Attention Christian TLSers Forum

[cavalier1138]

As a Christian Scientist, I found that my LSAT PTs didn't start improving until I stopped drilling questions and doing practice tests, and instead substituted my study time with Bible study. Learning the scripture helped me realize that a strong foundation built upon faith would guide me to choosing the correct answers on test day. Come test day, I felt immense calm and walked out of the test feeling accomplished. As a soldier of the Lord I vanquished that test. Upon receiving my LSAT score I realized my faith was rewarded! I learned high enough marks to gain admission to my reach school and was accepted at Liberty University's School of Law.

While I agree with the point you're making, this is a dick post and you should feel bad.

Because an OP asserting Christian supremacy and generally idiotic admissions strategies deserves a kind response? This doesn't get a pass because they invoked Jesus.

[heythatslife]

I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point but I'm not sure why you would read something from this OP and think "This dude is sincere."

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0&t=263142

Good point. But is it possible that I can attract a genuine woman who is of higher caliber due to that? Like maybe she isn't a gold digger, but is such a valuable woman in her own right that she's not gonna just let the mail man hit it.

I mean shiiiiid...do your online dating prospects at leaset change? I think I've banged at least 4 girls through Twitter alone and I can imagine if I told them "Hey I go to Harvard" or "I happen to make $150k/year" that that would change the whole game.

And God said unto MyNameIsntJames, "Go forth to HLS, for many shallow women shall flock to thee."

[heythatslife]

Of course. You have to work for His will to be completed. God didn't just teleport the Israelites to the promised land and free them from the Pharaoh, they had to go through the process of liberation then traveling through the desert. Similarly, Jonah found himself in the belly of the whale for not taking action.

I don't understand how any of these examples support your point. None of these people ended up where they wanted to be and resisted every inch of the way so God had to drag them there.

[A. Nony Mouse]

As a Christian Scientist, I found that my LSAT PTs didn't start improving until I stopped drilling questions and doing practice tests, and instead substituted my study time with Bible study. Learning the scripture helped me realize that a strong foundation built upon faith would guide me to choosing the correct answers on test day. Come test day, I felt immense calm and walked out of the test feeling accomplished. As a soldier of the Lord I vanquished that test. Upon receiving my LSAT score I realized my faith was rewarded! I learned high enough marks to gain admission to my reach school and was accepted at Liberty University's School of Law.

While I agree with the point you're making, this is a dick post and you should feel bad.

Because an OP asserting Christian supremacy and generally idiotic admissions strategies deserves a kind response? This doesn't get a pass because they invoked Jesus.

I think "asserting Christian supremacy" is a bit much.

[MKC]

Of course. You have to work for His will to be completed. God didn't just teleport the Israelites to the promised land and free them from the Pharaoh, they had to go through the process of liberation then traveling through the desert. Similarly, Jonah found himself in the belly of the whale for not taking action.

I don't understand how any of these examples support your point. None of these people ended up where they wanted to be and resisted every inch of the way so God had to drag them there.

It's like the story of Noah's ark. Not the people on the ark, but the people who drowned. There's a lesson there. You better believe every nutjob claiming God spoke to them, or you're going to die and you deserve it.

[cavalier1138]

As a Christian Scientist, I found that my LSAT PTs didn't start improving until I stopped drilling questions and doing practice tests, and instead substituted my study time with Bible study. Learning the scripture helped me realize that a strong foundation built upon faith would guide me to choosing the correct answers on test day. Come test day, I felt immense calm and walked out of the test feeling accomplished. As a soldier of the Lord I vanquished that test. Upon receiving my LSAT score I realized my faith was rewarded! I learned high enough marks to gain admission to my reach school and was accepted at Liberty University's School of Law.

While I agree with the point you're making, this is a dick post and you should feel bad.

Because an OP asserting Christian supremacy and generally idiotic admissions strategies deserves a kind response? This doesn't get a pass because they invoked Jesus.

I think "asserting Christian supremacy" is a bit much.

