Really though.
Heck, most “Christians stole all their holidays from some semi-obscure pagan celebration!” is bizarre because if you’re going to accuse us of ‘stealing’ anything from another religion it’d be Judaism.
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Whenever non-Christians find out that Christians don’t think drinking alcohol is a sin, they’re always so surprised. Idk why, since one of Jesus’s most famous miracles is turning water into wine because a party ran out. Drunkenness is a sin, but don’t get drunk and you’re good.
Honest question: are Christians ever allowed to be sad? I hear a LOT about how everything that happens is for the best and how we can’t know His plan, but like if my parents died tomorrow in a car accident I wouldn’t really be able to instantly jump to “well it’s all for the best that I lost basically my only family!”
Yes we are allowed to be sad.
Jesus cried when Lazarus died even though He knew He would just resurrect him. We’re definitely allowed to be sad, it doesn’t mean you don’t trust God. God wants us to be honest about what we feel. Plus, He likes to comfort us, He can’t do that if we’re never allowed to be sad.
In Luke 22.44, Jesus – God Himself – was so anxious and upset that He was about to be arrested and crucified that He literally began to sweat blood (a very real phenomenon that still happens today in situations of EXTREME stress)
And in Mark 14.34 Jesus – again GOD HIMSELF INCARNATE – LITERALLY said, “the weight of my sorrow is crushing me to the point of death.”
We are allowed to be sad – distraught – even depressed as Christians; we are allowed to feel it, to cry and to kick and scream in God’s arms and presence. What we should refrain from doing is let that sadness and fear have control over us.
It’s one thing to let yourself feel sadness, to let yourself cry and to take time to heal, because it’s a totally normal human emotion, and another thing entirely to lose your mind or entire sense of self control because of it.
Yes Jesus experienced sadness and let it happen, but He still rested in the hope that all that He was going through would work for the glory of God;even amongst His sadness, He had hope
This is called endurance: suffering, but doing it patiently and with a hope that you are on God’s heart, mind and that your life is in His hands
Hi! I’m a fellow Catholic who didn’t understand why people don’t call Catholics Christian because we’re the OP Christians, but I talked to one of my protestant friends, and he explained it to me. They define Christian as someone who teaches and lives two things. 1 everyone has (what they call) “sin nature” and 2 you can only be saved by accepting Jesus as your savior. Every other teaching, including how Baptism works, differs by denomination. Since Catholics believe in faith AND works, (1/2)
they don’t consider Catholics Christian. It’s really just how they define “Christian” because in Catholic school, I was taught that a “Christian” is someone who believes in Jesus Christ, but protestants define it differently. I just wanted to share what I’ve learned about it 🙂 I hope you have a great day!
Oh I know WHY they don’t, but it always bothers me when they say stuff like that. As if Catholic isn’t a Christian denomination.
It’s like an itch under the skin type of thing haha.I feel like they move the goal posts on us, which is incredibly annoying
Whenever non-Christians find out that Christians don’t think drinking alcohol is a sin, they’re always so surprised. Idk why, since one of Jesus’s most famous miracles is turning water into wine because a party ran out. Drunkenness is a sin, but don’t get drunk and you’re good.
I think it’s more annoying when other Christians get annoyed with you for saying you enjoy alcohol tbh
Catholics be drinking at every Mass
Honestly I think one of things that makes my very Baptist, anti-catholic mother the maddest about me being catholic is that….I drink…….IN CHURCH
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