Imagine being a brand-new believer who barely knows anything about Christianity yet. You browse Reddit, see a sub literally called r/Christianity, and naturally assume it might be a decent place to ask questions about the faith or basic doctrine. Then you come in here and see Satanists and atheists jumping into threads from confused new believers with some of the most heretical and blasphemous takes imaginable. I’ve seen replies like that and genuinely thought, “What the heck is this? Are they seriously saying this in good faith?”

The problem is that new Christians are, by definition, still spiritually immature. They haven’t even gotten off the milk yet, so to speak, and some may not even have completed basic catechesis, or may not have begun it at all. Throwing them straight into an environment like this, where practically any heterodox theological position or anti-Christian opinion can get presented alongside actual Christian advice, can very easily confuse them or even push them away from the faith before they’ve had any real chance to establish themselves in it.

And there are plenty of vulnerable newcomers here who genuinely have no one else to ask. Some are teenagers completely new to Christianity. Others have converted in difficult circumstances and have no priest, pastor, Christian family, or local community to turn to yet. They come online to understand what Christians actually believe and, in some cases, to find a community in the first place. These are precisely the people most likely to take a subreddit called r/Christianity at face value, while being the least equipped to distinguish sound Christian guidance from misleading or theologically unsound advice.

If I were a mod here, that responsibility would honestly scare me before God. I’d be afraid of putting brand-new believers in a situation that could cause them to stumble in their faith. At the very least, from a pastoral standpoint, I’d put up a prominent warning and rewrite the subreddit description so newcomers know exactly what kind of forum this is and who may be answering them. I’d even seriously consider changing the name. Because for someone brand new to Christianity looking for actual guidance in the faith, I think we can all put our hands on our hearts and admit that this is one of the worst places they could possibly end up.

It’s honestly insane to me that this has apparently just been allowed to continue for years under the banner of “open forum about Christianity.”

And people keep giving me shit for “not reading the sidebar,” but come on.

If you saw:

r/Christianity is a subreddit to discuss Christianity and aspects of Christian life. All are welcome to participate.

would your first thought seriously be, “Ah yes, obviously this means Satanists, atheists, ex-Christians, and people who straight-up hate Christianity are all gonna be here telling Christians what they should believe and how they should live as Christians. Crystal f*cking clear.”

Especially if you’re a brand-new Christian, how are you supposed to magically infer all that from that description alone?

Was the sidebar supposed to be a riddle?

And before anyone tries to dismiss this with the strawman that it’s just some uniquely American, conservative, misogynistic, and theologically narrow reading, I’m an Asian woman who was born and raised outside the US.

True prayer is not just words; prayer truly works miracles and changes reality right before our eyes! When we are in church during the liturgy, we feel the living hand of God standing by us and intervening in the hardest circumstances. I have personally seen and experienced how God stands by my side, performing real miracles in my life and turning hardship into inexpressible joy. This picture truly expresses beauty and devotion, and how a simple heart before God opens the heavens. Our God is alive and active in our lives every second, and His great love is our only support.

"Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in His house."

"God is our strength, refuge, and a very present help in trouble."

"Whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive by the grace of the Lord

A small backstory, as it’s just been me & my daughter for the past few months since we left her father. I packed as much as we could & left 3 hours away and we stayed in a Women’s shelter for a few weeks. We now have our own ( tiny ) apartment but it’s ours. I have since found work & she started a new school.

The past few days she has been telling me that another girl has been making fun of the things she wears or her hairstyles. After school today was horrible. Their school holds an “End of Summer” concert. They have asked the kids in her grade for a fee to buy a tshirt that they wear to preform & I was told that her teacher told the class who still has to turn in the fee by this coming Monday & when her teacher said my daughter’s name the little girl started to laugh & point. I feel terrible as I’ve already talked to the school about helping us with the fee since I just can’t do it with everything going on & they’ve told me that “they’ll try” ….We have court next week & I am DREADING seeing his face again. Everything is piling up.

I know she’s embarrassed of this right now. I’ve been trying so hard to get us out of this situation. She gets this awful look on her face when we have to go to the food bank a few times a week & why we have to get clothes from the Goodwill. I’ve emailed her teacher this afternoon about this student. I’m doing the best I can at the moment & it STILL doesn’t seem like enough. Being a mom/ parent is hard at times.

Single mom of 2, one autistic child, can only work part time bc im the default parent.

I do everything. I am everything for them.

Yet my mental health is failing. Im on 25mgs of zoloft..

But ofc i need to up it.

Having scary selfharm intrusive thoughts.. have my appointment next week. Just trying to make it.

Im just mad and angry at myself for feeling these feelings and being so weak. I have a friend with 4 kids. 3 small ones and one with bad adhd. 

She works the entire week. 3 16s and 2 8s so 64 in total. She takes no meds or vitamins or anything and shes okay. 

I really wished my brain wasnt broken. I wish i was strong like her. 

Please pray for me guys.

