If you truly believe that after death you'll spend eternity in heaven, then why obsess over temporary self-improvements during our time here on earth?

rocknrollchuck · 2021-11-23T02:09:05+00:00

Removed - low quality post. Also, no links to your own outside content.

Deep_Strength · 2021-11-23T03:33:26+00:00

Even though this is locked, I'll engage you.

Looking back 100,000 years from now -- will everyone agree with me on my reddit thread today that the hours wasted at the gym to make our earthly body look more muscular is extremely short sighted when you take into account how long "forever" is?

In reality, this is a very short sighted view of why we often give the advice to hit the gym.

Most of the men here on reddit are unattractive to women unmarried or unmarried.

For instance, improving physical appearance can help an unattractive (overweight or obese) husband in a sexless marriage whose wife ignores 1 Corinthians 7 that she is supposed to have sex with him. As he improves his physical appearance she starts to want to have sex with him before because gasp men and women both care about their spouse looking attractive to them.

Should we not give an overweight or obese man this advice because looking more muscular is "extremely short sighted" taking into account how long forever is? A husband in a sexless marriage is usually in terrible shape, and the temptation to look at porn or do other things is definitely there. Why not give him actionable advice that he can use to hopefully in most cases get his wife want to have sex with him again?

I'm not saying everyone has to lift if their marriage is godly, full of sex, and otherwise great. But this advice is often necessary, especially for the population that comes to this sub.

Reading the bible is painfully difficult especially when you force yourself to do it when you're not in the mood -- just like going to the gym after being lazy for 6 months or even a year. Obviously reading the bible is important but how much more important is reading the bible than going to the gym?

Again, a myopic view. I've read my Bible and prayed during my rests between sets of my workouts. Why can't I do both? They're not mutually exclusive.

I've also witnessed and talked about my faith to people at the gym before. If I wasn't there regularly so people could see me, it's unlikely that I would be able to regularly make friends and talk to people about faith. There's no need to compare and contrast activities unless they're leading to overt sin like in the case of obsessively going to the gym perhaps narcissistic behavior. I can do these things and utilize them in a positive manner for Jesus.

I don't even have to talk about the health and psychological benefits of regular strength and hypertrophy training to make a good case either. That's just supports the reason to lift even more.

No_Peace7060 · 2021-11-23T01:02:45+00:00

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TheGodofOrphans · 2021-11-23T02:07:41+00:00

Did you have to remove your ribs to suck your own dick this hard?

If you truly believe that after death you'll spend eternity in heaven, then why obsess over temporary self-improvements during our time here on earth?

🙏🙏🙏

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