lighthouse Wrote:Quote:his sacrifice was a completion of a covenant not suffering eternally for us. the covenant was a son of man for the son of god. I don't believe this stuff because i was raised this way or because a preacher or sunday school teacher told me. I believe it because I was empty and couldn't find anything to fill that part of me. Drugs, sex, alcohol, men.... nothing filled the hole. I told God that if he showed himself and his love to me and filled the emptiness I would follow him. He poured peace, love, security and calmness over me and I felt his presence. I immediately felt whole and filled with his love. I felt uncontrollable laughter and joy instead of depression and anxiety. Thank you for your preconceived idea that every christian is brought up sheltered and born in a privileged home knowing nothing else. usually those kids don't create a personal relationship with God and become atheists or agnostic.
It's not a preconception to note that the vast majority of Christians were raised to be Christians or at least in a culture where Christianity is the majority religion, it's just a fact. No one said there weren't exceptions. Or that every Christian is brought up in a privileged home knowing nothing else. Do you know what a 'straw man' is?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
