In my prayers <3

[Doubting Thomas]

I guess that's why I've kept putting off talking to the local priest as described in my mother-in-law thread. I am comfortable with my beliefs and am a happy person. I don't need to "ask questions" of any Christian or anyone of any other religion. Even as a kid when I believed fully, I hated going to church and thought all the scary end-times crap was "spooky," for lack of a better word. I don't need or want any of that crap in my life.

[Mister Agenda]

After getting to know some of you my heart is deeply saddened.

This doesn't bode well.

Most of you scream with a hate unknown to most men, trying to displace your inner hurt upon others.

You can hear screams over the internet? We must be typing REALLY hard!

The Lord is my shield. He can be yours too.

I find I can cope with life pretty well without supernatural intervention. If he's not too busy, maybe The Lord could be a shield against childhood leukemia. That would impress me.

I hope you all find peace and love, you are constantly in my thoughts and prayers.

Peace and love to you, too, ma'am. I have to say I have lots of things to think about, so I can't promise to return the favor.

Ask Jesus into your hearts and give Him a chance. God Bless

Believing first works with pretty much any God. Got anything stronger?

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See what I mean you guys it's so obvious you're hurting please understand your cries are heard. <3

Are you familiar with the term 'passive-aggressive'? What about 'poe'?

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May Jesus Christ shed his living blood over your souls and deliver you from your demons! In Jesus name I pray.

Y'know, if there was a living Jesus with divine powers to respond to your request, that might work. Pro tip: the blood-pouring imagery may have been impressive when sacrificing goats was in vogue, now it's just creepy.

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Preaching is teaching the Lords word, not practicing it! I'm sure Google has a dictionary if any more words trip you up. God bless

Definitely passive-aggressive here. Are you sure it's really Jesus guiding your responses? Because I'm definitely detecting pride.

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I know that from the personal relationships I've developed with some of your members this week. A lot of pain, hurt, sadness and rejection covered in lies to protect yourselves. May God be with you

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That's funny insanity but I'm married so don't bother lol

I suspect you may not be qualified to make that diagnosis over the internet, but I hate to jump to conclusions. Would you quote something you think confirms your claim, please?

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Ask not, receive not. That's why I pray.

I find I receive many good things without even asking. That's not why I don't pray though. I don't pray because either I'm praying to nothing, which is useless, or the omnipotent, omniscient being who created the universe and has a plan for everything takes requests, which is disturbing.

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I used to be like you guys but I recognized the source of my anger was not my owns but Satans, and learned only Jesus Christ can conquer him, and through my salvation I was given the authority to cast out demons in His name.

There may be some confusion here. I think you want the angry atheists down the street. Most of us are just skeptics and smart-alecs. I'm glad you got over your anger though. For most atheists who go through it, it's just a phase, but if you needed to believe in divine intervention to get over yours, whatever works I guess. I worry about you a little though. There is no such thing as demons. Back in Jesus's day they didn't have a natural explanation for things like epilepsy, schizophrenia, or cholera; so they thought they were caused by evil spirits. Turns out they aren't.

Mark 16:17 Thank you for the opportunity you guys!

You're vey welcome. I like to see you happy.

I praise the Lord daily for every soul won over to our Creator Lord Jesus <3

You're not going to win any souls here with a cheerful attitude. We deal in evidence.

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Ace, a few of you have opened up to me this week Praise the Lord and shared their pain that's how I know by your testimonies

Would you quote one of these testimonies specifically, please?

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Like you guys not atheist but even worse. I knew there was a God but I refused to listen to Him.

You seem to be at odds with the Bible on this one. Proverbs says 'the fool says in his heart there is no God'. You know what's in our hearts better than we do or a proverb that made it in the Bible does? I'm detecting pride again. And projection. Did you call yourself an atheist when you were angry at God? Because I've never understood that. I was kind of angry at Kim Jong Il, but it never occured to me to claim not to believe in him. Are people who say they don't believe in Santa just angry at him?

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I pray throughout my days, from sun up until sun down, prayers are my constant thoughts it is very easy

You probably think you're a good multi-tasker, but studies show everyone does better when they focus on one task at a time.

[eeeegads]

*you all clicked here knowing well what the topic was, thank you. May God see your hearts and each click, reply, quote etc. extra prayers be sent your way.

I also clicked on 2 girls 1 cup knowing to expect the worst. Whats your point?

People stop to look are car wrecks all of the time...Again, what is your point?

[Mister Agenda]

Psychology is mans excuse for Satans work.

So we're fine, it's Satan that's to blame for our behavior? That puts one in a bit of a conundrum doesn't it? How can we hold anyone accountable if the devil made them do it?

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No I said I was like you guys, that doesn't mean atheist, I meant we had similarities. The anger pain and rejection. Thank Jesus for filling my heart and cleansing my soul of all my demons!

