(January 13, 2015 at 9:33 am)strawdawg Wrote:(January 13, 2015 at 9:22 am)Alex K Wrote: Your heart is a muscle which pumps blood, strawdawg.
You do not understand religious terminology which is taken out of the Bible.
I think a lot of people that are atheist if they were to honestly look into scripture and the things of God may take a different view.
When I left my exhusband, I couldn't go to our church anymore. I couldn't go to my family. I was lost and afraid and I had so many questions. I was desperate for answers. One night I decided to email a radio host of one of my favorite Christian radio stations. I titled the email "Where is God?". I told him of my circumstances. I told him of my pain, my fears, my desperation. I was completely alone in the world. Pregnant with 2 small children and terrified and wasn't this the time when God was supposed to be carrying me? So why can't I find him? I've been praying...begging, pleading. He gave me a very long, thoughtful, and encouraging reply. In his reply he told me to "dive into the word of God", "bury yourself in your bible", "if you need answers, you'll find them there" and "if you need God, he'll be there too, waiting for you". So I started reading. As much and often as I could. Slowly realizing that the bible wasn't really anything like I thought. Feeling appalled and even further distanced from god. The bible was so disgusting that for the first time in my life I thought I ought to find out for sure if he's real. Taking an honest look into scripture is what ultimately lead me to become an atheist.
