Religious rants

Psalm 145:8 KJV The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Matthew 9:13 KJV But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The Lord is slow to anger and quick to forgive. Some even call him the God of infinite mercy. Just wanted to share this before I make my next post and get off track.

I myself get so wrapped up in what just punishments I deserve as a narcissist that I took my time of connection to Jesus grace, peace, and mercy for granted. I just kept thinking I don't deserve this serenity. I failed to see that Christ himself is the Justice of God. He has already paid for our sins. Jesus was the reason my mind was free from schizophrenic punishment and intrusive thoughts of punishment. Because I had faith in him. But, my faith waned because the peace felt undeserved. I thought I could only learn from punishment and thoughts of punishment but Jesus was giving me rest and the opportunity to learn without the rod. I see my mistake and await the next opportunity to rest and learn knowing grace is undeserved favor and that's it's ok to rest sometimes even if you don't deserve it. And, that not everything requires force. Sometimes periods of freedom will come and the decisions will be up to me with no external and internal pressure forcing my hand. It's a shame that I waver in times of freedom and think I still need more discipline / pressure / punishment to thrive in the freedom available to me. But, that's because as a narcissist I only understand getting beat up and told off by the voices. I have to learn to trust in the gentle approach I been beat down enough. Why must I always wait for them to beat a forced hand out of me to see the error of my ways. I've been thinking that I was learning but because it was forced it rarely sticks. Instead of wanting to get beat up more by the voices until it sticks. I have to choose what's right without external and internal pressure being applied to me then I have truly learned. I don't think I can take anymore beatings anyway even if I wanted to that's how I found myself resting in faith. It's not like the beatings are perfect because it's the accuser. They will accuse you of anything. The voices objective isn't to have me learn but to forever add reasons / waves to sink you into deep waters. But, them attacking your weakness enough draws enough attention to it to where your forced to find the strength to overcome it. So don't trust the voices thinking they want the best for you. They don't. It's you and Jesus that wants the best for you. The breakthroughs you make under attack are because of Jesus and yourself. Never attribute it to the voices. They not your friend. They will even tell you that. Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

Philippians 3:8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ You ever just lose the plot? I found out that's one of the reasons I suffer so much. That's my problem. The plot is important. I just came to awareness I'm messing up the plot in my head. I tell myself another plot because it's more believable. Like Jesus doesn't love me because I'm a narcissist. That's not part of the plot at all. Jesus loves all of us. I realize I go against the plot because of my own reason and uphold a different plot that's more believable to me. But, I'm realizing it doesn't matter what's more believable to me. Because I can't maintain the good true plot in my head because of my own reason. And, that threw me off because of all the times I lost the good true plot. All because of my reason. I consider myself a Christian so why do I lose the good true plot so much. That really erked me. I realize it's because I'm still believing what makes sense to me. I been alive a long time and formed all types of bias with my reason. I'm finally putting my bias and reason into question because I can't even keep the good true plot in my head. What good are all these bias and reasoning if it makes me believe a plot that's not true. I wanna follow the good true plot and not be held back by the shell of what I know. I look at myself and know I'm fallible. So I'm finally more inclined to detach my attachment to certain directions of reasoning. Because it erks me myself holds me back from keeping the good true plot in my mind. What I know anyway is like a quicksand I can't escape from because I know and believe in it. But I'm tired of sinking further and further into things I know if they make me hold a plot that's not true and interfere with holding the good true plot. I'm ready to detach from my attachments to certain directions of reasoning. Because I formed to many negative bias that go against the good plot true plot. I will lose what's in the way of me knowing Christ and count it as garbage. Losing the good true plot annoys me. All because I think I know some things. I'm ready for a fresh new outlook. Those are hard to come by because of what we know. Atleast it was hard to come by for me.

I realized the voices are demonic oppression. They just want to oppress me with fear, doubt, worry, and torment leading to heaviness of spirit. The devil goal in oppression is to weigh down a person, burden them with worries, and hinder their spiritual growth. Now that I know the goal of demonic oppression I can better ignore there attacks. 1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. The voices hurt me and don't give me rest. That's not of God. Jesus says take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. The voices confuse me. That's not of God. God is not the author of confusion but of peace. The voices defile and wound me. That's not of God. God says behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. I will no longer let the voices subject me to torment because I know now they are not of God.

