Do you know that you are lost and unhappy right now and how much better your life could be with Him in it? I pity you for living such a sad and hopeless lifestyle and pray He will find you so He will bring about God's Salvation.
I don't know why you wouldnt' want Him to be in your life because once you do, He will guide your thoughts and actions forever. You need no longer worry, feel pain, or be afraid for He has come to save you from sin! The Lord Jesus, accept him and be free! He loves you and I pray you come to the light of Jesus Christ and truly become found and happy. If you don't, you are going to Hell and He doesn't want that to happen.
Why would you deny His presence, if you do, you've lost The Truth and The Way.
2006-08-31 07:30:14 · 24 answers · asked by serving_jesus_forever1012 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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My belief in Santa Claus brought great meaning to my life, as well. I can't begin to explain how thrilling Christmas Eve was for me back then.
In a way, I wish I could believe in him again. But then again, I do value my sanity, and my grip on reality.
Your god is imaginary. I'm sorry if that makes you feel bad. But how you feel about it, doesn't change the facts. Atheists accept reality. You simply have decided not to. But trust me, you won't be converting any of us.
If you want to continue to live with your fantasy, it would be in your best interest not to pursue us, because we will force your eyes open. Take my advice. If you don't want to lose your faith, I would quit while you're ahead.
2006-08-31 07:33:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You state, "once you do (want him in your life) he will guide your thoughts and actions forever."
Sorry, but I don't want anyone guiding my thoughts and actions. My thoughts are free. I value my freedom. Even if I DID want to be guided by him, there is no believable source that indicates to me that is what will happen.
As an example, let's look at your next statement -- "You need no longer worry, feel pain, or be afraid..." Bullocks! I used to be a Christian who accepted this BS hook line and sinker and I did worry, feel pain and was afraid. Sure I had the religious security blanket thing that gave some comfort, but truthfully, it wasn't much comfort.
In fact, I have come to the conclusion that one experiences more negative effect from believing than not believing because one has a false sense of security. God isn't going to save you from a hurricane or make sure your food isn't tainted. Caution and planning and dumb luck can save you, but God can't.
Let's say for an instant that I was inclined to become religious to make sure I didn't go to Hell. Why in the world would I pick Christianity instead of say, Hinduism or Islam? Hindus for instance believe in a couple of million gods and aren't so uptight about sex.
If God, assuming he exists, wants me to become religious, he will let me know. He won't do it through you. He won't do it through a book collected from ancient scriptures, mistranslated, containing preposterous statements.
Consider this --
Noah's flood left a handful of Hebrew-speaking people according to the Bible.
About 100 years later, the Tower of Babel incident mixed up the languages (prior all one language of course)
A couple of chapters later, Abram talks to a Pharoah.
Pharoahs are documented using the same Egyptian language going back many hundreds of years prior to the established date of the flood.
No record of a catastrophic flood is in the Egyptian record and their continuous record using this other language supports that they had a continuous civilization and never had to be re-populated by Jews.
This is just one of numerous Biblical contradictions and I refuse to believe in a god who spins such unbelievable yarns.
So in summary, The Way is probably The Wrong Way.
2006-08-31 08:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by JoeFunSmith 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist, though I was once Christian. In all my life, I have never been happier than I am now. With all my heart, mind, and body, with every ounce of strength I have within my being, I renounce any and all faith in God, whether Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Native, or any other variant of God.
If I am drenched in the blood of your messiah, I wash it off, reject, and renounce it. The blood of a suicidal and insane man who lived 2000 years ago has nothing to do with me.
There is no void in my life, contrary to what many christians say. I do not "secretly know that there is a god" nor do I hate god -- to hate a thing, you must believe it exists. I am emotionally ambivalent to God as he does not exist.
I live a moral and good life, seeking to end pain and promote individual and community well-being. The lack of belief in God has not caused me to lose my moral compass, indeed, in every way it has made me all the more clearly focused on that moral compass.
I reject your religion and all its fairytale stories of heaven, hell, reincarnation, life after death, the ressurection of the many cruicified Gods, among them Odhinn, Mithras, and the Christian Messiah, Yeshua of Nazareth.
I have considered Pascal's Wager and found it wanting. The idea that belief is infinitely rewarding and nonbelief is infinitely punishing can be applied to anyone's view of religion, and therefore is invalid.
I demand proof, nothing less. Show me proof of a god, any god, and I will believe.
(You've asked the same question multiple times, gotten the same response. If you continue to ask this question, you will prove you're insane.)
2006-08-31 08:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your "brand" of Christianity and mine are pretty different but.
While my relationship with my Higher power is my own damned business.. People that think their mission is to proselytize make me sick and sickened by what it has down to Christianity since the 1830s.
Salvation is a state of mind, I was raised in a devout Lutheran family and through my infant baptism was born a "c"hristian..
For all intent and purpose I am a deist. I believe there is one diety and it's ain't us. Dolts like you that have such an immature set of beliefs that they wouldn't know prayer from meditation if it bit them in the a&s.
Religion is for those who fear hell, Spirituality is for those of us who have been there.
You choose what you want to believe, but take your proleytizing to the phucking airport.
2006-08-31 07:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what you're trying to do but, if it's to convert people you certainly wont succeed. You are more likely, if you're setting yourself up as an example of a Christian, to put them off for good. Thankfully I know, from my Christian upbringing, that you are definitely not typical.What happened to loving your neighbour. Preaching Peace, Love and Forgiveness is all very well but if you must finish your message off with the threat of going to Hell if we don't accept what you're saying maybe even you know your message isn't that convincing. Go in peace and love those you believe God created for, if they are the creation of God, how dare you condemn them. You could go to Hell for that.
2006-08-31 07:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by bob kerr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am converting to Judaism and have never been more grounded or personally fulfilled than I am today. I have given my life over to G-d and He guides me, leading me in ways I never thought possible.
If you think that the Jeezer is the only way to fly, than you haven't spoken to an Orthodox Jew who is in love with G-d and the Torah.
2006-08-31 07:37:18 · answer #6 · answered by ... 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that your religion is the right one? Yes I am christian, but it is a sin to get people to stray into the wrong religion...the bible has been re written so many times...the names are even different..god and jesus christ arent the holy names...itsthe english names....i say more believe in him but dont bick a religion and dont tory to bribe other people into it.
2006-08-31 07:37:44 · answer #7 · answered by supernikeman_2000 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Funny and ironic. I guess I'm happy enough to be without the need to preach on the corner and tell everyone else how unhappy *they* are. "Projection" at its best. :-) You earned your brownie points with God for the day. You should feel proud, little parrot.
2006-08-31 07:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by georgia b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, you wish we were unhappy! That's what's getting on your nerves, right? We have shown you we can be religion-free and VERY HAPPY. You're so upset because they told you in church that we are sad, and you see we aren't. Well, deal with it, man. You can be a very happy person, if you're religion-free. Don't you want to try?
2006-08-31 07:36:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Way = Tao
The Truth = Objective
:/ Don't quit your day job.
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-08-31 07:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