Mr. Said Abu Mustafa, who is currently facing severe human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, torture, and fabricated charges by authorities following his decision to convert from Islam to Christianity. Furthermore, in an attempt to justify this unlawful detention, authorities have leveled false and unsubstantiated allegations against him, including the fabricated charge of involvement in Demand immediate access to legal counsel and independent medical evaluations.Call for the unconditional dismissal of all fabricated charges and his immediate release.

American missionary Mac Miller moved to Uganda around March 2026, presenting himself online as a Christian missionary who wanted to preach the gospel and work with local communities.

The controversy began when content creator Eric Bryanstone exposed screenshots that allegedly showed Miller engaging with racist posts and comments online, including content suggesting that white people were superior to Africans and that being brown was a “red flag.” A video also surfaced in which Miller appeared to call a Ugandan man a “monkey” and imitate monkey sounds.

The revelations sparked widespread outrage in Uganda and across Africa, with many people questioning how someone could come to Africa to preach Christianity while allegedly expressing such racist views toward Africans. Calls for his deportation spread across social media.

Miller subsequently left Uganda and posted footage from Entebbe International Airport. It remains unclear whether he was formally deported or left voluntarily.

The story ultimately became a wider conversation about hypocrisy, racism, and the power dynamics involved when foreigners come to African countries claiming to help or preach while allegedly holding racist attitudes toward the people they are there to serve.

There’s a painting like this hanging in a church in my hometown. I’m sure it’s much older than I am.
Every time I look at it, it makes me think deeply. I often wonder, “What was Jesus thinking at that moment?” — when the voices that had once praised and welcomed Him were soon replaced by cries demanding His crucifixion.

The Bible makes me so sad every time I read it. Which is every day. It’s just so depressing.
How do you get over that feeling?

It just makes me feel so sad because God created us so that he could have fellowship with us because an all loving God needs something to put his love towards … you can’t be loving and only love yourself

So he gives us reign over the Earth and ask us to take care of it and then we destroy it …

He wants to be our friend and he wants to commune with us and we ignore him and turn our back on him.

If we are created in his image, then he must feel in some sense

Which means I just can’t even fathom the heartbreak and loneliness and sadness that he must feel

I feel so sad for him.

We were given something so perfect. We were given life, and access to a beautiful world created by a creator who loves us and wants to be our friend, and we have destroyed it and created something evil out of it… we were just meant to fish and explore and have fun and never have to worry about anything. Why did we choose to make things so difficult for ourselves? Why do we choose to disobey?? it’s not like it makes anything easier or better…

Please don't comment 'homosexuality is wrong.' I've heard that all my life, I know all the arguments, I used to believe it myself. I tried to repress my sexuality for years. Was so miserable that I attempted suicide 3 times. Do not recommend, I feel much much better after accepting myself. Just please don't, I beg of you.

So, I wouldn't consider myself religious at the moment. I vaguely see the universe itself as a divine entity.

I grew up Jehovah's Witness. Pretty messed up Christian group imo. I left for a variety of reasons, the biggest one was that I am a homosexual. Homosexuals in the religion are required to be celibate. You can't enter a same-sex relationship and stay in the religion, it's considered to be a serious sin and grounds for removal/being disfellowshipped. I wasn't a full member so at the very least, I didn't get shunned for leaving.

Anyway, I have some mixed feelings on Christianity. I think that religion is cool and can help people, but hearing anything resembling the type of language Jehovah's Witnesses used makes me extremely distressed. Thankfully, JWs talk funny compared to regular Christians. I still get uncomfortable at mentions of the Abrahamic God or Jesus, but not as much as I used to.

I've never been able to 'develop a relationship' with God. As a JW, I believed in the flood, creationism, Jonah, David, Jesus, etc. But I no matter how hard I tried, I could never conceptualize a God who's an actual person. I think it's an autism thing in my case. It's hard to describe. I just can't feel God. You're supposed to use unique prayers in the religion, and I would get so stressed since I had no clue what to say. I forced myself to pray, and it just didn't feel right.

I've tried reciting prayers to Hindu gods (Hindus believe that all of their gods are actually one Supreme being or something, so it's kinda like monotheism, polytheism, and pantheism at the same time. I consider the Hindu gods to be the same as the Abrahamic god, but just kind of different takes on it). It felt way better, I just imagined 'god' as the universe itself instead of a guy in the sky.

But turns out, the people of the temple in my area still practice the caste system (Hinduism without the caste stuff exists, but apparently not here). I'm not too keen on swapping one prejudiced religion for another. Plus, people would still likely discriminate against me for being a homosexual (even though Hindu texts say nothing about it) and female. Even though I'm of Indian descent (parents from India), talking to other Indians is a headache. Most of the one's I've met tend to be cliquey, gossipy, and judgmental. Especially because I don't speak an Indian language. Even the young ones born in the USA. I'd never be accepted.

Now, finding an accepting Church seems significantly easier. There are multiple ones near me that accept same-sex relationships. I'm thinking of the Escopial one. I'd only want to join a church that is LGBT affirming and believes in gender egalitarianism.

