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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
If I pick your beliefs apart it's because I've thought a lot about them and disagree. It's nothing personal. I get that you don't care to talk about something so personal to a stranger(s) who borderline troll you on a message board, but if you want to know the truth of it a lot of us (all of us?) are curious because we've looked at these issues too and didn't see the same thing, and that's hard. I don't think there's anyone who is happy about genuinely believing there is no God. I struggle with death everyday - it gnaws at me, hounds me, ruins otherwise wonderful moments. I have a hard time being happy because I know someday I'll be parted from the people I love; knowing that most likely I'll end up a bag of forgotten bones, buried alone. That kind of finality, that aloneness, is terrifying. Frankly I really enjoy life and wish it would never end. So if you think you've found some kind of answer then seriously, tell us, or just tell me. Please. I know you don't owe any of us anything, but If you're serious about being a Christian then it's practically your duty.
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Here's the deal Repug, you've obviously thought and talked to others about their faith. You've talked about your cult sister (which is a horrible example of being a believer). Would it really matter what I had to say over the internet to you? Probably not. With that being said a lot of the feelings that you had I had as well. I was never scared of death because my ego wouldn't let me. I was however very scared at the person I was becoming. Once God started to lay the groundwork in my life and I finally cracked, life has never been more fulfilling or peaceful. I have an overwhelming feeling of content that I never had. The thing is really anything that I could say will only be things that you guys have heard a million times.
And Blonde faith is a gift, you either choose to accept it or you don't. Hebrews 11:3: "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible."
As a baby believer I still sin and mess up all the time. You guys think I don't get drunk anymore? Or that I still don't struggle with sex and things like that. I still struggle everyday, being a believer doesn't rid you of all the things that made up your old life. It simply convicts you too work harder at growing in your relationship with Christ and becoming a better example to others. I've said my peace and thats really all the more I have to say about it. I would gladly talk to anyone of you personally as long as you were as open to my beliefs as I was to yours. Being an atheist or agnostic is exactly where I was at for so many years. Many of the things you guys bring up as to why you don't believe were part of the 100s of reasons I didn't too.