RE: Hell, or rather my brief experience of it.
November 6, 2012 at 5:11 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2012 at 5:22 pm by Aroura.)
(November 6, 2012 at 1:23 pm)Drich Wrote: At the time I was an Atheist.Oh noes, another "I used to be an atheist" Christian.
Are there any Christians that come to forums like these that DIDN'T used to be an atheist? Funny, I've known hundreds of Christians in my life, and not one of them "used to be an atheist".
I'd also like to know, if you were an atheist, how were you so familiar with scripture? How come you just accepted your dream as real without any rational, critical, or skeptical thinking? You know, being angry at God or having slight doubts is NOT being an atheist, and you know it. Also, you didn't even look up Sleep Paralysis did you? commonly know scientific phenomena that makes causes waking/lucid dream accompanied by the feeling of a presence (interpreted personally and culturally). 30% of people will have ONE event in their lifetime. That's probably exactly what happened to you, but you are so closed minded you won't even consider it.
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(November 6, 2012 at 3:39 pm)Faith No More Wrote:Wait, I'm so confused now. Is Drich saying that (for instance) I'm an atheist, not by my own choice, but because God hasn't chosen to show himself to me? In that case, how can he send me to hell, if he's showing himself clearly to other people but not to me? Unfair GOD!!Drich Wrote:It is appearent you do not understand the answer given. It is impossiable for ANYONE to choose God if God did not first choose them. So for me to say God must have seen something in me worth saving points back to the default reason we All have the same oppertunity to be saved. Their is not 'special' about me or my 'pleading.'
But how does this fit into your argument that god only shows himself to those that seek him, when you went on to describe yourself as "At the time I was an atheist?" Were you or weren't you seeking god when he "showed" himself to you?
Anyway, I thought you said EARLIER that a person had to be seeking god and open to him in order to find him, not the other way around.
Your story contradicts itself.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead