Christ General - NoFap Edition

I have just come back to Sup Forums I am glad to see Sup Forums is still a Christian board with many threads confirming it.

Come to the light anons... Christ is the only way. Jesus Christ has been waiting for you with open arms your entire life. He loves you more than a father loves his son. All worldly troubles become understandable and inconsequential when you become aquanted with the realities of God.

Look at what the West has become since we abandoned Christ... Transgenderism, Islam, political correctness... Etc. Come back to Christ. Make your ancestors proud and turn back the tides.

Also, stop watching porn. Become celibate. Google "NoFap". This will cure all anxiety, depression, weakness, social phobia, and will revive you spiritually so your relationship with God can begin.

NoFap and Christ is the cure-all for every single one of you.

I will be answering questions from any of you on the Faith and Nofap/celibacy

I am a Traditional Catholic by the way, but all Christians/non-Christians welcome.

In Christo

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I would join the thread but I'm about to go to bed

Blessing this thread In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti and all who post in it...

Good Night Sleep Tight

Bumping for the salvation of souls

It's finally back

Well I don't pass up a free blessing thanks user!!

So why should I believe in God?

I am looking into reading the bible

what version?

Ultimately, because God is certainly real. But I suspect you want reasons as to why that is?

It is the only logical possibility that the universe was created by an eternal God. We know this because total nothingness cannot become something. Therefore, something must certainly have been eternal for us and the universe to be here.

You can either believe the universe itself is eternal, (which doesn't really stand to reason as everything in universe degrades and changes), or you can believe that a creative God is the eternal source of all things.

Literally everything proves the existence of God. Our morality, the ordered nature of the universe, our intellect and reason, and creation itself; which was clearly designed and could not have come about by accident.

If we were to come across a beautiful painting in a forest, with no person, paint brush, or paint around... Not even a single footprint on the floor, or anything to indicate anyone had ever stepped foot there. We could discern instantly the existence of an artist based on the painting alone. We could even discern certain things about the artist: whether he was skilled, his interests, his era, parts of his character... Etc.

The world is God's masterpiece.

God bless you all anons

I would read a version sanctioned by the Catholic Church... But that is because I am Catholic. I read the Knox version which is very good. I started by reading the King James Version which is a protestant one.

Some good versions:

Douay-Rheims bible (DRB)
Knox bible
Jerusalem Bible

It is good you want to read the bible. God bless you and yours.

Haha fake cringe thread; try harder.

I will admit, the sheer lack of "Christ-cuck" cucks in this thread so far surprises me. Nothing about this thread is fake though. God Bless.

my province has roots in catholicism
honestly i am new to all this, i never bothered.

is it correct that catholics follow the word of the pope and those who he leads? the catholic church makes an interpretation of the bible and teaches it to catholics

where protestant is a believers own interpretation of the bible?

please stay in this thread i need guidance and have more questions

There is nothing really wrong with the KJV

Harro :3

DEFEND THIS

protestant believe they draw their own inferences from the bible. not pope-sanctioned inferences like the catholics. As a general oversimplification.

>visual depiction of god the father

Get lost, O.P., you heathen!

I will try my best to help you as a Lapsed Catholic myself....w-wait you do have to follow the Pope eventhough you can critique him and denounce him if he goes against Church teaching. Either way Catholicism have this magisterium that helps you to interpret Scripture. Catholicism have the concept of the material sufficiency of Scripture though where everything necessary for Salvation is written and stated in there whether explicitly or implied.

Protestantism follow Sola Scriptura so you are essentially right though there are some complications since if you are an Anglican or Methodist, you would be following Prima Scriptura where Scripture is the first and main authority you seek which is then boosted by a series of secondary authorities around Scripture itself.

Who can save the Church in Northern Europe?

churchmilitant.com/news/article/belgian-bishops-refuse-to-call-abortion-murder

The Catholic Church follows the bible and Tradition. Meaning, the Church Fahters etc... But yes the Pope does sit in the seat originally belonging to the apostle Peter. Our current Pope is a troubling one. The Catholic church is certainly in criss. Though it is the original Church of Christ. First called "Catholic" in the first century.