Imagine a future where a cataclysmic event or a gradual societal shift leads to the complete loss of the Bible. Generations pass, and the foundational stories and figures are largely forgotten. In this void, a rediscovered copy of Fifty Shades of Grey falls into the hands of someone seeking to create a new spiritual or ethical framework. Here's how they might manipulate the text: * Renaming and Recontextualization: The key to this transformation lies in the deliberate substitution of names and concepts. * Christian Grey becomes "God" or "The Creator": His dominant personality could be reinterpreted as divine authority, his wealth as the bounty of creation, and his control as the omnipotence of a deity. * Anastasia Steele becomes "Humanity" or "The Soul": Her initial naivety and eventual submission could be framed as humanity's relationship with the divine, the soul's journey of understanding and devotion. * The Red Room of Pain becomes "The Sacred Chamber" or "The Place of Transformation": The BDSM elements could be allegorized as trials, tests of faith, or even a path to spiritual enlightenment through submission and transcendence of the ego. * The "safe word" becomes a concept of "Divine Mercy" or "Grace": Anastasia's ability to halt the activities could be reinterpreted as humanity's access to divine intervention or the possibility of redemption. * Supporting characters could be renamed as angels, disciples, or opposing forces. * Allegorical Interpretation: The entire narrative could be re-read as an allegory for the relationship between the divine and humanity. The power dynamics could be framed as the necessary order of the universe, the emotional intensity as the passionate connection between creator and creation, and the challenges faced by the characters as the trials of life and faith. * Development of New Theology: Over time, interpreters and followers could develop a complex theology around this recontextualized text. They might focus on passages describing Grey's control as the necessary guidance for a chaotic world, or Anastasia's submission as the path to inner peace and understanding. Moral codes and rituals could evolve based on specific events and dialogues within the book. * Addressing Human Needs: Even in this altered form, the core themes of connection, desire, and finding one's place could still resonate with fundamental human needs. The narrative, though originally intended as erotica, could be reinterpreted to offer comfort, guidance, and a sense of belonging within this new spiritual framework. * The Power of Narrative and Belief: History shows that powerful narratives, when coupled with belief and community, can shape cultures and belief systems in profound ways, regardless of their original intent. If this reinterpreted Fifty Shades narrative gains traction and is passed down through generations, its origins could be forgotten, and it could genuinely become a foundational text for a new belief system Conclusion anyone can take a text and make it what they want and because that is true a Bible a base for Christianity can be opinion. With this alone you should not follow it as a guide book to navigate your own life.

And time and again people do go their own way. Many writings share common stories as well as themes. Yet by their results one knows what is truth. Truth is truth no matter the parable used to tell it. What is truth cannot become false. What is righteous cannot be vanity. What was just proposed suggested taking away the sins and falsehoods of Fifty Shades of Grey and replacing it with the righteousness of the God of Abraham. Then one wonders what that should mean? If humanity desires real love. Real compassion. Real fulfillment so much so that they would abandon the false narrative for the truth then why not follow the Scriptures as they were written? What good is it to say there is a correct way to build a home, but I prefer to start at the assembly of the roof before I lay the foundation? We are here to learn indeed. That's what this current world is for. This much is true. The purpose of Christ has always been to be an unmoving cornerstone that holds up all that's a proven structure. Life marches forward in spite of our human wisdom. We change languages, beliefs, cultures, and man made laws. But the laws of the Holy Life continue to prevail in spite of perversity. We make choices and those choices come with responsibilities. Through our mistakes we come to understand what sustains us. This current earth is the tutorial for what comes next.

The point of all that was to just show that if someone wanted to they could use any form of scripture and tailor it as a way of life or even how to justify something. Perhaps 50 shades of gray might not have been the best book to use to make a point but it just really goes to show how something can easily be twisted. I don't post that to make myself sound like an atheist or something trying to persuade people away from the Bible but to only say be cautious of those that would use it to prove their own translations. We as human being make mistakes and when we take The Bible as a holy scripture it only makes it that much more critical when it comes to the truths and translations.being correct. Make sure y'all reading that thing for yourselves if your choosing to walk this lifestyle.

You speak wisdom, Mr. Rubio. I would do well to take heed. May the pursuit of truth prove itself fruitful. Though I pursue Christ I have much to learn myself. Or better put, I lack the proper discipline to put truth to proper use.

@willworkforisekai I was actually explaining this to someone yesterday who had a neurological disorder, and every lapse in consciousness would result in her body being thrown in harms way somehow because her psychic defenses would be down. The more weight you allow them within your headspace, the more they can affect you. That is the earliest stage of possession of course. But in her case? It's stuck. That's not a threat on its part, its desperation. One way to think about the situation you are in is that they are vulnerable in that state to getting trapped in there. I once had a demon try to permeate my mind, so I gave it a form. A rubber chicken inside an iron maiden. Any time I would talk to it, coaxing it further into my consciousness, I would visualize this form. And over time, it would happily wear it, though the rubber chicken would look more and more frightening. More visceral. With blood read veins and a beating heart. It took liberty with the forms I gave it. But it was only the chicken. The iron maiden? Well, I didn't tell the demon this, but that was representative of me. It realized it too late. In my mind, I closed the hatch, piercing its form and draining its strength. The iron maiden was sealed shut with bolts, and the inner and outer casing were imbued with a spell of disintegration should anything try to permeate through it. Then I exited out of meditation and flushed that fucker to the furthest reaches of the astral plane. But not the darkest reaches. Last I checked, the Angels and celestials have it now. This is of course a dangerous gambit. But here's the truth. You don't need to do it. You just have to let them know that you are aware of the fact that you can do that too. And then give them as little headspace as possible. Smug satisfaction isn't worth it in this case.