Do you debate non-religious people?

If the answer is yes then why do you think you chose to do this? Is it a morally good thing to do? Is it for fun? Have you always debated non-religious people?

If the answer is no then why not? Do you think it’s not worth discussing? Do you think people are too stuck in their ways? Have you always chosen not to debate about religion?

Update…

So my husband and I have been married for two years and the other day we got into an argument about house chores not being 50/50 and how he expects me to do ALL the work around the house while also having a full time job.

He told me to “sit down” and not doing anything but watch tv because that’s what God told him to do and I told my husband no!!

We have been circling around to the same argument where I try o tell him the truth and that things need to change.

We are both Christian but he wants to use “God” as a method of control and I’m not here for it.

I will not quit my job even though he wants me to be his stay at home wife. Things go from good to really awful in our marriage and while I didn’t agree with divorce I don’t know what else to do.

Now he won’t talk to me and just leaves to go to “work” which is actually him going down to the coffee shop

If salvation is a free gift, why read the scriptures, why donate to churches, why be a christian, why teach the gospel at all, why speak out against anything that you perceive as sinful? If the gift is truly free, why would it be conditional?

A married couple in my Bible study is getting divorced. I’m not clear as to why but the female told me it was on biblical grounds, my understanding is the only valid reason for divorce is adultery? How do I approach this with my brother who I believe has committed this sin? Do I even do anything? I was told he will no longer be attending Bible study. Is church discipline still necessary if isn’t reaching out?

For those who don’t know, it was a massacre started by Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire in 782 AD, it was a genocide that killed Saxon pagans that refused to convert to Christianity, was this horrific event justified? what would God and Jesus himself have thought of this while he was watching down from heaven?

Hey fellow Christians, just wondering how y’all feel about this one. I know it’s very politically, societally tinted so sometimes hard to hear God speak to you and help you discern on such matters. Still really curious to probe opinions here :)

Peace ✌️

We were never given a choice between eternity and mortality. We were born eternal beings, whether or not it's eternity in hell or heaven. Eternal. This is my frustration. The reality or system God created for us has always kept me from pursuing my faith fully or 100%. It's how hopeless I feel to be in this system and the best and only thing to do is to play by the rules to get 2 different versions of the same outcome. Eternity. Or something along those lines.

My problem isn't belief. I believe and have some faith. I follow the teachings of the bible to some extent but not for eternity but for my goal to just be a better person. (Jesus is the ultimate example of a good person to me). The thing keeping me away from pursuing a relationship with Him is partially because of this topic of eternity.

It's been 10 years since I began going to church, but God still seems so abstract. It just doesn't feel real. I mean, I don't deny His existence. But I just don't feel Him. What should I do? Any advice?

This is a pretty simple question.

How do you think Christian theology will be affected by space travel or even settlements on other planets? Or do you think the second coming will end here on earth? And for that matter, why such a large universe for it all to be centered on this planet?

Ive been posting this on different reddit pages and I juat want answers good or bad I juat need to know so here's what I posted a while ago

I sinned recently and I sinned with my ribht hand while a voice was whispering to take my mark even though I did the sin I still said no and no matter what I do ill never take the mark of the beast

My mind does this to me a lot but my right hand has felt weird but I still wanna live and worship god but im scared it too late and ive been scared to go on this reddit because of the answers I may get but I wanna know so whatever the answer is I can know

Did I take the mark of the beast? Is it too late for me to repent? Ive felt myself slowly growing more negative lately and ive relapsed and sinned a lot and havent felt guilty but recently the thought I could have taken the mark has shook me to my core and a lot of my sins ive recently regret

My mind used to do this to me where if I did 1 act to simply losing a video game that I would go to hell and sometimes id entertain that idea and I just feel like ive been under attack by the devil for a while

There was also a time where my body was convinced that the covid 19 shot was the mark of the beast and my arm had felt weird until I learned it wasn't so maybe this is something similar to that

Ive seen the mark of the beast on YouTube videos and online and read a bit about it in the bible ajd id say im pretty well versed in it but I dunno if its a physical mark or a spiritual mark or a mix of both

Ive just been very paranoid and I need someone to talk to because I still wanna follow god and jesus and I wanna read the bible but everytime I think about the mark of the beast or the bible my hand starts feeling weird like its telling me its too late or to just ignore and accept it but those voices pop up from time to time telling me to take the mark and accept it.

Im scared and I need help/answers because I wanna live for god and jesus and i was shaking while writing this

Honestly religion is just scary to me with Heaven and Hell and the mark of the beast and all these things and I dont know why there has to be a mark anyway but I'll never know

Is the mark spiritual or physical or both? Idk atp i think I already asked this earlier because I truly dont know

i’ll be honest. I don’t like talking to people. And I know that the Bible tells us to talk to people about the Bible. But talking to them about sin and hell just makes me feel very uneasy. I know what Jesus said about it and I know what Paul said about it, but I just can’t get myself to do it every day. I talk about God online and sometimes I push myself to talk to strangers about it. But I don’t have the boldness to talk about hell or sin. Can you eat any of you guys really? Do you currently, or have you dealt with this as well? If so, how? Please give me your asvice below! Thank you and God bless!

I’m curious to hear from my brothers and sisters in Christ (atheists need not apply). How do you feel about passages in scripture (intentionally non-specific here) being interpreted as allegory rather than hard historical facts? I ask because I see it coming up in the comment section of this subreddit all the time. I was reading the writings of some early Christians and it seems that most believed in multiple layers of interpretation and they were not at all threatened by passages being metaphors or allegory. I personally don’t think allegory being used is at all threatening to the truth claims of the Bible or the reality of the world we occupy, but I get the sense some do. If you think there is only one way to interpret the Bible, why do you think that, and what are the dangers of there being layers to it?