Yes Protestants go off their own interpretation of the bible, "sola scriptura", without looking at what the orginal Christians (church fathers) said... This leads to many errors and contradictory opinions between different denominations.

thank you all, it is clear for me now

i have been baptized, in a catholic church in my city

you all seem to mention the current pope and his doing. which cross my mind because i too think his decisions are worrysome.

how must a catholic feel towards the church if the head of the church is doing things he doesnt not agree with? surely this would lead/imply the believer has his own interpretations because he does not agree with actions done by the pope

sorry for my simple english

So hilarious. The "nice modest man" meme.

why are you here if this does not interest you?

The bottom line is this; we must remain in communion with Rome whatever happens. The Catholic Church has had "bad" popes before, it has survived. The pope does not really create "new" teachings. The Pope clarifies things. All we need is in scripture, the church fathers, and the tradition of the Catholic Church.

Many Popes/saints/church fathers spoke of a great crisis, a great trail, a great apostasy from the Church... We may be going through that but we must remain in the Church Christ founded.

All things will work together for good in the end. Every evil will lead to a greater good, that is the wonderful God we very luckily have.

Me no good engrish sorry.

It ain't just him, the Church had made a grave mistake with all the shit they pulled off at Vatican 2. The perversion of the Mass we have now is one that would make Luther and the early Lutherans look way more Catholic than today's Catholics.

You don't play with Liturgy and you don't simply compromise what you had been passed down just to appease liberals

That cross on your flag means something, and it meant a lot to your ancestors.

Yeah, the Church has been in crisis since then. This crisis was predicted, at Fatima for example.

I am lucky enough to find a very good tradition latin mass near me. I pray all you can do the same because it really is special. It may be surpressed now, but this is just an instant.

alright this makes sense

i will read the Douay-Rheims Bible

i have another question regarding prayers, same story for with the bible, how do i get into this?

should i finish reading the bible first, should i start praying now even if i dont know what i am exactly praying? your thoughts on this?

i too think tradition (what you have been passed down) must not be replaced for political correctness

>how must a catholic feel towards the church if the head of the church is doing things he doesnt not agree with?

As a Catholic, you are obliged to accept all dogma as defined by the Church.
The whole "papal infallibility" thing simply means that the Pope has final say on all matters concerning dogma and teaching. It doesn't mean that the Pope can "vanilla is the superior flavour" offhand and all Catholics must accept it. That would be ridiculous.

The Pope can't say anything heretical or against dogma. That would be absolutely unthinkable.

Many Protestant run news sites want to paint the Pope as some crazy renegade and that the Church is crumbling from within. But that simply isn't true.
The Pope isn't a liberal who is overhauling everything. That is just media lies.

And yes, it is true that there are some critics of the Pope within the Church, but it's actually for the complete opposite reasons.
The critics feel the Pope is being too "safe", conservative, and unwilling to be agressive and hardline.

It is now up to the laity and faithful priests to guard the Tradition. We had been told that shit would happen to us, this is to be expected.

Agreed.

PRAY. Pray constantly. Pray right now. Talk to Jesus and God like you would talk to your Dad.

Ask for whatever you want to know, and you will recieve it. Never stop asking for things.

You could also start by learning the Our Father and Hail Mary. You will learn these by repeating from reading them many times. Save the attached image to your phone and you can read it from there, or get it elsewhere.

I would try and say the Our Father and Hail Mary once a day to start. Try to get in the habit of always talking to God. You will love it my friend!

Then you can progress to saying to Rosary, which is an utterly amazing meditatitive prayer. It is extremely powerful and I pray it every day. You can look online for instructions when you are ready.

Again, start slow, you will learn and grow in more ways than you could ever imagine.

God bless you for bringing this message of hope into this board of nihilistic despair.

Leaf why does it feel so wrong to give your life to him. It just seems weird to bow to someone, instead of following your own chosen path. However I KNOW that God exists. So bless all of you.

Thank you brother, God bless you.

Sup Forums is a Christian board not because of its posters professions, but rather because it walks the path of Christ, to reject materialism, name the kike (Pharisees) and flip the tables of usurers, even knowing the only likely reward for their deeds will be a slow and gruesome death, Sup Forums does it anyway, because it is the right thing to do.

Hi, can you go into more detail on this?

Amen.

I recommend those who seek signs to look up the miracle of Fatima. Many witnesses saw this miracle. The 100 year anniversary is this year.

Wait a minute, I thought there was nothing wrong with masturbating? Guess I'll have to find something else to do.

what's the difference between protestant bibles and catholic bibles?

