I offer an alternative to depression, anger, and emptiness.

Religious believing is top-roping

Supertopo has had its share of loss lately. Climber's deaths, good posters leaving, threads getting out of hand and users getting deleted. There are four separate suicide threads going and most of them have people arguing and saying vile things to eachother while others mourn and share of their own dealings with suicidal tendencies.


I feel it would be downright un-caring of me not to share what I firmly believe to be the cure for man's inherently broken condition, and that is the crazy real love and joy that comes with knowing Jesus Christ.

Now I'm prepared to take some heat for this. This website has some of the most hateful people on it that I have ever encountered, and many more who detest Christians and enjoy making fun of them or those they believe to be Christians. I'm fine with that. Haters are gonna hate. Its commonplace around here to have people hate on christians. But there are also many many more of you who are kind and generous and thoughtful and creative and stoked who are really fun and cool and great to hang out with in real life or just here in playpretendland. But I say this. In Christianity come a few things that are very real and very profound, and for any of those that seek solace from their constant anger, constant inner sorrow, constant battle with depression or fear or distrust or emptiness..........it just doesn't have to be that way. Now don't get me wrong, the maladies of life and humanity do not just disappear with a life devoted to a loving and sovereign God, they just don't hold such power over you or define you anymore.

My life is full of joy. True, deep, warm, filling joy. Like being on a summit in blue sky with your best bud with nothing but endless peaks around. No lie, that's what beats inside my gut every day. And I did not invent or contrive it. It was a gift. That's all.

My life has purpose. My Fate is sealed. My days have meaning. My nights have comfort. My identity is secure. I fear not. I ride an even keel. I am slave to nothing. My load is light. My needs are few and simple. I am not lonely. I am loved. I am inherently selfish and broken but in a state of repair and for that I am grateful but I am not unique. Any true Christian feels all the above things. It's a rare thing out there and its the real deal. It's what comes with the gift of a new and fresh perspective and a transformation from old to new. We all do. And we look at a world of friends and family around us swimming in circles of pain and emptiness and anger and malice and sadness and downright loneliness and we feel for them. Basically I'm not one to typically share my faith with those who don't ask. But really, I like so many folks here on Supertopo and I feel for those that may be hurting or wondering if there is something more to life and since I've seen so many people in my life share real testimonies about once being there and now living such a rewarding life in Christ that I have to tell myself "Scott, if you don't say something you really just don't care about these people."

So there. I said it. I'm a Christian who lives each day with a higher calling and a peace in me that is beyond understanding and I sometimes can't help but want to share the stoke.

So twenty something TR's later and seven years of general climbing stoke and you get one blatant Christianity offer thread. If any of you ever want to know more about the Christian faith and a true slake for thirst that comes from a well that will never dry up, feel free to ask me here or email me or find me in Facebook land. I care about yall, and I've never met most of you, but it grieves me to see such hurt and confusion and anger and vinegar out there. I just know it doesn't have to be that way.

So let the slander begin. That's cool. But I'm just goin on the record that if anyone ever wants to chat about the good stuff, I'm here. Who knows, this might be the start of a new day for somebody.

See you around Supertopo, I got a TR to write.

Your resident Christian,

Micronut.

You want power over and the ability to stop: depression, alcoholism, drugs, pornography, homosexuality, dependencies, addictions, and perversions of all kinds etc. etc. etc.?

I was very religious until my early 20's. All through that time I had mild suicidal thoughts, never had girls interested in me, couldn't figure out life at all. Life was supposed to follow some plan but it never did - praying seemed about as helpful as a coin toss and the thought police church put on me took years to undue. I had to figure our life as me, a sexual deviant with a distrust of faith and a love for every man and woman, gay or a prostitute or a priest.

I think I will become more spiritual as I mature, as life's mysteries seem harder to grasp - But that isn't ideology. Ideology ruins lives, it subjugates women and allows for very very bad men to hide in their fellowships.

I would love to see more effort from the wonderfully spiritual people to acknowledge these things and grow, to let go of the archaic dogma that is a reflection of Iron Age philosophy. This has not been the case and as pedophiles are hid in boxes and human rights are squandered I hear not a peep from their own community.

Want us to look at your words seriously? Join the 21st century.

EDIT:Scott? Blue (sorry don't think u can recall your first band my friend) - care to pint out that he is grossly misrepresenting the teaches of Jesus Christ?

This was my point and you helped make it succinctly.

It really doesn't matter which crutch you use to beat away the dog, as long as it works for you.