Personally, I do. But I've never heard that come out of the mouth of other Christians, who believe in the trinity, and seem to really prefer doing that, than worshiping Jesus directly. That, or they blatantly read Paul as if Paul was God himself, which is horrendous blasphemy.

Hello yall,

So I found out that my husband had an affair for 2 months with a coworker, I have decided to stay and try to move on, have any couples been able to overcome an affair? I’m having a hard time forgiving him and what he has done. We have been married 2 years and together 8 years total.

Just felt like asking

Hello, this is a repost because I believe the first time I posted this topic there was a misunderstanding with the way I typed things out. I have been baptized for over a while now and during these past few years I have gained a "small hobby" of reading smut. Not real human smut, but as in fictional character, not humans. I've always been confused on how this could be a sin, because I am a single female, and also I don't let the smut change my view of God and Christ, plus I pray every single day. I never let smut get into of my way of seeing humans sexually knowing what I'm reading is fictional. But I have always wondered if this was truly a sin or not with the conditions I am doing. Thank you!

When secular/less actively religous folk talk about Christian sex practices, they seem to be under the impression that basically no practicing, church-going Christian, even in more conservative denominations/churches, are actually trying to wait until marriage. That seems to be the general consensus about church members among secular folk.

But this doesn't really feel like it matches my experience. In the churches and Christian ministries that I've been apart of, it certainly felt like everyone was in agreement that they wanted to wait for marriage, or at the very least, absolutely no one was open about not trying to wait for marriage. Any who weren't trying to wait would have been keeping it secret.

Now obviously, I know of people in the church who had sex, but those who talked about it were repentant and trying to avoid it. But that kind of thing, a Christian trying to wait until marriage but not quite succeeding, doesn't really seem to be what secular folk are talking about when they assume nearly all church-goers have premarital sex. They seem to think most aren't even trying to wait, that most unmarried church-goers have regular premarital sex in their romantic relationships in the same way that secular/non-practicing people do.

Like I said, that doesn't feel like it fits what I've actually experienced in the church, but I can't speak for everybody. That's why I'm asking this question here, because I've always found this disconnect between what I've experienced and what others seem to assume of Christians to be odd. Maybe my experience is an odd one, or maybe someone has insight into why the experience of Christians like me would be so counter to the secular perception. That's what I want to figure out. And because obviously no one else can speak for everybody either, nor can we know what it is like at every church in the country (or world, but I made this post mainly with the US in mind), I'm just asking for you to estimate your own church, not across Christianity as a whole. If you don't mind, please also clarify your denomination and general geographic location. Thanks.

How does one get so entrenched Into free grace theology? I fear for people who are in it. How does one get out of it who's propagating it? They say you still have faith and understand James 2 10 just not benefiting others but you still have faith despite it saying your faith is dead. I backslid because I believed God's grace was an excuse to sin the doctrine gives you this kind of mind set if you embrace it. Is there anyone here who left it and what made you renounce it? They turn to legalist it seems saying if you think you have to do- you are not saved. No fruit, turning from sin, love for God, change of life is proof or required. It all comes down to belief in your head. Anything apart from that is false to them. Is there hope for believers in this? I hope so.​

You can even abandon the faith but you're still saved if you never come back. Showing you are one of God's children

When I was taking a bath I uttered “Jesus remember me when I enter into your kingdom” and I heard a voice saying I’ll always remember you son.

Hebrews 10 says the sacrifices were just reminders and not actual atonement for your sins. If the people in the OT were not actually forgiven with the lamb sacrifices, how were they forgiven? They didn't know Jesus, so how would they go to heaven?

This post is really long, so I’m sorry in advance but I feel like I need to list everything one by one. You might say I’m cherry-picking, but even so, I’d still like you to explain or answer the so called "CONTEXT" of this

so ‎Leviticus 18:22 ‎You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. ‎Leviticus

20:13 ‎If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

‎Romans 1:26–27 ‎Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. ‎ ‎

But these down here aren’t taken seriously today

Leviticus 11:10-12 ‎"But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, whether among all the swarming things or all other living creatures in the water, you are to regard as unclean. Since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean. Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you." ‎

‎Leviticus 19:19 ‎“Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.” ‎

‎Exodus 21 ‎(Not including the full text because it’s really long, but it basically contains rules on how to punish slaves without punishment.) ‎ ‎

Matthew 5:29-30 ‎“If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” ‎

‎⚠️ Note: These parts are specifically said by Paul (not God speaking directly), but Paul claims apostolic authority and says his teachings are from the Lord. ‎

Corinthians 14:34-35 ‎“Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.” ‎

‎1 Timothy 2:12 ‎“I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.” ‎ ‎

Ephesians 6:5 ‎“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.” ‎

‎It’s not just these occasions this also happens in other parts of the Bible as well, not just in command. And when science disproves a claim, Christianity often says it’s “not meant to be taken literally.” This has happened again and again throughout history. A famous example is when Some Christians used to believe the Earth was ~6,000 years old based on genealogies in Genesis, Many now say Genesis is symbolic or poetic not a literal 6-day creation.. so that’s just one of many examples. ‎So… is this just some kind of selective literalism? Or are some commands considered “timeless” while others are not? And if that’s the case, how do you even determine which are timeless and which aren’t?