Anonymous #7 3w

how u gon care more abt the being u cant even see than the woman u can love directly in front of u 😕

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Anonymous #5 3w

The great thing about love is that it’s not zero-sum. When I find a woman and get married, I will love my wife better over time *because* I let God shape my life. Being part of His Bride, the Church, does and will teach me to cherish my bride because of how it reflects His love for His bride - and I will be in awe of that sacred bond that is my marriage and pursue the calling that it implies… (1/2)

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Anonymous #5 3w

…(forgiving any past and future wrongs by her, keeping no record of wrongs, giving myself up for her, being willing to did for her and live in a way that fills her life with a sense of purpose and peace, granting the deep desires of her heart as we grow closer to one another, and honoring her in a way that an outsider wouldn’t understand and might even find unjustified, and not worrying whether she loves me for me or just loves me because of what I do for her).

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Anonymous #7 3w

so ue saying that by loving god u love ur wife even more..? forgive me if i misunderstood. also what r u referring to when u say His bride?

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Anonymous #7 3w

If love is not zero sum…. Why can’t you love your wife the same?

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Anonymous #7 3w

just marry your imaginary friend then

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Anonymous #5 3w

Yeah, that’s basically what I’m saying. Not loving her more than I love God, but loving her more than I otherwise would. As for the bride, one of the less known (but really obvious in the Bible once you look for it) teachings of Christianity is that marriage was instituted by God as (among other things) a living representation of the relationship between God and His people (all who have faith in Him and His promises, revealed fully in the person of Jesus Christ) … (1/2)

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Anonymous #5 3w

… (2/2) and this relationship is reflected (imperfectly) in a good marriage, telling the story of God’s sacrificial love for His people (the aforementioned of faith, aka the whole Church) and His people’s delighting themselves in Him and being the garden from which His love for the world transforms the future of the world (which in marriage is reflected in children and the legacy they leave for their father’s name)

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Anonymous OP 3w

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Anonymous #7 3w

oh wow thats actually interesting ive never heard of that before! thanks for explaining. i think i understand ur point more now but ive gotta ask how can u love someone so much that u dont even truly know? like we dont even know if he exists

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Anonymous #7 3w

yeah i wouldn’t! like god totally didn’t create you so that you could have your own life and purpose, he totally wants you to just be dedicated to him and him only!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous #5 3w

You’re welcome, and thanks for the feedback! I’m glad you found it interesting and that I was able to communicate in a way that conveyed a bit of the internal mentality. By the way, I don’t know if there’s a Yikyak glitch, but it looks like you automatically got a down vote when you posted your comment (I believe all of our automatically have 1 Yakarma point)

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Anonymous OP 3w

Johann Sebastian Bach and Isaac Newton: “Am I a joke to you?”

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Anonymous #7 3w

oh no i downvote it myself 🤪 all my upvotes must be organic !

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Anonymous #5 3w

As for your question, you’re far from the first to wonder, and it’s not always easy. But there is more than 1 way to knowledge. The Enlightenment tricked the modern world into forgetting that there is more than empirical and sensory knowledge. You can’t measure or weigh love, or touch it or see love, but you can and do know love is real. Same for truth, beauty, justice, and right and wrong. Then there’s knowledge through logic, building on known things. Then there’s trust…

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Anonymous #5 3w

…and knowledge through trust is far more common than we like to think. Almost all of the scientific knowledge of 99% of the population is known through reception and trust. Now their knowledge is not infallible (science can be wrong on something & later corrected, or it can be transmitted/communicated incorrectly) but you can have and do have true scientific knowledge through said trust.

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Anonymous #5 3w

[OK that’s actually pretty funny that you download it, and I kind of like that philosophy of upvotes 🧡]

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Anonymous #7 3w

thats a really good point. we really cant find evidence or justification for a lot of things if not everything 😭 ig its just up to us to believe in it or not. ur really knowledgeable on this n ur explanations r amazing. i cant say i personally agree w the existence of god but im thankful u took the time to explain him anyways. wish u n ur wife the best ❤️

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Anonymous #7 3w

#7 thank you for these amazing and detailed comments. As a Christian, I am very grateful

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Anonymous #9 3w

I am also religious. My girlfriend is not. She is the love of my life, there is nothing I wouldn't do for her. I don't understand why people allow personal beliefs to determine who they do and do not build relationships with (romantic or otherwise). It's a strategic division made by people in power over many generations. But it will not stop me from loving everyone, irrespective of what your opinions of beliefs are. More people should think like that, the world would probably be better.

