From atheism to Christianity? How so?

[Belac Enrobso]

People will pray as if God is responsible for everthing that they say. God users will do everthing in their power to get something for this outward show of faith.
Prayer is simply communication. It is not a party line for everyone to hear. The world is filled with phonies who want attention or want to make money off of something supernatural. If you desire to improve your life in any loving way, God will respond. Don't ask for material gain...you will not get it. You will receive the fastest answers if your prayers are requested for the benefit for others. Your own parents would not respond to you if you challenged them. Use some courtesy. He is the giver of love. If you lack in that department, give prayer a try.

I thought it might be good to define the term faith. I would rather use " trust". God is actually asking you to trust in the good things that He wants to tell you.
I know that you have heard about a fire breathing God who is always finding fault and who rather kill humanity than be sensitive to them.
Jesus taught things which I have trouble even trying to emulate. If God asks us to love each other, its because He is that way too. You don't kill your own children. You teach them. Jesus did not want us to act out "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. He said it was better to love your enemies than kill them. That's a difficult edict to follow by most of us. Jesus wanted us to be guided by a loving spirit. ANYTHING ELSE is not coming from Him. If you find death and destruction in scripture, it did not come from Jesus. He removed all of the requirements that people thought they had to do to please Him. Instead, He just wants us to be kind to each other. Once done, the miracles can begin.
Really, this stuff is very simple, no formal training needed, just a willing heart!

I understand but I can't just roll into something without validating that it is truth!
I made this mistake before! Oh the horror! The horror!
It was me, billy joe, and Ray Cyrus(sweet ass name for a 8 year old kid huh?)
I saw the my preacher as a good man of faith! He preached the gospels to the children and the parents of little old catholicsville! However on one dark and infallible night, the preacher told us he needed help rearranging his collection of marbles in the church basement. Boy was he not screwing around! Yet! Me, Ray Cyrus, and silly joe ( whatever the hell his name was, I can't remember, he soon died of internal bleeding after the "incident"', nobody cared for him after he was gone because he was the only sheltered kid in old catholicsville, so nobody knew him but me because he told me in Sunday school all of the sick stuff his dad used do to him) followed preacher down I. The basement, and what happened... Happened. We were molested, I was only 5, he had toys too, not the kiddie kind either. The rape session soon ended though when preacher plugged willy schmoe a little too hard, as the preacher professed on his knees with eyes at the basement ceiling to God at his loudest voice possible "God, what has happened to my son!" Ray Cyrus and me ran away like two raw cowboys going through a house of hookers to get the hell outta dodge, or in this case, Good old catholicsville. I have never looked back from then and I regret nothing but having unconditional trust and faith in my rather dominant preacher. And it is for this reason that trust and faith do not suffice when going into anything, evidence must be provided to save the skin on your face, because after all evidence would have saved my face during that night with preacher. I still taste it... Ugh.