(March 8, 2013 at 11:14 am)John V Wrote: I feel bad about myself as is. I feel good about myself in Christ.
This is actually really sad.. Can you be happy about the person you are, that you have worth in yourself (without interference from any deity)? Even though I don't like you, I say that you have a worth as a human, Christian or not. Remember, all good things you've achieved you did, no one else.
(March 8, 2013 at 3:47 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Pride is both a "thought crime" and actually rather a helpful emotion. Taking pride in ones work is a good thing surely?
Humility is in my opinion a virtue, but when one feigns it, it's just as bad as misplaced pride. Being proud of achievements is not 'sinful', if you weren't allowed to enjoy what you are and have done, the world would be a bleak place.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
