Tom S.

Collecting answers to the question: What is the essential message of Christianity, anyhow? | TBD

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

What is the essential message of Christianity, anyhow?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@_Ochiedike midichlorians

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@_Ochiedike One sperm spontaneously manifested (as probably as abiogenesis) and joined with the ovum.

[Reasons for Faith🎚️ @Reasons_4Faith]

@StefanMolyneux You have it wrong. The moral argument is exactly that. If God does not exist there are no objective moral duties and responsibilities.
If there are objective moral duties and responsibilities, then God must exist.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

What’s your favorite book of the Bible?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@aigkenham There’s literal truth, figurative truth, and symbolic truth. But there is only one who is THE TRUTH.

[Lilith @Lilith_Atheist]

Believer: Everything was created.

Me: Who created God?

Believer: God created Himself.

Me: …system error 💀

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

Help! I’m in a Christian cult!

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@darwintojesus @Ausbloke93 You clearly haven’t watched enough How I Met Your Mother.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat I know I’m brainwashed and indoctrinated. But the dopamine and serotonin chemicals feel really aMAZing!

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat I had lunch with my pastor today. I got some cultish vibes from him.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@LeonardG56161 @sola_chad Wait! I see the verses support a figurative interpretation of Scripture. Job is poetry and Psalms are songs. Those are meant to be read figuratively. So it follows that Adam’s creation story would be figurative as well. Does that follow?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat Imagine you’re in a cult and you’ve just been given a promotion. Now you’re like one of the top few. You are part of the people who are the cult and know it.”

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@OU812_12345 @sola_chad There are cues in the text when the author wants the reader to know it’s myth and not fact. For example, Job 1:1 starts “In the land of Uz there lived a man named Job.” This is the literary equivalent of starting a story, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat If my church is a cult, it’s like I enjoy being in a cult. Is that weird?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat Well, I feel this incredible love toward every human being (past, present, and future). Not like a whole love for all (like a love of humanity). It was more like an intimate relationship with each individual.

Then I was reminded of 1 Corinthians 13:1. “Tongues of angels”

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat It actually worked! My brain feels ruined. Clear. No fear. It’s an amazing feeling. I’m in the present moment.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

Does an objective intelligent mind exist?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@calmAndRational My ex-wife is giving me a really hard time. She depriving me of having any meaningful parenting time with my 9yo daughter. It’s so painful. It’s really hard to be good to her.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

What is the essential message of Christianity, anyhow?

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat My Methodist church has a lot of charismatic influence like praying in tongues and gifts the the Spirit. My pastor told me that I should try praying in tongues for 20 minutes everyday for the next 3 days.

[Tom S. @essentialMess]

@hookskat What do I do? Be willingly brainwashed and indoctrinated?