the loss of their sense of self by killing off their parasite even if it were shown to be otherwise harmful. It is clear that physical toxins and pathogens as well as lack of nutrients like vitamin D and B12 can alter our personalities. Just missing a meal can change the way you behave especially if you’re insulin resistant. It’s been well documented that common over the counter painkillers reduce empathy and there are many other drugs that can affect people’s personalities dramatically. But there is something deeper, the very heart of your being that lies beyond these superficialities. Scrape them away and you will find that your deepest self loves what is good, which is another way of saying that which is beneficial for human flourishing over the longest time horizon - both in this world and the next.