I know what non-believers say when they are turned off by the passivity they see among Christians. It's not all to be sure, but I just witnessed it and it makes my stomach turn. This woman's husband is dying, and people are giving her advice. She has basically given him over to godless doctors who will chemo him to death. Her refrain is "ultimately it is in God's hands".
I think any serious student of the Bible knows God will not accept that as an excuse for your cowardice. "Well I prayed, so I'm done" is bs. You prayed, and now God has put people in your life who could help you, but you need to be willing to fight. If not for your own family than for who? It just seems so lukewarm.
Meanwhile some of the commenters (and her herself) are more concerned about how SHE is doing. "I'm already doing better, thanks". "Don't let it ruin your peace". Your husband is dying, and you're just accepting it without a proper fight! Some random stranger on the internet is fighting for your family more than you!
PS: I know this isn't the forum for this, but I'm banned from the so-called "Christian" community here because I refuse to say the Vatican is anything but of the devil himself.
a) Active (motion) Passage (momentum) Reactive (matter)...few suggest passivism to distract many from being (life) passed (inception towards death).
Passive implies "receptive", hence enacted upon...each one within nature is receptive to all of enacting nature.
b) Christian/christ/khristos/khriein "to rub; to anoint"... https://www.etymonline.com/word/Christ#etymonline_v_11332
Matter (life) coming through the momentum (inception towards death) of motion implies the coming into being of EACH anointed one.
Nature directs one (life) through a passage (inception towards death)...ones consent to suggested passiv-ism turns one against others within a conflict of reason (active vs passive).
Being implies one within all....others suggest nihil-ism (not) and affirm-ism (sure) to distract one from that.
Reason makes your stomach turn, because reasoning implies holding onto one side, while fighting the other, which shapes indigestion within a moving nature.
Whatever one holds within self (mentally and physically) keeps tumbling over by nature forcing one to let go. Needing to let go, while wanting to hold onto implies each ones struggle with temptation aka sin.
a) God implies auto (same action)...each anointed one within implies manual (different reactions).
b) God gives...each anointed one within receives, while struggling manually to resist the temptation to hold onto it.
Student/study - "to strive toward"... https://www.etymonline.com/word/study#etymonline_v_22215
Striving towards implies falling for the temptation to ignore resisting origin. It's few (teachers) who tempt many (students) to follow suggested temptations towards DEATH, because that's what one aims at when one ignores to resist temptations.
a) FORwards implies towards outcome...being implies in response (life) to origin (inception towards death).
b) If origin, then outcome...that's how implication works.
If not, then nothing...that's how reason (yes vs no) inverts implication by turning those reasoning against each other.
God implicates...if enacting cause, then reacting effects. Reason tempts effects against each other, while ignoring cause.
Christ (anointed one) implies each UNIT set apart from one another. A chosen one suggests COMMON-ism under disguise of UNITY to tempt consenting ones together.
Comm-unity contradicts Christ...if one joins others.
That's such a bizarre thing to say. As if being peaceful and accepting death as natural is in any way Christian. Sounds more like zen Buddhism but with the ego - Live and let die (as long as it's not me). This is what happens when people don't even know what they're practicing because all the religions have melded in one giant worldly consumerist mix-and-match blob of a worldview.
It's like she is saying, "I've left my child with the serial killer. Oh well it is in God's hands, I will just pray about her and take a nap."
Using God as an excuse for apathy and self defeat disgusts me. Do all you can for your husband if you love God as much as you say.
Right, they conflate divine providence (everything is ultimately in God's hands which of course it is) with a form of divine determinism, ignoring that every person has a free will and acts as a secondary cause agent in the world.
I sent you two boats and a helicopter
Didn't God ask from Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to test his faith?
Well, you certainly are not a serious student, if you don't understand the Abraham story.
Also, you're writing this because your ego got hurt because you got banned, not because you wanted to help that woman. That's the reason you add some Vatican reference out of nowhere...
I've seen your activity here. You're NOT meek. You're NOT taking responsibility for your mistakes. You're mostly angry and arrogant. You're NOT a true Christian.
Pray for clarity of mind and humility.
Yeah, try to save face when you're arrogant and insulting most of the time in here, you hypocrite.
Do you think God doesn't see that?
https://conspiracies.win/p/19A0jzdAjk/x/c/4ZGUXWcJuQ2?d=50
Mr. Superior, teach us about humility, please! Of course, if you could get out that head out of your own ass first. :) Let me know where is the superiority table in Heaven, so I can come and find you there, if possible.
Does truth hurts your overinflated ego?
You sound like a wounded narcissist.
:D See?
I literally post your own comment of arrogance, and your reply is to blame the other person...
Mr. "superior" can't take responsibility for his own actions, eh? I guess you would know best how a wounded narcissist would sound like...
I see you post a lot when you can't handle criticism of your hypocritical actions. That's the opposite of taking responsibility for your actions. That's what you do when you feel hurt and want to save face by grabbing easy upvotes on another topic.
Thou hypocrite...
Your ban was reduced to one year and expired about two months ago. You are free to contribute to c/Christianity.
Keep in mind the general rules, and guidelines for disagreements (first pinned comment). For instance, stay on topic, be considerate of others, use evidence rather than sweeping assertions, keep tone civil, and commit to pursue the truth wherever it leads. I apologize that this wasn't conveyed to you at the time it happened.
As to the situation described in OP, I'm not sure which prayer request it refers to. But thanks for sharing your views!
The passivity issue in the OP is not from this platform, but I will keep them anonymous.
I will look at the rules posted. But regarding a satanic entity, I'm not willing to sugar coat that. If something is a blood thirsty institution I will call it such.