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  1. Sunwalker

    Thank you for adding me as a friend! I am probably going to bed in around half hour or so, but anyways I would like to wish you a good night ^_^

    1. Hovershy

      Hovershy

      You're welcome! I'm currently responding to your pm right now but I'm trying to juggle a lot of things at once. If I don't get that message out in time good night! ^.^

    2. Sunwalker

      Sunwalker

      I understand ;)

       

      Take your time and have a good night!

    3. Hovershy

      Hovershy

      Night :)

  2. Sunwalker

    *tactical boop* I hope you are having a good day ^_^

  3. Sunwalker
    I don't really know Cannibal Corpse, so I cannot give any specific commentaries about them. A quick Google search showed me that they are a death metal band, but that is about all that I know about them. There are no rules at all about which music should Christians listen or not, and as far I know just listening to something is not sinful. However, when it comes to taste some stuff should be taken into account... There are some musics that are outright blasphemous or just plain dirty, and you should ask yourself if it is of your best interest to listen and sing them. Even if you do not condone with what a music says, listening to the word of God and then listening to such songs is something that I would compare to having a dinner at the finest restaurant and afterwards eating something from the garbage bin. Strictly speaking, this is not immoral, it is just very disgusting. I am not saying that the musics of that band you mentioned are like that. It is just something to take into account. Even though one's musical tastes aren't sinful by themselves, it will not harm to take into account what things are of your best interest to listen.
  4. Sunwalker
    This is the one episode in which the message and the premise really does not make sense with the series' own universe, which was Twilight's skepticism of the supernatural. MLP:FiM is an universe in which was well established that the supernatural is real, plus Twilight herself spellcasting talking unicorn nonetheless. The premise would work better in a sci-fi universe, like Star Trek, but it really looks forced in a magical universe. At least the writer was more or less aware of that paradox with Twilight, and hand waved it by having Twilight to say something in the lines that true magic comes from the heart and yadda yadda. This still is vague and not enough to justify, did Twilight mean that she is skeptical of non-unicorn ponies using magic? Or of magic coming also from potions? Nothing of this was stated, this is just headcanon, in other words, the viewer making the writer's job. Plus Twilight specifically shows disbelief of the supernatural while she has supernatural powers herself. Magic in MLP was never established as "sufficiently advanced science", it was always just regular magic. But let's for a second ignore that the moral of the story contradicts the very own story. This still shows a double standard when it comes to TV and entertainment in general: morals that go against a spiritual worldview are acceptable, while morals that are favorable to it are deemed "offensive". A future episode, Feeling Pinkie Keen, regardless of what Lauren Faust said afterwards, had a clear moral favorable to faith. And then the Internet Thought Police™ lashed out on that episode exactly because of it having a spiritual message. On the other hand, Bridle Gossip having a materialistic message is acceptable to them... I am a religious person myself, but I can accept a nonreligious message in a story for the sake of the Freedom of Speech. What I do not like is when a story have to contradict itself in order to force a specific message, this sacrifices part of the entertainment value of the story. The story itself is more important than the message it is trying to convey, and the story itself does not even need a message, it only needs to be entertaining. Having Twilight from MLP to be skeptical of the supernatural makes as much sense as having Dr. Spock from Star Trek saying "a wizard did it".
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    379.788 It was supposed to be the number of my post, I did a mistake ATOMROFL
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    379.784 See you soon, !
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    379.768 *pops out of the shadows*
  13. Sunwalker
    It is important to remember that the Christian faith is not supposed to be a feelgood experience in order to be valid. Strictly speaking, it does not require you to feel a thing. It is not wrong per se to have a good feeling about it, but the problem will start when someone just follows God for the sake of feeling good. This is a selfish reason, one should not do that for the sake of personal gain. Besides that, some strong emotions might divert the attention away from God, which is what matters the most. That is why when someone starts maturing on faith then God might temporarily make his presence as sensible as before, so you can learn to seek God instead of the comfort that comes from him. You no longer feel the same peace and joy as in the beginning, it practically feels like God had abandoned you. That is when you need to learn to trust God, even though you cannot perceive Him in any form. God never abandons you, even if it feels like otherwise. This is called "dark night of the soul". You should read some biographies of saints, it has happened with most, if not all, of them. And you can see how their experience were and how they have dealt with it. Saint John of the Cross is one that wrote a lot about this subject, you should start looking for some books by him.
  14. Sunwalker
    I have been doing mostly well recently, except that lately I have been feeling a bit anxious about college. Hopefuly the holiday here have here, in the last two days, have helped me to rest a bit I hope you are doing well
  15. Sunwalker
    I use "everyone". I don't even think much about it, it comes almost automatically. But, to be honest, I do find kinda cute reading "everypony"
  16. Sunwalker
    It is somewhat difficult for me to fall asleep even when I get off to bed. So, no, I don't fall asleep while doing something
  17. Sunwalker
    Yeah. Faith is something that only works if done by one's own free will. It is not really possible to force anyone into it. I don't think there were ever anyone who got converted because it was insisted upon them. By lurking on atheist forums and reading their testimonies, I noticed a certain pattern: in many cases those people had their parents either being zealots and forcing the religion upon them. What you can do is being a good example and explaining your faith when needed. People are going to notice that you are being something different and more solemn from the norm of this world. Christ himself never forced anyone, and his words were always backed by his actions. If you don't do what you talk about, the hypocrisy alarm is going to sound on other people's heads. Even the most wicked person have a conscience and a moral sense, so even them can notice when you are being a hypocrite. "Always remember to preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words" - Saint Francis of Assisi In person, I don't think so. I don't think that anyone IRL has criticized my faith when speaking directly for me. I had once an atheist teacher who liked to take a jab at religion always he had a chance, but he wasn't speaking directly to me plus he was just annoying rather than offensive. Online, it hasn't happened like you said, but it happened that people actually complained that I didn't fit in whichever stereotype of religious person they had in their head. Like actually pointing out that I said that faith could be defended in a logical manner . It is like they wanted me to be irrational just to complain about faith being irrational, hahaha! By the way, what you described doesn't just happen with you. But it comes down to what I said on my previous answer above, but with reversed roles: a religious stance cannot really be forced upon other people. In your case it is the non-religious side trying to force something. It is annoying, indeed, I agree. The best course of action for everyone here is just debating some stuff just for the sake of debating or exchanging ideas, without expecting the other person to change his mind
  18. Sunwalker
    I like getting tea, though it mostly is some cold mate tea almost everyday However, by favorite tea is peppermint, I love its taste! I also like chamomile, which is calming, and lemongrass is very good too. In order to make some hot tea, I use a big mug of water and I use 3 tea bags. I also like mixing different tea bag flavors.
  19. Sunwalker

