RE: In my prayers <3
March 20, 2012 at 4:32 pm
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(March 19, 2012 at 5:54 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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.
(March 19, 2012 at 5:12 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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.
(March 19, 2012 at 5:12 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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.
(March 19, 2012 at 5:12 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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?
(March 19, 2012 at 5:12 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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?
(March 19, 2012 at 6:10 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: I m saved AND walking with Him but thank you for pointing that out. My stepfather is Jewish/atheist.
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.
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.
(March 19, 2012 at 6:19 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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.
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.
(March 19, 2012 at 6:26 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: 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.
(March 19, 2012 at 6:26 pm)Hunter9035 Wrote: If someone prayed to a false God for me, I would pray for them out of loving kindess.
A pray-off!
(March 19, 2012 at 6:34 pm)SophiaGrace Wrote: 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.
(March 20, 2012 at 12:40 am)Gooders1002 Wrote: 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.
(March 20, 2012 at 9:40 am)Paul the Human Wrote: 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?'
