(April 10, 2014 at 8:21 am)Revelation777 Wrote:(April 10, 2014 at 1:49 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: You disappoint me, Rev. What is it? Can't manage to find an answer for the really tough questions? Not even a single trite platitude?
Or is it just that you think my heart is so hardened that I'm beyond redemption and am destined for hell?
I am sorry you have been hurt and disappointed. I admit, many Christians, including myself, have done a poor job of representing Christ. I have to offer you hope and love through Christ. He loves you deeply regardless of what you think of Him. I don't have all the answers to tough questions. I do not believe your heart is so hard that it is unreachable. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate at it and I will pray even though you might think that is an exercise in futility. I believe it is powerful and want to stand in the gap for my angry cloud friend.
You may not recall this, but I am a former Christian. I started the exercise of reading the bible from front cover to back. When I opened the book, I was a Christian, when I finally closed it, I was an apostate.
You're missing the thinly veiled point - your religion (or whatever you want to call it) has nothing to offer me that I need or desire. I wasted many years of the only life I'll ever have pursuing the empty promises of faith, and I'll waste no more of it on that particular pursuit.