    Hello! Than you for adding me as a friend. Feel free to message me anytime, or also add me in the other places listed in my profile page if you want :)

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    2. Mario3D13

      Mario3D13

      Well, you're gonna have to add me on Steam (because limited user; thanks a lot, scammers!). My nickname is iHardware Christian (and my first name is actually Christian, so yeah!)

    3. Sunwalker

      Sunwalker

      Okay, I will do it. Just in case, my Steam ID is sunwalker_silver , while my Skype ID is tiago.paolini

    4. Sunwalker

      Sunwalker

      Alright, I found you on Steam and added you. The account ID is sunwalker_silver and the name is Tiago.

  20. Sunwalker
    I do agree that the subject seems to be forced on a lot of places, but it is important to separate some stuff. The problem on such cases is rather the political militancy, instead of the homosexuals themselves. At most, they are just being used for the sake of political interests. It is important here to keep the focus on fighting the political militancy instead of the gays. Like when you get slandered or harassed for expressing your views. According to the Catholic Church, being homosexual or having homosexual tendencies aren't by themselves a sin because people cannot really choose what they feel. Uninvited feelings or thoughts aren't a sin. However, one can do choose if they live according to those feelings or not, so actions can indeed be sinful. However, it is useful to remember that everyone is a sinner in some form, so don't belittle other people. Jesus didn't come to condemn but to save. He walked among sinners and even eat with them, he treated them with respect. Obviously he didn't approve and didn't incentive their sins, but he still treated those people well. “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”, was what he said Welcome to the thread and the forums, by the way!
  21. Sunwalker
    We already chatted in private about this a week ago, but anyways I would also like to say farewell here too! I hope I can see you here once in awhile, even though we still chat regularly . God bless you in your future endeavors! The conception of Jesus in Virgin Mary was a miraculous event, and thus cannot be explained in biological terms. Anyways, sexuality by itself is not evil. Certain uses of sexuality is what can be evil, for example sexual abuse or when sex itself becomes an addiction. Anyways, on those cases the problem is not the tool but rather its user.
  22. Sunwalker

    Thank you for adding me as a friend! ^_^

    1. Velcorn

      Velcorn

      You're welcome, I guess.

    2. Sunwalker

      Sunwalker

      Any time :)

  23. Sunwalker
    This "gender identity" thing doesn't really make sense. People just mistake "gender" with "sexual orientation". About gender, in the case any space aliens happen to be reading this, for humans there are only two for humans: male and female, this is not a matter of how people identify themselves, it just is in the genes. Sexual orientation is another story.
  24. Sunwalker
    It has been around one year and a half since the last one of mine . I am aware that I should confess more... The bare minimum that the church requires is at least once in a year (I am assuming you are talking about Catholicism). There are no specific rule beyond that about how often one should confess, but people usually recommend once per month as an ideal frequency, longer than that you might forget some stuff (though you are still forgiven by stuff you forgot without fault of your own, it still is more productive to not play with it). The reason that the church requires once per year instead of more often is because the number of priests in comparison with the number of lay people is quite small, and there would not have enough priests for the task. But if you can confess more often than that, then you should. It is not mandatory to do it more often than once per year, but it is wise to do (yeah, that is a note to self too ). It is worth noting that who forgives the sin is God, and that in confession he is acting through the priest. Anyways, telling your sins to someone like you requires an extra effort of humility than just telling in thought to someone you cannot see, which by itself can work as a penance for your sins. This is not a big effort when you compare it to what people would really deserve for their sins
  25. Sunwalker
    Not much, at most it baffles me a bit . My name is Tiago, but many people misspell it as Thiago, which is the way that my name was spelled long ago. "Thiago" is an old spelling of the name, from early 1900's. It changed when the orthography of the Portuguese language got revised in 1911 (our orthography had quite a few reformations over the times). One of the changes of the 1911 orthographic reformation was eliminating the use of certain phonemes of Greek origin: "th" got replaced by "t", "ch" (with a "k" sound) was replaced by "qu", and "ph" was replaced by "f". The "h" in "th" was mute and there were no reason to keep it. It was pronunciated in the same way as just "t". However existing names were not affected by the change, therefore for quite some time still there were some thiagos out there. Only people named after the change got the new spelling. But some got the old spelling anyways, because people were used to it. But do you people want an even older spelling of my name? Thyago
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