Is there any hope for this decade?

And what's funny about that is the Prosperity Gospel is false, it is not real Christianity. It's whole purpose is that God wants us to be healthy and wealthy. If we ate not, then that means we don't have enough faith or we are not real Christians, which makes no sense because there are a lot of Christians who are poor in wealth and health in not only third-world countries, but also in America, and they seem to be more on fire for God then those fake Prosperity Gospel preachers who only care about themselves and are sending themselves and drones of people to Hell with their false doctrine.

Realistically, we are looking at 2-3 years of rolling lockdowns until a vaccine is ready and then 10-15 years until the economy is running full steam again.  There will be life after COVID-19 but nobody knows what it's going to look like.  Only thing I know is I'll be approaching my 50s.

The next 2-3 years are likely to be the darkest anyone alive today has ever experienced.  Things are going to get much worse before they get better.

"My" years were 2015-2019.  Actually, my decade was the 2010s and I didn't realize it.  I wasted those years and now they are gone.  This situation I'm in now was one of my worst fears.  I have thought about this kind of thing over the past five years and lo and behold, it happened.  Wish I would have just taken the risk and moved in 2015.



I wish you people would stop confusing the Bible and the U.S. Constitution. If you believe gay people are abominations, you have every right to not accept them and kick them out of your church but it's not part of your "religious freedom" to take away the civil rights of other tax-paying Americans for not living how your church believes they should.

Look, I'm sorry, I know you mean well, but now is not the time for your sermons about homosexuality being sinful. bchris02 asks for nothing but unconditional love and support right now. He doesn't need your passive aggressive statements about his genuine emotions being wrong and sinful. This very logic has been constantly exploited and abused by the Christian Right to oppress people like himself, and it's the exact reason for his outlook being so grim right now.

Yes, we have all sinned. We're not all perfect. God forgives us. But by you emphasizing bchris02's impulses as being disgusting and sinful where your own, heterosexual impulses are not, you're being incredibly condescending, whether you realize it or not. If you want him to have faith, please actually listen to him and accept him unconditionally, don't judge what he was born with in the first place.

It's like fundamentalists think I've never heard any of this.  They really think that I just haven't prayed hard enough or that I just haven't trusted God enough and if I did, I would be straight or happy in singleness.  I spent almost the entire decade of my twenties in Christian therapy trying to change my orientation.  I was raised in a devout Independent Fundamental Baptist family and was in church every Sunday morning, Sunday night, and Wednesday night.  I memorized scripture all throughout my upbringing. 

I think I prayed for God to make me heterosexual for long enough and I'm not going to commit to being alone for the rest of my life.   And no, the "church community" is no substitute for unconditional acceptance.

It would be better if you didn't say anything more. You're still coming from a horrifyingly condescending angle. All your talk about loving the sinner amounts to nothing when you're really just regurgitating the same things fundamentalist Christians have spewed to make bchris02 think he's this broken, horrible person just for being gay. As he just stated above, everything you're preaching here he has been and done to absolutely no avail.

Hey bchris, I'm sorry for making you feel worse about yourself, I didn't mean for the Christian topic to go too far. 😔 Again, that is human nature where we all sin and make mistakes, but life doesn't get any easier. However, you grow stronger from it, and I'm glad you were able to handle the bullies like a champion, just know that. Don't let what others say about you hurt you, because I can tell you are a strong person, and God loves you always.

Remember, just be yourself. You have our support coming from me, #Infinity, and others, as we try to help as much as we can to make you feel strong. Our messages may not be perfect, but just focus on the bright side that you're handling this like a champion, and if we're hurting you, just let us know and we'll try to fix it as well. Those discriminatory assholes shouldn't matter to your life, they probably went through some bad things too.

My advice is to do the things you love doing. Do you like gaming? Painting? Writing books or singing? Follow your desired path where God takes you and at the end of the day, you'll be proud of your hard work. Hard work never goes unrewarded. You can also try something new! Ever had dreams from your childhood you wanted to pursue? It is never too late to start. Lots of the celebrities you see online got their success from hard work and perseverance. They should be your inspiration, like JK Rowling for example, she has been through A LOT of problems like extreme depression from her husband abusing her. But she thought of what she was good at, at the very depths of her mind. She brought it up, started writing, which took multiple tries to be successful. Same could be said for Colonel Sanders, he grew up with a hard life as well, but through hard work and determination at an old age, he was successful for founding KFC. If they can do it, you can do it. Trust me, you are strong. There will always be haters, yes, but don't mind them and focus on your fans for your career you pursue. By the end of the day, youll be happy for what you achieved 😊