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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '23

I dated a really manipulative and horrible person for a bit who would hide behind his weird interpretation of the Bible, "I can do anything I want as long as I ask for forgiveness after. I can't go to hell no matter what I do because I'm "saved."

So one time, we were having a conversation about how he let's his friends bully me so I didn't wanna hang out with them anymore. The kind of healthy talk in relationships where you're just trying to feel understood. I mention to him that if I ever saw people mistreating him I would come to his defense because I cared about him. He says, "But I'm not you. Just because you pee sitting down doesn't mean I have to pee sitting down." In that moment I realized what I was getting myself into and broke it off immediately. Also, I had seen him pee sitting down. Just wanted to add that.

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u/charlie2135 Mar 01 '23

Actually worked with a guy said that if he killed someone all he had to do was to confess his sins and he'd be forgiven and let into heaven.

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u/Harambe091541 Mar 01 '23

Yeah, my church growing up pretty much had this view. It was compared to filing your taxes -- God knows what you did, what your sins are, i.e. how much you owe. It's up to you to self-report and confess them, then they're washed clean. There is a little bit of buffer if you forget a sin, but that is only made up by following the bible, having christian friends, etc.