I don't. When your entire argument is centered around acceptance of Christian dogma being absolute truth and that acceptance translating into superior outcomes in life, that's asserting superiority. But it's not the OP's fault. That's the status quo in a large part of the country.

[lymenheimer]

Christ is for life, not just for dogmas.

[PeanutsNJam]

I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point but I'm not sure why you would read something from this OP and think "This dude is sincere."

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0&t=263142

Good point. But is it possible that I can attract a genuine woman who is of higher caliber due to that? Like maybe she isn't a gold digger, but is such a valuable woman in her own right that she's not gonna just let the mail man hit it.

I mean shiiiiid...do your online dating prospects at leaset change? I think I've banged at least 4 girls through Twitter alone and I can imagine if I told them "Hey I go to Harvard" or "I happen to make $150k/year" that that would change the whole game.

[Nebby]

Please Lord let me into HLS and forgive me for all the puss I'm gonna smash

[jnwa]

Please Lord let me into HLS and forgive me for all the puss I'm gonna smash

If God didn't want him to slay poon he wouldn't let him get into Harvard. His will be done.

[A. Nony Mouse]

As a Christian Scientist, I found that my LSAT PTs didn't start improving until I stopped drilling questions and doing practice tests, and instead substituted my study time with Bible study. Learning the scripture helped me realize that a strong foundation built upon faith would guide me to choosing the correct answers on test day. Come test day, I felt immense calm and walked out of the test feeling accomplished. As a soldier of the Lord I vanquished that test. Upon receiving my LSAT score I realized my faith was rewarded! I learned high enough marks to gain admission to my reach school and was accepted at Liberty University's School of Law.

While I agree with the point you're making, this is a dick post and you should feel bad.

Because an OP asserting Christian supremacy and generally idiotic admissions strategies deserves a kind response? This doesn't get a pass because they invoked Jesus.

I think "asserting Christian supremacy" is a bit much.

I don't. When your entire argument is centered around acceptance of Christian dogma being absolute truth and that acceptance translating into superior outcomes in life, that's asserting superiority. But it's not the OP's fault. That's the status quo in a large part of the country.

"Asserting Christian supremacy" implies some attempt to impose Christianity on others. The whole thing was directly expressly to Christians, people who already believe. One person's expression of faith doesn't have to be a comment on other people who don't share that faith. (I don't think it's a particularly useful post, but I'm not the target audience.)

[BigZuck]

Nony I know you can't help yourself but you really don't need to do this:

I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point but I'm not sure why you would read something from this OP and think "This dude is sincere."

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0&t=263142

Good point. But is it possible that I can attract a genuine woman who is of higher caliber due to that? Like maybe she isn't a gold digger, but is such a valuable woman in her own right that she's not gonna just let the mail man hit it.

I mean shiiiiid...do your online dating prospects at leaset change? I think I've banged at least 4 girls through Twitter alone and I can imagine if I told them "Hey I go to Harvard" or "I happen to make $150k/year" that that would change the whole game.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Oh, I know in context his post is ridiculous, but if people really want to post faith-based stuff about the LSAT I don't want them to feel shamed for doing so. (Maybe just not this particular post.)

(Also, it's not like plenty of people don't genuinely believe they're sincere Christians at the same time that they think something arbitrary is going to get them more shallow sex.)

[Yeezus Wept]

OP, I'm glad your faith helps you. I'm just saying that it won't help alone.

First, you gotta stay focused.

This world will tear you down, demotivate you, crush your spirit, tell you you're worthless, punish you to the maximum for the tiniest slip ups and mistakes but you must still rise. I firmly believe that it is only in adversity that you can truly determine a man's spirit. Do you possess the spirit of a lion? Or the spirit of a quitter? Are you someone that will overcome their problems and be greater? Or will you allow life to beat you up.

