. You are forgetting that Jesus also allowed the woman to wash his feet with her tears and hair. I'd imagine it was a comfort to Him.
Yes. The Christian life, if truly lived, is definitely a pilgrimage. Hebrews 11:13, 1 Peter 2:11.
As you probably already know, it's called "confirmation bias."Interesting how quickly you latched on to the first comment that seemed to support your predetermined conclusion and therefore pronounced the debate "settled"
The correct answer is the one that always agrees with me. Even when I change my mind. Right....
Self-discipline is self-discipline, inner peace is inner peace, since you acknowledge them as fruits of the spirit, how could they be at odds with Christianity? If God can use stoicism to help you achieve it, who are you to condemn it as pagan philosophy? The problem is never the philosophies themselves, but idolatries of them, and exalting yourselves as smart and enlightened, high above the "unwashed masses". That hubris is foolishness with God, not the pursuit of self discipline, inner peace or resilience.
What deters me is your labelling and closed mind. If you listen to this video, you'd learn that the problem in stoicism is not its error, but its deficiency. In other words, not about what it's gotten wrong, but what it lacks. According to this video, it even states that it has nothing against Stoicism, it just points out what you can never achieve through mental fortitude and other stoic virtues, and that's where Christianity fits in. If scoffing at the concept of bodily resurrection is the charge, then I'm afraid any denominations that preaches ascension of the soul to heaven or bodily rapture to heaven are what's really at odds with Christianity, for they have essentially denied bodily resurrection on earth with their alternatives, do you adhere to those?
Pfft, friend, lecture me with this next time after you scrub the toilet, mop the floor and wipe the kitchen counter, speaking of "unclean" things. I've done all those yesterday. How much less should I 'avoid' touching anyone? As much as I've not a medical degree, not qualified to treat anyone.
This right here. This is the most discouraging part of this entire thread. You keep seeing disagreement as a personal attack that needs a defense.
Whatever I went through, Christ has washes it all away, it no longer affects me. "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. "
Not fear, but inability, or at least inhibition. I don't even have the words in my native language to describe and articulate any emotions, let alone sharing them. And there's nobody to share anyway.
The merits of stoicism are debatable, I have no qualm with anybody what disagrees with it. But what I can tell you is, I never, ever, EVER, even for a second, think who gets triggered by one name, term or one label that doesn't fit their narrative and/or preferred terminology is right, that's the real discouraging part and challenge. I can't fix anybody's squeamishness and sensitivity over the mere sight of certain words that somehow make them squeamish.
Heh. Lemme know how that works out for you next time someone wants to discuss Communism, Fascism or why Hitler was such a misunderstood genius.
Good luck, safe journey, and God bless. You cannot elaborate because you've probably never listened to that video you posted, the repetitive formular in it is, "stoicism can ... but can not ...". For the record, I've never openly praised or exalted Stoicism, I pointed out its deficiency in the first post I mentioned it, it is you who's got triggered.
How about no such "next time"? Hasn't the Lord taught us to not cast pearl to swines? If you wrestle with swines, you'll get dirty, and the swine will enjoy it. The most brilliant battle tactics is to know yourself, know your enemy, and avoid unnecessary battles in the first places, such as the hypothetical scenarios you proposed.Heh. Lemme know how that works out for you next time someone wants to discuss Communism, Fascism or why Hitler was such a misunderstood genius.
Hey, where ya going? Gee, I never thought someone would get so triggered by one name, term or label...
Yeah, keep in mind that in late Roman Empire and early Medieval time, singleness was preferred, as a sign of devotion, keeping yourself as a chaste virgin for Christ; marriage was a compromise under worldly pressure, it'd been viewed as a worldly affair; only did marriage become a holy sacrament since the fourth Laterean council in the early 13th century, and only did it become an idol in the 1970s, as the church's countermeasure against the sexual liberation movement; ever since the proliferation of social media, it's gone further, now a political statement against leftism.
