Search Results
7/24/2025, 9:44:52 AM
>>511202333
Had a similar experience
The biggest part for me was understanding that God referred to Himself in the plural from the very beginning.
>let US make man in OUR image
It seemed so simple, yet my jaw dropped to the floor when I realized the significance. You miss these key details when you read some neckbeard redditor's dissertation of Christianity.
More things start making sense, Jesus weeping in the garden over what He was going to have to do, and later, directly quoting psalms:
>Lord, why have you forsaken me?!
Are glimpses into His human nature crying out in fear and agony. Then you realize in that very moment, His human nature experienced the weight and shame and sorrow of all of mankind's sins, every sin before after. Everytime I sin, I realize I retroactively added just that much more weight onto Him in that very moment. It's a sombering realization. I don't think I really understood the crucifixion for what it truly was until I came to terms with this. I cannot begin to imagine the fear and shame and pain and betrayal by everyone He felt in that moment before His death. Bloody and beaten naked, nailed to a cross. Not to mention the fortitude required to understand what is going to happen to you, what you're about to feel, and doing it anyway because His love for me is genuine. It must've felt like His very soul was being torn to shreds.
If any anons grew up Christian and left the faith in their teens (like I did), I implore you to give it another shot now that you're older. A lot of things make sense to me now that didn't then. It truly is a beautiful faith. I've been attending an Orthodox parish for going on 3 years now and I'm much happier now than I was then. I even got married, so that's cool.
Had a similar experience
The biggest part for me was understanding that God referred to Himself in the plural from the very beginning.
>let US make man in OUR image
It seemed so simple, yet my jaw dropped to the floor when I realized the significance. You miss these key details when you read some neckbeard redditor's dissertation of Christianity.
More things start making sense, Jesus weeping in the garden over what He was going to have to do, and later, directly quoting psalms:
>Lord, why have you forsaken me?!
Are glimpses into His human nature crying out in fear and agony. Then you realize in that very moment, His human nature experienced the weight and shame and sorrow of all of mankind's sins, every sin before after. Everytime I sin, I realize I retroactively added just that much more weight onto Him in that very moment. It's a sombering realization. I don't think I really understood the crucifixion for what it truly was until I came to terms with this. I cannot begin to imagine the fear and shame and pain and betrayal by everyone He felt in that moment before His death. Bloody and beaten naked, nailed to a cross. Not to mention the fortitude required to understand what is going to happen to you, what you're about to feel, and doing it anyway because His love for me is genuine. It must've felt like His very soul was being torn to shreds.
If any anons grew up Christian and left the faith in their teens (like I did), I implore you to give it another shot now that you're older. A lot of things make sense to me now that didn't then. It truly is a beautiful faith. I've been attending an Orthodox parish for going on 3 years now and I'm much happier now than I was then. I even got married, so that's cool.
Page 1