Your girlfriend/boyfriend just broke up with you? Fuck them. They were too ignorant and small-minded to wrap their heads around the greatness that you are. You just got fired from your job? They didn't know how to utilize your talents and abilities. You are truly bigger than your problems. Every tragedy, setback and knock down is just another opportunity for you to rise as a more resilient, intelligent and matured individual. Diamonds are formed from coal under pressure*. You are a piece of coal being molded by pressure. A caterpillar that has not fully woven its cocoon in order to grow into the beautiful butterfly it truly is. The protagonist of your own novel that has yet to save the village and be crowned as the rightful heir to the throne.

We see examples of this everywhere in society from sports, the professional world, entertainment, etc. The winners in life are the ones who persevere. No one is born a winner, you become a winner. Every success story is created by someone. Create your own story too. You have the ability to do ANYTHING you set your mind to. Stop making up excuses of why you won't achieve your dreams. Stop drumming up statistics and likelihoods and downplaying your abilities to convince yourself that you can't do something. Fuck those thoughts. You can do ANYTHING. You need to beat those thoughts. You are your single biggest obstacle to success. Not life. Not your girlfriend. Not your job. Not law school. Not your physical orientation or any of your other God-given features. Nope. Just you yourself, your mind. The second you fall into the thinking of "There's no way I can ______" you lost. Period. You might as well just give up from that point onward because there's no way you'll still obtain success.

You must have an irrational belief and faith in yourself that no one else will have on this planet. If you're looking around for some validation from someone else that you're great then you've already lost too. No one's gonna believe in you. I don't care if its your Mom, Dad, your dog or whatever. They'll tell "Yeah Johnny you can do it!" because they want to be supportive. The only one who will truly believe in your own greatness is YOU. You need to make sure that you never ever stop believing. I don't care how stupid it sounds or how implausible.

If you're studying for the LSAT, study to get a 180. I don't care if you're PT'ing a fucking 157 everyday. Your goal is a 180. And you're going to get a 180. Period. That should be the only mentality you have. If you didn't get a 180 when you took it that just means you needed more time to prepare. Simple as that. The second you've allowed yourself to think "Man I'm not smart enough to do ______" then you lost. There should be nothing that you consider outside the realm of your abilities. Hell yeah you're smart. You need to know that though. Don't ever forget. You're a superstar, you're amazing and you are ONE OF A KIND. No one else is like you. No one else has been through what you've been through. No one has felt the pain that you have, the ups and downs, the doubts, fears and insecurities that you've had to conquer to even make it this far. Don't stop now. Don't stop BELIEVINNNNNNN *journey voice*.

You are painfully unfunny.

[heythatslife]

That was actually one of OP's posts if I recall correctly

[cavalier1138]

"Asserting Christian supremacy" implies some attempt to impose Christianity on others. The whole thing was directly expressly to Christians, people who already believe. One person's expression of faith doesn't have to be a comment on other people who don't share that faith. (I don't think it's a particularly useful post, but I'm not the target audience.)

I don't think public posts on an open forum get to pick their "target audience" to that degree. More importantly, posts like this (in a world where the OP wasn't a hypocrite/troll) may be directed at Christians, but it inherently implies that other forms of worship, or lack thereof, are inferior.

[brinicolec]

I'm not a Christian but something told me to open this anyway and I'm glad I did because this turned into a mess

[MyNameIsntJames]

What is your point OP? You led with the the anecdote about somebody who over performed her numbers and attributed it to her faith. Then you backed off and said that faith won't get you into your dream schools and that god has a plan regardless of where you end up. So what was the point of the first anecdote? Are you claiming that god helps with law school admissions, that god has a plan that he will execute for you regardless of your numbers, or that god is going to do something else?

All of the above.

[MyNameIsntJames]

Oh, I know in context his post is ridiculous, but if people really want to post faith-based stuff about the LSAT I don't want them to feel shamed for doing so. (Maybe just not this particular post.)

(Also, it's not like plenty of people don't genuinely believe they're sincere Christians at the same time that they think something arbitrary is going to get them more shallow sex.)

