It's Jimmy

[JimmyfoJesus]

Hi everyone, I'm Jimmy, and yeah I'm for Jesus, but I think he died on the cross for sinners like myself to find spiritual awakenings. I have one and I thank Jesus for dying I guess lol

 

I truly thank God for this gift though, and I think the Christian church and their interpretation is silly these days, but the proof of it working is the advancement of society over 2,000 years, but where is your god now Christians? I don't know, just kidding, I do know, he's gone, because the Book of Proverbs explains how you please the Old Testament God.

 

 

I feel like a religious conspiracy theorist, because I set out to find truth after my awakening, and I've done a lot of reading and looking into many religions, so feel free to throw whatever you want at me. Firm believer that weed is the tree of life and alcohol is the forbidden fruit.

 

[mymistake]

Welcome.  Please do all your witnessing and theological debate in the Lion's Den section.  It's a rule.  You get to do your thing but you have to do it in the area that is for Christians doing the Christian thing.

[buffettphan]

Post moved from Introductions to The Lion's Den.  

[mymistake]

Well now that we are in the right section I will ask a few questions.

 

1 hour ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

Hi everyone, I'm Jimmy, and yeah I'm for Jesus, but I think he died on the cross for sinners like myself to find spiritual awakenings.

 

Why do you think that?  If you think you know then why do you think you know?

 

1 hour ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

I don't know, just kidding, I do know, he's gone, because the Book of Proverbs explains how you please the Old Testament God.

 

Why would you believe the Book of Proverbs?  I would like to hear why.

[JimmyfoJesus]

The first 7 verses of the Book of Proverbs explains that it's a guide to life, and it warns you about all sorts of traps that are set up by the spiritual workings of God along with human nature. Since reading it, I have no depression or anything, and I stand a lot taller than most people around me. Once reading it, I had zero doubt that the disciples messed up the church somewhere especially after reading a Quran too. My God, so much intelligence in the book regarding their views on Jews and Christians but it's still just too strange for me to side with them lol

[mymistake]

5 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

The first 7 verses of the Book of Proverbs explains that it's a guide to life, and it warns you about all sorts of traps that are set up by the spiritual workings of God along with human nature. Since reading it, I have no depression or anything, and I stand a lot taller than most people around me. Once reading it, I had zero doubt that the disciples messed up the church somewhere especially after reading a Quran too. My God, so much intelligence in the book regarding their views on Jews and Christians but it's still just too strange for me to side with them lol

 

Okay it says it is a guide.  But why do you believe it is a guide?  What if it is wrong?

 

 

[JimmyfoJesus]

Good question, I used to read a lot of self help books, and I was part of a 12 step program at one time, and it seemed that after some time, I finally started to get a grasp on what it was that I needed to do in my daily life to remain not only emotionally stable but confident as well. I learned that my actions of course have a lot to do with confidence, posture, and overall perception on me from those around me.

 

Anyways, one day I went to write about all that I had found, and I learned a few things:

1. When a grown adult comes riding dick, don't trust them(Proverbs says something about those that flattereth with their words have strange and perverse ways, the strange woman of adulterous ways and yada yada, there's a few different ones across the board) 
2. There's a natural transactional balance in healthy relationships of any sort(Proverbs says "The Lord hates an imbalanced scale)
3. Also learned about balance, and Proverbs says sloth hits like a hedge of thorns
4. I learned that alcohol just isn't for the most successful(Proverbs says the leave alcohol for the depressed)
5. God says to correct with the rod in Proverbs, and I look at all these kids in schools walking out for gun violence and think about what happens when you don't spank your kids lol

[mymistake]

7 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

Good question, I used to read a lot of self help books, and I was part of a 12 step program at one time, and it seemed that after some time, I finally started to get a grasp on what it was that I needed to do in my daily life to remain not only emotionally stable but confident as well. I learned that my actions of course have a lot to do with confidence, posture, and overall perception on me from those around me.

 

What does that have to do with Proverbs being true or reliable?

 

7 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

When a grown adult comes riding dick, don't trust them(Proverbs says something about those that flattereth with their words have strange and perverse ways, the strange woman of adulterous ways and yada yada, there's a few different ones across the board) 

 

You mean this as in the pornography slang?  I'm not sure if that has advanced any of the ideas put forth so far.

