(April 25, 2015 at 8:52 pm)True Believer Wrote: You only want to mock and scoff. You have no peace. A person with a life doesn't spend time on atheist forums to puff up their ego in an attempt to blaspheme a god they don't believe in anyway.
You're immature, and your life is meaningless according to your own beliefs. You believe you are nothing more than time, chance, and chemical reactions. You have no meaning and no hope, therefore, you seek out meaning by trying to feel as if you know something more than others, or that you have the canny ability to disprove an argument.
Ego? You want to talk ego?
OK.
I suppose it doesn't take a massive ego to tell an entire group of people (whom you know next to nothing about) about themselves, now does it?
Your book isn't all bad, sometimes it's got some nice little gems. Like this one;
Quote:Matthew 7:3-5
Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
Quote:I pity you, simply because I've been where you are. I contemplated suicide when I was an atheist, because I simply couldn't escape the fact that deep down, I felt life was utterly cruel, meaningless, and empty.
Take your pity elsewhere. I don't need it, and I certainly don't need it from someone who couldn't handle cold, hard, reality.
Quote:Atheists often scoff, "My life has meaning. I love my friends, spouse, kids, etc." That's a delusion. You are all nothing but chemical reactions. You'll die and quickly fade away from the mind of the world. You know this is true. Does that sit well with you?
Everyone has to deal with mortality, and I refuse to deal with mine by seeking refuge in a haze of delusional bullshit. Comfort is not a requisite of the truth.
Quote:I believe in God. I'm not going to bore you with the details of my conversion, because your intent is clearly only to puff up yourself with pride (one of the worst sins), and to feel like a know-it-all. A wise man once said this: "A true Christian testimony is worth a library full of arguments."
Let's see what your bible has to say about personal testimony;
Quote:Matthew 5:14-16
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
Now other than proselytizing sects of Christianity, most Christians I've spoken to interpret this verse to mean that you're supposed to let others see Christ through you. Do you know what I see True Believer? I see a contemptuous, egotistical, little troll who has come here to do nothing more than bite his thumb at a group of people he knows nothing about.
Quote:I know that when I found the truth, it changed my life. I know that I have peace. I know that I have meaning and a creator. I don't have to waste my time trying to mock others, create goofy avatars, or show my immaturity and pride. I've got a life, and I like to help others in my spare time to find the truth that I've discovered myself.
So your purpose here wasn't to mock others? Bullshit. Just pure, unadulterated, bullshit. What does the bible say about lying TB?
Quote:Proverbs 6:16-19
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Quote:Does atheism liberate you? From what? From meaning? From purpose? Or liberate you to sin? For what? Does sin not bring about death? Does sin not cause misery and pain?
Oooh, fast-draw questions. Cool beans.
Indeed. From religious foolishness. I find my own meanings. I don't require a deity to be good to others. Sin is made up nonsense.
Quote:Does atheism liberate you to think freely? Do you think Christians, before their conversion, didn't also think and ponder all religions and possibilities? If I find truth, what more is there to search? If I discover the answer to an equation, why keep working on it? It is solved.
Who says these Christians, or these other religious folk for that matter, found "the truth"?
Quote:The mystery of this life is solved for me, and my daily walk with God proves it. I seek nothing more. I have peace. I have a life. I have purpose.
Good for you mate, as for myself; I don't buy the bullshit your religion is selling, and guess what? I have peace, life and purpose of my own.