Thanks for clarifying, that makes more sense. Are you speaking of demons metaphorically or do you believe evil spirits were the source of your troubles?

[Forsaken]

I am glad after starting off on a sour note, everyone seems to be ok with Hunter. To those who are still thinking of mocking her beliefs, please give her a break
Hunter, I want you to pray for me. Please pray so that I can be saved too. I am genuinely opening my heart to your God. Please pray for me.
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DISCLAIMER:

I think that Hunter has a special message for us, so let her speak her mind. I am all ears.

Hunter, did you pray for me? I am curious coz nothing aint happening yet.

[Mister Agenda]

I'm sorry Christians have hurt you. All men are sinners even Christians. I will do my best to never hurt you.

I'm not an atheist because Christians have hurt me. I stopped believing in ghosts, ESP, alien visitation, the Loch Ness monster, and Bigfoot before I stopped believing in God. It was a natural progression, not a reaction to mistreatment. If you want to avoid hurting us, I recommend you treat as individuals rather than as a group you're painting with a very broad brush.

I love each one of you so much I pray you feel that.

If you love everybody equally, it makes your love meaningless. Dahmer, me, you love us all. It's not admirable, just indiscriminate.

May I never speak down to you or in anger.

I know that's not always easy, especially with smart-alecs. I appreciate your aspiration in this regard.

God is my shepherd and may He guide me to speak what you need to hear. I am not perfect. I have done unimaginable atrocities I can't even mention here as one of you are my stepfather.

He hasn't helped you find the right note yet, but stick around and maybe it will come to you. None of us are perfect. I am VERY sympathetic if you've actually suffered some trauma, but I have a feeling that anything you've actually done is not going to hold a candle to what I'm going to imagine you've done, given the build-up. So please give me something to work with. Was it worse than raping and butchering dozens of pre-teens as a soldier or mercenary?

Trust me I have sinned! Horrible unspeakable things! But the Lord saved me and forgave me still! I have been on both sides so I have the advantage to relating to where you guys are coming from.

I know you're not fond of psychology, but have you considered pastoral counseling?

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I m saved AND walking with Him but thank you for pointing that out. My stepfather is Jewish/atheist.

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I hit rock bottom with addictions and the loss of my son that's when I realized there had to be more to life than my own selfish pleasures.

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And wow you guys how many times do I have to tell you I'm not a man! Wife, mother, woman.

I'm glad you have overcome those obstacles and I'm not going to complain if believing in Jesus helped you.

Maybe we're stereotyping hunters as men? If so, very non-progressive of us.

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I decided to choose God when I saw the peaceful loving structured lives of Christians who I used to avoid and call Bible thumpers. I was done playing with my life as if it were meaningless and empty. Jesus died for me out of His love cleaning up my act was the least I could do for Him and the reward has been greatly multiplied. I now have my beautiful daughter and a wonderful husband. I am so blessed.

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Ace, from personal communications with many of you recently not out of speculation.

A peaceful loving structured life can be very helpful to a recovering addict. However, few of us here are addicts. I'd be surprised if more of us smoke tobacco than the national average for our respective countries. I'd be a bit surprised if it was significantly less as well, as atheism has nothing to do with addiction that I'm aware of. I expect we're more likely to seek professional help for those sorts of problems, which may have an effect.

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No more, I won't give up on you guys when I sign out it will be to care for my family and I'll say so and I'll check back with this post later. I am sorry if you perceive me as condescending. That was not my intent.

I appreciate that you're sticking with it and not walking away in a huff. I have some hope that you may become one of our more thoughtful resident theists whom we respect.

If someone prayed to a false God for me, I would pray for them out of loving kindess.

A pray-off!

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Hunter does sound tired, or sad. I can't tell which. Tired and Sad comes across the same in text i've found.

I'd probably be sad and tired too if I went through all that.

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I have to almost respect Hunter9035 as he is a none violent Christian that so far has not mention Hell once or damnation. And get to call him self one as he loves his naber and enemy (as far as I can tell) how ever I wish he would wake up to really as really is so much more weird and wonderful then and person can Imagen.

That IS a nice change from the visitors who seem to think we're unaware the doctrine of most Christian denominations condemn us to hell. I suspect their motivations for repeating it are not as pure as they think.

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She's a Christian because something painful happened in her life and Christianity was there with effective placebo treatments for her pain. Now, in order to pretend that the pain is either gone or irrelevant, she 'praises' her make believe god and spends her every waking moment in prayer, which only keeps the placebo effect active, as it doesn't allow her the chance to think clearly.

That would be an amusing turn-about when we hear someone is a Christian! 'What painful thing in your life made you decide to be a Christian?'

[Doubting Thomas]

Every time a Christian says, "I'll pray for you," I want to respond with, "I'll sacrifice a goat for you." Because really, prayer and voodoo are really just both sides of the same coin. Pray in one hand and crap in the other, then see which fills up faster.