Like saying: Pls Lord forgive me, instead of fixing things
>always asking instead of doing
Or: just accept Christ and everything will fix itself and additionally saying that salvation only happens through Jesus Christ, I feel like all religions are meant to compliment each other and God has ditributed his knowledge through all religions

Catholic Bible have the books that were taken out by protestants. The Jews also dispute these books. However, they were part of scripture when Christ walked the earth.

Link about the 7 extra books in Catholic bibles:

>sfacatholic.net/why-the-catholic-bible-has-more-books

Other than that the Catholic bibles have been sanctioned by the Church. Protestant ones haven't, but again, I sometimes read the King James, I haven't got anything against it.

Since i've started taking my faith more seriously i've been more comfortable making major changes, hard changes, albiet now doable through christ.

I wish I could really do something about my mentality on things though.

What about this book Bobby?

Do you have it on your database?


"The Malleus Maleficarum, (Latin for "Hammer of The Witches") was a witch-hunting manual written in 1486 by two German monks, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. It was used by both Catholics and Protestants[27] for several hundred years, outlining how to identify a witch, what makes a woman more likely than a man to be a witch, how to put a witch on trial, and how to punish a witch. The book defines a witch as evil and typically female. The book became the handbook for secular courts throughout Renaissance Europe, but was not used by the Inquisition, which even cautioned against relying on the work,[28] and was later officially condemned by the Catholic Church in 1490.

In the modern Western world, witchcraft accusations have often accompanied the satanic ritual abuse moral panic. Such accusations are a counterpart to blood libel of various kinds, which may be found throughout history across the globe."

Oh yes I understand. It is important not to be idle. We must also do things, make ourselves better. But I myself am very flawed and cannot do it without God.

I will have to disagree when it comes to "all religions" are valid. they are contrary to each other. Jesus said: "I am the way the truth and the life", "no one comes to the Father except through Me." Jesus Christ is the way.

Remeber, Jesus is not simply a man like us. He did become fully man, but he is also fully God. He is the word made flesh, wisdom incarnate!

John 1:1: "In the beginning there was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God"

Genesis 1:2: "The spirit of God moved on the face of the waters."

The Word = God the Son
God = God the Father
The Spirit = God the Holy Spirit

i will start praying, and about asking i have a lot to ask so it helps, thank you brother

>the dank le christian xdddd meme
2 spicy 4 me senpai

Yes I have that book actually. Witches and evil are very real... You can see the fruits of it today. Turn on MTV, witchcraft/the occult is practiced overtly.

>It is the only logical possibility

First sentence in and you make a baseless claim. How do you know this?

Very good! Never tire of asking for things, never tire of prayer, I assure you you will never be let down by God. God provides what you need.

Also, do not feel like you are pestering God, you are not!

"Will God not give redress to His elect, when they cry to him day and night? Will He not be impatient with their wrongs? I tell you, He will give them redress with all speed."

God bless you and your family.

Abrahamic religion is the McDonald's of spirituality. The real truth is eons older than the first book in the bible.

Christian here.

I have to tell you something OP that might hurt your feelings, but it's the truth.

You shouldn't be posting pictures of "Jesus" or "God".

Those are idols.

You should never pray to any picture or statue of Christ either.

You should only pray to the Lord himself, not to any pictures or images.

Stop posting pictures of "Jesus", he didn't even look like that.

I think I went on to explain exactly why it is the only logical possibility.

If you are interested here is a very good argument from Saint Thomas Aquinas on the logal reasons why God must exist:

Five Reasons God Exists:

>web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web publishing/aquinasFiveWays_ArgumentAnalysis.htm

Blood "(((libel)))"

The Church Fathers delt with this issue. We are not Jews and we are not worshipping or praying to images.

Both the Orthodox and Catholic church have venerated images for 2,000 years. The Iconoclasts were declared heretics in the 8th and 9th century in Orthodox Church.

(From wikipedia but still true):

"The Church Fathers identified Jews, fundamental iconoclasts, with heresy and saw deviations from orthodox Christianity and opposition to the veneration of images as heresies that were essentially "Jewish in spirit"

its alright to use symbolizing like the cross or a rosary right? same with doing the cross gesture
i ask this because i wonder if materialism is seen as a bad thing in catholicism
do you mind me asking you what some of your personal subjects are when you ask questions? i mean whats the scale here?

also, kind of a dumb question probably.
i am dutch but i prefer all my literature in english, i am reading an english bible as well. is it weird if i do my prayers in english too? and when i ask questions to God? how is this looked upon?