 

9 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

• There's a natural transactional balance in healthy relationships of any sort(Proverbs says "The Lord hates an imbalanced scale)
• Also learned about balance, and Proverbs says sloth hits like a hedge of thorns
• I learned that alcohol just isn't for the most successful(Proverbs says the leave alcohol for the depressed)
• God says to correct with the rod in Proverbs, and I look at all these kids in schools walking out for gun violence and think about what happens when you don't spank your kids lol

 

So do you think you can trust Proverbs because some things in Proverbs kind of match a few things you see in the world?

 

[JimmyfoJesus]

What I believe is that by living by this guide, it makes me a rather happy person, God has provided me a way to make some good money, and because of that, I believe that this is the way He wants all his people to live.

 

Bad things happen still, but by living to this code, I am properly prepared to handle all of these situations as well as avoiding most. I also believe this to be a universal guide, but that remains speculation only at this point in time.

[sdelsolray]

6 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

What I believe is that by living by this guide, it makes me a rather happy person, God has provided me a way to make some good money, and because of that, I believe that this is the way He wants all his people to live.

 

Bad things happen still, but by living to this code, I am properly prepared to handle all of these situations as well as avoiding most. I also believe this to be a universal guide, but that remains speculation only at this point in time.

 

Religions do not have a trademark, copyright or patent on healthy human behavior.  Such healthy behavior is performed and maintained solely by the human.  In this case that would be you.

[disillusioned]

1 hour ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

 

1. God says to correct with the rod in Proverbs, and I look at all these kids in schools walking out for gun violence and think about what happens when you don't spank your kids lol

 

... bit of a leap there.

[JimmyfoJesus]

34 minutes ago, sdelsolray said:

 

Religions do not have a trademark, copyright or patent on healthy human behavior.  Such healthy behavior is performed and maintained solely by the human.  In this case that would be you.

Truth, and I’m saying God judges hardest on actions in my life, and that God gave this wisdom to Solomon, so humans could have a guide to living a life pleasing to God as a moral person. I also believe God blesses those who follow.

 

 

[sdelsolray]

3 minutes ago, JimmyfoJesus said:

Truth, and I’m saying God judges hardest on actions in my life, and that God gave this wisdom to Solomon, so humans could have a guide to living a life pleasing to God as a moral person. I also believe God blesses those who follow.

 

 

 

Thank you for professing your religious beliefs.

 

Leaving aside your religious beliefs, do you give yourself any credit for your healing and behavioral improvements?

[JimmyfoJesus]

1 minute ago, sdelsolray said:

 

Thank you for professing your religious beliefs.

 

Leaving aside your religious beliefs, do you give yourself any credit for the your healing and behavioral improvements?

Absolutely, it’s me who resists temptation and chooses to do the right thing even when I feel entitled to being the judge and jury.

[sdelsolray]

Just now, JimmyfoJesus said:

Absolutely, it’s me who resists temptation and chooses to do the right thing even when I feel entitled to being the judge and jury.

 

Well, that's a start.

[Joshpantera]

 

Let me axe you this, does you think that god is important? 

[L.B.]

On 4/28/2018 at 1:00 PM, JimmyfoJesus said:

Since reading it, I have no depression or anything, and I stand a lot taller than most people around me.

 

Dude - if you have depressed thoughts and/or have been clinically diagnosed as depressive, STOP trying to self-medicate with religious texts.

 

Another thought: you "stand a lot taller than most people around you".

 

Megalomania (the idea that your beliefs, or your behaviors based on your value system, make you better than/superior to others, is a by-product of the "up" side of manic depression. When you're on the upswing emotionally and mentally, you feel as though you've "figured shit out" and you believe you see patterns and schema in your chosen worldview that "make sense", and that others could benefit from if they would just humble themselves and read what you've read.

 

Of course, the idea that it's humble to believe the Magic Book, and the idea that people need to BE humble in order to approach the "truth", is deeply arrogant and myopic.

 

Get help from a licensed professional who does NOT believe in talking snakes and magic floating zoo-boats and undead flying saviors.