RE: Lets compile a list of everything wrong with christ-insanity
March 16, 2014 at 11:47 am
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2014 at 11:49 am by *Deidre*.)
(March 16, 2014 at 11:42 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(March 16, 2014 at 8:58 am)discipulus Wrote: Thus far in my walk, I have only been made stronger and edified in numerous ways as a result of denying the desires of my flesh and living a life in the service of others. It has been denonstrated through research that those who volunteer in the service of others on a regular basis are more healthy and happier than those who do not.
When I compare my former life of drunkeness, drug abuse, chasing women, selfishness, and self-centeredness with my life now, the difference is as wide as the sea.
Your arrogance arises from an innate failure to recognize that your capability for self-control was always possible even apart from your belief in Christianity. Your former lifestyle, which you've probably come to associate with unbelief, has nothing to do with atheism any more than love and charity is uniquely Christian. Only in your imagination does a causal link exist between belief in Jesus and being happy.
On my phone so it's too difficult to quote just the top response. But that is an outstanding observation! So true. We have the ability to "change" our behaviors yet religious people preach that their inner will (will power?) came from a higher power.
Hopefully these seeds you plant here, will blossom. You can lead a horse to water but u can't make him think. :-)