Clarify your position to me:

Do you pray to the Cross, or kneel before a statue of Jesus Christ?

It's part of the cringe meme.

They want Christians to look docile and idiotic.

>Is it ok to use symbolizing like the cross or a rosary right?

No.

The original church of Christ, founded by the Apostle Paul, did not have any cross or symbology to represent their faith.

That was a Catholic creation.

Christians are not Catholics.

The original followers of Christ, which ironically the Romans persecuted before they took the mantle of "Catholics", only prayed to the Lord himself without any statues or images in their temples.

What about Solomon's temple?

I started noFap 15 or 20 days ago, I failed 3 times, but my fap frequency went from twice a day, to 1x a week(a failure)

After each fail, I blamed me and found new ways to get away from porn in a way that it made harder for me to fall again.

My life is much better. I feel much more energy and mental clarity. I will carry on.

Christian here.

I have to tell you something user that might hurt your feelings.

To imply that pictures depicting God are idols is actually a heresy. A quick Google search of, "Iconoclasm," will bring you a bountiful amount of wisdom on the topic. The Christian Church settled this dispute long ago.

Also, nobody worships or prays to statues depicting Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Saints, etc. These physical reminders of God and his holy ones are only meant as vessels that help us focus on the source of all, Jesus.

On top of all this, how do you know Jesus didn't look like that? He was an Olive-Skin Semitic man, and every culture has a way they display him. His representation was PHYSICAL on earth, he was a man you could BEHOLD with your own two eyes. Jesus Christ was an ICON himself.

nice to hear, i too have done nofap for some time to only find myself failing recently, which has left me wondering.

currently trying again, on the second day, but i can vouch for the pros of nofap

My position is the 2,000 year old, non-heretical one.

From the catholic encyclopedia:

"Iconoclasm (Eikonoklasmos, "Image-breaking") is the name of the heresy that in the eighth and ninth centuries disturbed the peace of the Eastern Church"

"The origin of the movement against the worship (for the use of this word see VENERATION OF IMAGES) of images has been much discussed. It has been represented as an effect of Moslem influence. To Moslems, any kind of picture, statue, or representation of the human form is an abominable idol."

The Catholic position on veneration of images:

>newadvent.org/cathen/07664a.htm

You are making a common protestant mistake. No Catholic or Orthodox prays to crosses or images. They are wood and paint. They represent God but we do not pray to the images.

Wait, do you have no paintings in your home? Do you have no figures? Did you play with toys?

The protestant position on "graven images" is absolutely ridiculous. I suggest you read the church fathers. You have adopting the Jewish attitude (protestants are spiritual jews anyway) which was thoroughly rebuked by the church fathers.

Say that to Luther.

Just think about the overall weekly frequency falling. You have to null it, but even if you fail, lowering it down IS progress and do help your life.

All is not lost.

The objective is to null it, but failing and stopping it after, is not total failure.

Solomon's temple, pre-dates Jesus Christ.

As a matter of fact, I don't know if you know this, but Solomon fell to Satanism.

Did you know that?

Solomon fell from the grace of God, and he began to bow to DEMONS and False Gods, like Baphomet or Moloch.

You see, this will never be taught in any religion today, because they don't want to slander the name of Solomon.

That is where the "Star of David" comes from.

It really isn't the "Star of David", it's actually the "Star of Remphan" a demon God that the Lord of Israel SPECIFICALLY said "Do Not Worship".

Many Jews don't know that their star is actually the 5 Point star of Satan.

Any tips for a man addicted to masturbating? My soul fully comprehends the evils if masturbation but then there comes a point where the flesh just blocks out all rational thought processes and fixates on masturbating. I fear that the only cure may be a wife but I don't want to wait I want to stop the addiction know to sanctify myself for the church

God is dead, bury it.

Consider this mercy.

yes i have greatly reduces the frequency. from several times a day to max. 2 times a week

and this is without effort too, i just dont feel like doing it that many times anymore, which is great

I ask for all kinds of things. I pray for my family and friends. I ask forknowledge wisdom and understanding. I ask for faith and charity. I thank God for chastity (celibate for 3 years.) I ask for material things too, no problems. I ask for humility above all things because pride is a constant danger for me and for all of us.

I pray constantly for a true Christian awakening. And I will be praying for you!

Also, I would not listen to Protestants, particilarly when it comes to things like "idols". Protestants have been around for 500 years, Catholic have been around for 2,000.