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Anonymous #3 3w

Those are called assholes, and it has nothing to do with their beliefs. They're just rude. I'm religious, and my girlfriend's non-religious parents don't like my tattoos. Totally fine, everyone has an opinion, but if they were to say something demeaning to me because of it, they would just be assholes. There are good people and bad people regardless of religion 🤷‍♂️

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Anonymous #10 3w

maybe because the personal beliefs did in fact get in the way of my relationship? he says he wants to take a break to devote himself to God because he had been getting lustful thoughts because of me and says he should’ve been putting God before me. meanwhile i had told him multiple times that my #1 thing was that i do not like to be ignored

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Anonymous OP 3w

I would invite you to consider the fact that you and your boyfriend were simply not compatible for each other. Even if you shared the same religious beliefs, doesn't sound like you guys would be well together. If two people are compatible, they will love and respect each other no matter what you think about something like religion, or politics.

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Anonymous #10 3w

your beliefs in religion and politics reflect who you are as a person

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Anonymous OP 3w

And if you think that someone who holds different beliefs than you is automatically bad, that reflects that you are judgemental and closed minded. Just because people are different, does not mean they cannot co-exist. My girlfriend of 5 years holds different political and religious beliefs than myself, and we love each other to the ends of the earth. We enjoy our differences because it gives us an opportunity to learn about each other, and grow as individuals as well as a couple.

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Anonymous OP 3w

I'm just saying if you close yourself off from everyone with different ideologies than you, you will never change and you will probably live a rather lonely life. Some of the best people Ive ever had the pleasure of getting to know are Atheist, Hindi, Muslim, Jewish, and many more (Im a christian). If I never gave them the opportunity to build a relationship simply based off of their beliefs I would have missed so many great conversations and memories that I cherish deeply.

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Anonymous #11 3w

This person gets it! I'm sure we could be great friends, no matter what our beliefs are, because they seem to have a caring, respectful, open mind.

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Anonymous #10 3w

i dont think everyone who has different religious beliefs than me is bad. political beliefs however… that is not the topic at hand. i was willing to get into this relationship even though i had no idea the extent to which he was religious because i truly didnt care. it was he who made it into something that it didn’t have to be and made me realize that religion does in fact get in the way because he was able to use it as an excuse for multiple things and i cldn’t say anything

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Anonymous #10 3w

i’m fine with being friends with anyone of any religion and i do have friends of many religions but dating is different and i am not willing to date an extremely religious person ever again

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Anonymous OP 3w

I mean it sounds like a him problem, I would hate to see you not develop relationships with any religious people because you met ONE bad egg. He just sounds like someone you wouldn't be able to maintain a successful relationship with regardless of what his beliefs were. You'll miss out on memories, that's all I'm tryna say.

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Anonymous #11 3w

fine i can agree. however, have you truly met extremely religious people that haven’t tried to put their personal values onto you? i have not. if their values can only extend to them i do not care! but that has never been the case for me

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Anonymous OP 3w

Maybe the love of your life would be religious 🤷‍♂️. Most people are anyways, so statistically you're cutting down your chances of meeting someone super amazing for you. The love of my life is not religious, and it has never been a problem, if anything only good comes out of our differences, and we've been dating for five years.

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Anonymous #10 3w

i live somewhere that has many atheists anyways so it’s fine. and i’m glad it worked out for you but i definitely think more people should be warned

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Anonymous OP 3w

I have! I don't push my beliefs onto people, my best friends are Muslim and Jewish and they've never pushed their beliefs onto anyone. My girlfriend is an Atheist and she's never pushed her beliefs on me. Great people are hard to find, yeah. But if you slim your search down to only people like yourself the odds only get smaller and smaller. Absolutely do not let anyone change your beliefs because that is what THEY want. If they try, they don't really understand religion anyways.

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Anonymous OP 3w

And yeah I'm not saying that the love of your life won't be an Atheist, there's lots of great Atheists out there. Just advising not to categorically cut people out of your life for silly stuff like that, you'll miss out! Just judge them based on their individual behavior, and you'll meet a lot more cool people.

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Anonymous OP 3w

And sorry your ex didn't have his head on straight, but it ain't because of his religion 🤷‍♂️

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Anonymous OP 3w

yes, but I have also met the ladder. it really depends on the person :)

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Anonymous #9 3w

i was just thinking the same thing - these comments are perfect

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Anonymous #12 3w

I think it comes down to mutual respect. This conundrum is nothing new, and there are plenty of examples of people having different beliefs and families with different religions, and making it work just fine. It’s certainly more challenging, but not necessarily a show stopper.

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Anonymous #11 3w

Yeah that's the point i'm trying to make, it's the individual person and their actions and behaviors, if you make a judgement based on a classification (religion, politics, race, gender, ethnicity, etc.) like the elite want you to you're just another sheep degrading YOUR life experience based off of practically nothing. Also FYI it's latter, not 🪜

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