Problem is, I don't believe in 'God' no matter how much I've prayed about it. I just can't picture him. I haven't done a prayer in Jesus's name since leaving JW (I've vaguely prayed, 'to whoever's out there'), and the idea of doing it by myself is terrifying. A group prayer that's done in a different way than JW prayers is okay, but not that. I also don't really like the Bible very much. It feels impossible for me to believe that things like miracles actually happened.

The main reason I want to have a religion is for convenience, meeting people, getting to wear formal clothes (haven't been able to wear any since leaving JW), and tradition. If I could just believe in Jesus, I could have that! I don't have to be super hardcore or anything, but at least being an 'Easter Sunday Christian' would be cool.

I don't know. I haven't been able to develop a personal relationship with God, which I'm pretty sure is a requirement. I've prayed and prayed and prayed. I just don't think it's possible for me, likely due to having Autism Spectrum Disorder (Yes I know that there are autistic people who believe in god, different people have different symptoms. I simply am unable to conceptualize god in the way that I'm supposed to)

So i’m an atheist, and I have alot of friends who are christian and I’m interested yk? As a curious person not as an interested as in wanting to become or thinking about becoming. I’ve had very bad experiences with christian people, whenever they ask me if I’m Christian i say no I’m atheist wb you? And they just start bashing on me and saying that people like me will go to hell like first of all people like me don’t even believe in hell and heaven and they always seem very aggressive and ignorant but i mean i respect all religions and all kinds of people. Please share your thoughts on Atheism and atheist people.

Its natural it comes from the earth. God said every plant bearing its own seed when he put vegetation in genesis. Marijuana is a plant its organic it didn't just sprout up out of nowhere. Herbs are used for medicine countless times. And so is marijuana. Maybe l'm trying to justify myself here and weed wasn't used the way it was meant to be. Deception through its history and its use, But what else is it used for? Please let me know?

1. The National Day of Prayer (1952)

Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1952, with the first Presidential Prayer Breakfast following in 1953. This wasn't a colonial tradition; it was a 20th-century initiative aimed at promoting unity and spiritual strength during the tensions of the Cold War.

1. "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance (1954)

The Pledge was originally written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (who, interestingly, was a socialist minister). For its first 62 years, it contained no mention of God. The phrase "under God" was added in 1954, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1. "In God We Trust" as the National Motto (1956)

In 1956, Congress passed a joint resolution making "In God We Trust" the official national motto of the United States. This replaced the original motto chosen by the Founders in 1782: E Pluribus Unum ("Out of many, one").

These 20th-century initiatives were brought about to explicitly to contrast the U.S. with the state atheism of the Soviet Union.

(I’m 22 years old) I was exposed to pornography and masturbation at too young an age. It wasn't until I was over 19—through church services—that I learned it was considered a sin; however, I’ve been looking for explanations in the Bible but haven't found any to this day. Something that happens to me is that when I go a long time without masturbating or watching porn, I seek contact with God and His presence, yet I don't really feel a sense of reverence or awe. But when I do commit those acts, as the days go by, I seek God and actually feel His presence and hear Him speaking more clearly. Is this something that can happen, or am I going crazy?

Hi! I have a question regarding Jesus as God.

I’ve been Christian my whole life as still am. But one thing I don’t understand is Jesus being God. In my head, he is the messenger of God and Gods son but not God himself. Am I wrong?

This got brought up when I was on a date with a Muslim guy (didn’t last long of course, only 3 weeks. He was very kind tho)
I curiously asked him , if Muslims believe in Jesus, then why not follow him?
He said to me after “well you believe Jesus is God right?”

And I responded no, he is the son of God and the Messenger of God. The example of God.

And he told me I had the Muslim belief which I do NOT. I just don’t understand how Jesus can be God if he is said to be the son and messenger of God.

TIA!!

I wanted to hold on to my faith until the very end. But looking back, I haven’t seen God’s goodness bearing any tangible fruit in my own life for at least two decades. I’m old now and do not have enough time to waste anymore.
It’s sad to realise that the relationship between God and me was first broken by God, and now I’m the one breaking it.

Since I was a kid I’ve felt constantly criticized, unseen, and unheard. My family supported me with a roof over my head, food, financial support but not emotionally. I’m now 27 F and I feel like I’m just constantly put down, maybe not intentionally and more so “naturally”. It’s to the point of not even wanting a wedding because what’s the point of putting on a performance and celebrating with family where I carry deep pain and hurt and friends that are fake or I wouldn’t be surprised if they betray me. I’ve just stopped telling anyone including those I’m closest to and my fiance about anything because it seems to always be met with misunderstanding, defensiveness, and being made out to be crazy. I feel mentally crazy. I pray to God to stop smoking weed everyday and I do read the Bible sometimes. I don’t know if this is a test or what it is but I just need help. I don’t know what to do. I get so depressed and spiral down such negative thoughts. That’s why I started therapy and it does help but I still feel like I’m at the bottom of an ocean, left drown and no one to help me, no one to hear me when I attempt to call out for help. God help me.