Protestants are ignorant of tradition, which is why this one accuses me of heresy, while he himself is actually commiting the heresy of Iconoclasm.

See:

God asked him to build it

I have recently started nofap, and I'm interested in getting into Christianity. Would you mind giving me a breakdown of all the different denominations and what they stand for?

What's your opinion about Catholic Traditionalism AKA Catholicism who rejects the Vatican Councils?

Luther the heretic who said "sin and sin boldly"? Luther who introduced the heresies of Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura? I would gladly say that to him.

Except that you are ignoring one of the primary commandments of the Lord to Israel in Exodus 20:4:

"Thou shall make yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above or on Earth beneath....You shall not worship them or serve them; for I ...Am a jealous God."

And those images of Jesus Christ or God isn't God, it's a piece of wood.

God is God.

Null it. Block porn, force yourself out after your start failing to your desires.

Disgusting. The secular liberals feminists and lavender mafia must be burned out if the church. We need a new inquisition

Hello.

you dont need a woman to stop this (or lower the frequency), trust me.

i used to fap 2 - 3 times a day for 2 years until i got into bodybuilding and learned about testosterone and what it does.

i decided to try no fap as long as i could to see if it changed my mood.

i ended up not mastrubating for 3 weeks, and when i finally gave in i barely felt any shame like i used to, after i finished it felt like i didnt even do it at all. but the more times i do it the more shame comes back.

you dont have to stick to nofap immediatelly, you will fail some times in the beginning, and you will never abstain from it forever.

but going without it for even a week or 2 you will feel yourself looking at the world (especially people) differently

please just try it once and see for yourself

I am a traditional Catholic. I do not reject the Pope or Popes since the 60's. But I do ackowledge that the Chruch is in crisis which was predicted at Fatima and many other times.

Sedevacantism however is a heresy. Where they disavow rome and the pope because of the current crisis.

Remember, Wilhelm Reich said himself.

The fascists properties of the psyche all are born from the struggle to resist masturbation. Honor, self-sacrifice and energetic action, all come from this.

Fight back. No Fap.

I am not talking about the Temple of Solomon.

I am talking about what happened to Solomon himself.

Solomon, in his later life, fell to Satanism/Paganism.

He incorporated many idols from the Canaanites, including a golden Calf named Moloch.

The Lord became very angry with Solomon for this, and he died a crazy man because of it.

Moloch is still being worshiped today by the Elites, ironically.

This is the same God that asked for cherubims on the Ark

God asked him to make a temple with images in it

At work but God bless you guys.

I smell Satan

Lol is all I can say to this. That picture on your wall? Destory it! That child playing with an action figure? Destroy it!

Again, read the church fathers. Their is a distinct difference between the veneration of images and worshipping them as God. We know the cross on our wall is wood, but it reminds us of Christ. We do not pray to it.

You are commiting the heresy of Iconoclasm... Which is well defined and has been delt with extensively.

What do you think about the "Inter Gravissimas" reform?

God bless you brother.

>We know the cross on our wall is wood, but it reminds us of Christ. We do not pray to it.

i dont understand how this can be seen as wrong in peoples eyes

Wow your engrish is much better now.

>People don't pray to the statues.

Yes they do.

I've seen it.

They bow to a piece of wood that has no power, no life.

Like it says in Psalms 135:16 and onward:

"For they have mouths, yet speak not. They have eyes, and see not. They have hands, and touch not. Feet have they, and move they not."

Pray to God only, and God alone.

Catholic = original church, first called catholic in 1AD. Popes go straight back to Peter.

Orthodox = broke from Catholic Church in 1054, hotly contested who broke from who.

Protestant denominations (lots of them because they can't agree on anything): started in the 15th century with Martin Luther. Dangerous heresies of Faith alone and scripture alone, leading to mass confusion and no tradition to cling to... They are like leaves in the wind.

The Catholic and Orthodox churches believe very much the same things apart from a few differences, despite being seperated for hundreds of years. Proving these ancient teachings are genuine and actually do go way back.

I'm typing fast so sorry for any mistakes, God Bless.

hai
I don't disavow Rome nor our popes. Still, I think that the Church has deformed and changed drastically over the time, diverting form its roots and beliefs.

how can it be wrong?
you are still praying to God, not to the symbol that represents it

its not like people are going around hey worship this cross instead of God

Please cite me the text and verse in the Bible where it says that the Temple had to have images in it.

I'd love to read it.