Never ceases to amuse me how people feel like your devotion to your religion is determined by whether you're a flawless human being or not.


Being a Christian doesn't mean being perfect and trying to determine my sincerity based on honest questions that I've asked on this forum, rather than my actions themselves, is an asinine and low attempt at character assassination by people who, frankly, should have better things to do with their lives than digging up random posts that I put on this website months ago in an attempt to discredit me as if it lowers the validity of what I'm saying by any margin.

[MyNameIsntJames]

"Asserting Christian supremacy" implies some attempt to impose Christianity on others. The whole thing was directly expressly to Christians, people who already believe. One person's expression of faith doesn't have to be a comment on other people who don't share that faith. (I don't think it's a particularly useful post, but I'm not the target audience.)

I don't think public posts on an open forum get to pick their "target audience" to that degree. More importantly, posts like this (in a world where the OP wasn't a hypocrite/troll) may be directed at Christians, but it inherently implies that other forms of worship, or lack thereof, are inferior.

You don't think people can pick their target audience when there's specified forums for law grads, law students, and URMs?

And where does this inherently imply other forms of worship are inferior?

You're talking just to talk. Shh.

[MyNameIsntJames]

As a Christian Scientist, I found that my LSAT PTs didn't start improving until I stopped drilling questions and doing practice tests, and instead substituted my study time with Bible study. Learning the scripture helped me realize that a strong foundation built upon faith would guide me to choosing the correct answers on test day. Come test day, I felt immense calm and walked out of the test feeling accomplished. As a soldier of the Lord I vanquished that test. Upon receiving my LSAT score I realized my faith was rewarded! I learned high enough marks to gain admission to my reach school and was accepted at Liberty University's School of Law.

While I agree with the point you're making, this is a dick post and you should feel bad.

Because an OP asserting Christian supremacy and generally idiotic admissions strategies deserves a kind response? This doesn't get a pass because they invoked Jesus.

I think "asserting Christian supremacy" is a bit much.

I don't. When your entire argument is centered around acceptance of Christian dogma being absolute truth and that acceptance translating into superior outcomes in life, that's asserting superiority. But it's not the OP's fault. That's the status quo in a large part of the country.

"Asserting Christian supremacy" implies some attempt to impose Christianity on others. The whole thing was directly expressly to Christians, people who already believe. One person's expression of faith doesn't have to be a comment on other people who don't share that faith. (I don't think it's a particularly useful post, but I'm not the target audience.)

Surprised you entertained this argument Nony. Usually you don't dignify ignorance with a response in this manner.

[maybeman]

You're an idiot. Stop

[MyNameIsntJames]

Nony I know you can't help yourself but you really don't need to do this:

I don't necessarily disagree with your overall point but I'm not sure why you would read something from this OP and think "This dude is sincere."

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0&t=263142

Good point. But is it possible that I can attract a genuine woman who is of higher caliber due to that? Like maybe she isn't a gold digger, but is such a valuable woman in her own right that she's not gonna just let the mail man hit it.

I mean shiiiiid...do your online dating prospects at leaset change? I think I've banged at least 4 girls through Twitter alone and I can imagine if I told them "Hey I go to Harvard" or "I happen to make $150k/year" that that would change the whole game.

One of the dumbest things I hear people parrot to folks who have religious beliefs is "Hey dudeeee u can't believe in God because of that one bad thing u did that one time!"

If Christianity made you perfect by virtue, it would undermine the theology of the religion itself. Jesus specifically sought out sinners, fornicators & tax collectors to deliver his message to. Paul used to murder Christians before he was called by God to deliver His message to people. Moses murdered an Egyptian before being called to lead.

The idea that something you did/said in the past invalidating the possibility that you take your religion serious is probably one of the dumber concepts I've heard put forth on these forums.

[MyNameIsntJames]

You're an idiot. Stop

You're obsessed with me, go away. You track my threads and beg for a response for me like you're my child. Shoo

[ponderingmeerkat]