Hey y’all. I’m in a precarious situation right now. Yes, I am falling in love with someone and I want to approach this in a faithful way. My previous relationships included me putting the other person above everything basically, but I want to put God in the first place this time. It’s probably healthier this way. Any Christian books about phenomenology of love or falling in love that you know of?

  • LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    22 hours ago

    Aw, man. Again with the downvotes. I really don’t understand why Lemmy is so hostile. I’m just looking to be happier and more able to love someone the way the are meant to be loved. :(

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      21 hours ago

      I really don’t understand why Lemmy is so hostile.

      I want to put God in the first place this time.

      Maybe putting the boogey man ahead of your relationship?

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          20 hours ago

          I think they’re trying to say that god isn’t real and is just a boogey man to scare people into behaving in certain ways.

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            20 hours ago

            So, God not being real is the reason he’s being a dick to religious people for no reason? I’ll stick to God then so I don’t do the same

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              1 hour ago

              Where am I being a dick to religious people? I was posing a possible answer to your question. I did not even downvote your post.

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              20 hours ago

              I think it’s more nuanced than that. Religionists are pushing their beliefs on other people on many fronts. (Not you, per se.) It’s been happening for thousands of years, and non-believers are tired of it.

              Stumbling into a true believer in an otherwise very secular online forum (Lemmy) is a painful reminder that true believers exist and support the machine.