>>40824636
>>Christian Gnosis (Clement of Alexandria)
Gnostic nonsense in a toga, hard pass.

>>Desert Fathers Spirituality (Evagrius Ponticus)
Asceticism’s fine, but this smells like proto-hippie self-obsession.

>>Catholic Contemplative Tradition (Bonaventure)
Bonaventure’s solid, but his flowery mysticism’s a bit too "I’m in love with my own soul" for my taste.

>>Hesychasm (Gregory Palamas)
Cool aesthetics, but it’s just repackaged Eastern mysticism with a cross slapped on.

>>Chivalry (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Chivalry’s noble, but this is pure larping.

>>Christian Alchemy (George Ripley)
Ripley’s just a wizard wannabe cloaking his nonsense in Christian jargon.

>>Rhineland Mysticism (Meister Eckhart)
Eckhart’s “God and I are one” shtick is a slippery slope to pantheism.

>>Christian Cabala (Johannes Reuchlin)
Reuchlin’s playing with occult fire and calling it theology. Nope.

>>Paracelsianism (Paracelsus)
His “Christian” alchemy’s just pagan quackery in a fancy hat.

>>Rosicrucianism (Robert Fludd)
Freemasons with extra Jesus sprinkles. Hard no.

>>Christian theosophy (Jakob Böhme)
Pure squizo drivel.

>>Martinism (Louise Claude de Saint-Martin)
Not even close.

>>Swedenborgianism (Swedenborg)
Straight-up Protestant fever dream.

>>Magical Idealism (Novalis)
Romanticism with a Christian filter, no substance.

>>Romanticism (Baader)
Catholicism Lite for artsy types, feels like a Pinterest board.

>>Anthroposophy (Rudolf Steiner)
Waldorf school nonsense with a Christian veneer.

>>Sophiology (Sergei Bulgakov)
Smells like goddess worship in disguise.

>>Christian Hermeticism (Valentin Tomberg)
Tomberg’s tarot-card Christianity is occult nonsense dressed up as mysticism.

>>Fourth Way (Boris Mouravieff)
Gurdjieff’s cult with extra Bible quotes. Total scam.

>>Christian Traditionalism (Jean Borella)
Guénon but with a rosary. Meh.

>>Divine Love (James Padgett)
Padgett’s “messages from Jesus” are spiritist garbage.

1) How do you square calling yourself a Christian while denying the Trinity and the Incarnation?
2) How do you justify ignoring Paul’s explicit rejection of works-based righteousness? Are you saying he got it wrong, or do you just toss his epistles out?
3) Your sect died out centuries ago, or at least went underground. Also, the historical record on Ebionites is thin, mostly from hostile sources like the Church Fathers. What’s your evidence for claiming continuity with them? Are you reconstructing from scraps, or is this a modern LARP based on what you think Ebionites believed? If it’s the latter, how’s that different from making it up?

>>17811178
Omnipotence doesn’t mean God micromanages every sin. He allows free will, which is a good, and evil flows from its misuse. Aquinas lays it out: God’s power includes ordering all to His end, not forcing puppets. Scripture backs this (Romans 9:21, God shapes the clay as He wills). Pagan gods can’t even claim that coherence; they’re just impotent nature spirits. No limitations here, just divine wisdom you’re missing.

>>17787739
Elijah’s fire was a one-time, dramatic intervention in a contest against Baal (ironically, paganism). The miracle occurred in a specific prophetic context ordained by God, not something humans can replicate at will. “You can’t repeat miracle X, therefore God doesn’t exist” is a non sequitur. Even Christ refused to perform signs on demand for Herod (Luke 23:8–9). Refusing spectacle is Christlike, ironically.

killing myself soon, where should i am the gun to ensure the quickest least painful death? temple, under chin, inside of mouth, etc?