Post ATjUb8PqMOD4QQazom by SaintGuinefort@poa.st
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(DIR) Post #ATjLrUBsGrCP0Jmeh6 by Crux_Invictus@poa.st
2023-03-18T05:40:40.950904Z
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So one of my assignments this semester is an essay. For this essay I need to:>Select a current year issue>Analyse the issue and how 'society' has responded to it.>Describe the impact of the issue on bringing people to Christ and keeping them>Suggest ways that the issue can be responded to in your local contextSomehow I don't think my honest immediate response to the topic will go down well.My solutions will see me excommunicated from my church.
(DIR) Post #ATjUb8PqMOD4QQazom by SaintGuinefort@poa.st
2023-03-18T07:15:05.711066Z
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@Crux_Invictus Wanna race? Who can speed run getting booted from their church first? I think Rev. Lutheran and Corey Mahler beat us, but I’m happy to battle for the final place on the podium
(DIR) Post #ATjUbBo3koMYwOwsTo by SaintGuinefort@poa.st
2023-03-18T07:13:46.801483Z
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@Crux_Invictus the only thing modern education teaches you is how to get through itJust do child rape by priests. It’s extremely easy to explain the response, why it’s an obstacle, and you can give a extremely feminised answer of talking through feelings and emphasizing safety and respecting the voice of children and victims.
(DIR) Post #ATjUgENzagUUOC9ynw by Crux_Invictus@poa.st
2023-03-18T07:19:29.841179Z
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@SaintGuinefort I don't think this is what Paul meant when he talked about racing to the goal.
(DIR) Post #ATjV6pBbOJO23I2rvk by SaintGuinefort@poa.st
2023-03-18T07:24:03.623193Z
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@Crux_Invictus At various points he was clearly hoping that Christ would end it and that he could just have a rest. Currently I’m honour and scripture bound to keep trying, but it would be nice to be done with this nonsense
(DIR) Post #ATjVH28e5c8h7QWwhk by Crux_Invictus@poa.st
2023-03-18T07:26:08.964660Z
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@SaintGuinefort I also can't run worth a darn unless I'm carrying something heavy.I sure hope that after all this forging we're going through we get a chance to be heat treated and relax.
(DIR) Post #ATjYf6S806M9JNoPFw by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:04:06.681728Z
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@Crux_Invictus I'm going against the grain to suggest you discuss the sin of gluttony. Fat pride is a real thing and the fat activists get louder all the time. The majority of the population is overweight or obese, as we're all self-medicating with food to cope with this hellscape, so nobody dares bring up fasting or disciplined consumption and exercise as a spiritual issue. It's genuinely overlooked because it makes people profoundly shameful and they attack anybody who brings it up.
(DIR) Post #ATjZKwXTFZwIj8GIim by Crux_Invictus@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:11:40.557989Z
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@TinyFern That is actually a pretty good idea and I could also pull examples from Muscular Christianity.Also probably a lot safer than the issues I was thinking of. Namely gender equality, social media or sexuality.
(DIR) Post #ATjatzirVNFOgsrrLU by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:29:12.952182Z
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@Crux_Invictus >Select a current year issueHigh rates of obesity >Analyse the issue and how 'society' has responded to it.Caused by poor quality of food, widespread depression, hormonal imbalance due to environmental pollution, lack of emphasis on personal discipline and a general cultural embrace of lavish gluttony and sloth. Society has responded with: Fat activism, pretending weight cannot be controlled >Describe the impact of the issue on bringing people to Christ and keeping themThis is one area in which the traditional practices of the church are extremely countercultural - regular fasting, an attitude of self-control, asceticism, and of considering your own body as another responsibility which God has given you to cultivate and care for - nobody wants to hear that it's immoral to have a good time until your body is run into the ground. Like drunkenness, the biblical perspective considers it foolishness, wasteful and destructive. It's boring, it's hurtful, it's harsh truths which make people feel bad - and people already have lots of bad feelings about the church. In the aging, chubby congregations that remain, nobody wants to alienate everyone who is left. Nonetheless, this issue is ultimately another area in which we sacrifice ourselves to Christ - it is selfishness that drives us to the dopamine rush of bad food in large quantities and little treats to get through the day. We must set ourselves aside and dedicate our bodies to the kingdom as much as our souls. >Suggest ways that the issue can be responded to in your local contextIdk tell people it's bad to be fat and they should find more wholesome ways of coping with life stress
(DIR) Post #ATjb7DnqSwSm7nVPxQ by SuperSnekFriend@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:31:35.968278Z
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@TinyFern @Crux_Invictus Gluttony, in a Biblical and Classical sense has less to do with specifically food and more about general excessiveness like showing off one's riches and pride and tempting others to envy and covetousness. There are Scriptures about contentment and not over eating (Pro. 26:15), which are connected at time to gluttony (Pro. 23:20) though this passage in the Gospels I believes gets to the core definition of gluttony: 2 "Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." (Matt. 6:2-6)Think less of obese people, though they have issues like lack of self-control among others, and think of people like Mr. Beast or the disgusting mukbang trend on Youtube. In that sense, you are very correct that there is a major modern problem with glut.
(DIR) Post #ATjbDfz0bd49GFnytM by SuperSnekFriend@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:32:46.202389Z
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@Crux_Invictus @SaintGuinefort >I also can't run worth a darn unless I'm carrying something heavy.Going for a pure tank build? :jahy_oooh:
(DIR) Post #ATjbNhZJZ85v4gZFCK by Crux_Invictus@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:34:35.080361Z
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@SuperSnekFriend @SaintGuinefort I'm a strong man not a fast man nor a smart man.
(DIR) Post #ATjbVUGut1Ms9Ufs4u by SuperSnekFriend@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:35:59.342253Z
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@Crux_Invictus @SaintGuinefort We need each kind of man in the Kingdom. :02nod:
(DIR) Post #ATjbuS8xw6non6rNbM by TinyFern@poa.st
2023-03-18T08:40:30.266092Z
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@SuperSnekFriend @Crux_Invictus Nah mate that's pride you're thinking of. Gluttony is an obsession with consumption - which is rampant in our consumerist society. The man who buys far beyond his needs is the same as the man who eats far beyond his needs. Showing it off can overlap but isn't the same thing.
(DIR) Post #ATjh6E4qYnRsPWMmw4 by FlourideGood4U@poa.st
2023-03-18T09:11:02.969270Z
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@TinyFern @Crux_Invictus youtube.com/watch?v=Jc2QC8i2BCA