RE: My former Pastor: "You're not accountable to anyone."...
October 9, 2010 at 10:03 pm
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2010 at 10:05 pm by dave4shmups.)
Well, I have severed all ties from this extremist individual-my former Pastor. When asked about my atheism via email, I wrote this as a reply:
"I simply cannot worship a "god" who consented to the killing of innocent Egyptian firstborn children for the supposed sins of the parents. That's just the beginning, I think that the idea that anyone would have to be nailed to a cross and suffer through flogging and crucifixion equally disgusting. You can argue about all that, but it's my decision-I am done with Christianity, the Bible, and church for good."
To which he replied:
"Dave,
well, I'm sorry to hear that for you. You know the truth and you are actually falling prey to the enemy pushing you away from faith and towards reason and rational thinking. That context is dangerous and full of pride as one tries to prove their Creator does not exist. My encouragement to you is to pursue all of the worldliness and arguments with all the passion you have. After doing so, when you crave fulfillment that lasts, turn back to CHrist. As Paul says in Galatians 3, it seems that someone has bewitched you or cut in on your stride. Its sad to see because now you are solely responsible for your strength, dealing with your anxiety, your family, your worries, etc. And I'll remind you of Heb 6:1-5, don't play this cat and mouse game with God. Time will eventually run out.
I still love you as a good friend and hope to hear from you next week. Blessings
HA! Loves me?! Wants to be my FRIEND?! So I replied back: "I feel sorry for you if all you have to rely on for your belief system is a bunch of nonsensical threats from a non-existent deity. There is no devil or no god. As for my strength, it is, and always has been, my own. And there is no fulfillment that lasts from following the Bible. So, if you want to "hear from me:" next week in order to expunge more of this garbage, forget it. Our friendship is over, as far as I am concerned. Don't bother emailing me or calling me, I will NOT reply."
What an extremist bunch of CRAP he wrote to me!! I have since written that I want him out of my life for good, and I have dropped him as a friend on Facebook and prohibited him from sending me any more crap.
What's perhaps even sadder, is that this pastor get's paid over $60,000/year to preach evil like that in his email to me. And keep in mind that what my former pastor believes IS what most mainstream evangelical churches, and probably catholic, believe.
"I simply cannot worship a "god" who consented to the killing of innocent Egyptian firstborn children for the supposed sins of the parents. That's just the beginning, I think that the idea that anyone would have to be nailed to a cross and suffer through flogging and crucifixion equally disgusting. You can argue about all that, but it's my decision-I am done with Christianity, the Bible, and church for good."
To which he replied:
"Dave,
well, I'm sorry to hear that for you. You know the truth and you are actually falling prey to the enemy pushing you away from faith and towards reason and rational thinking. That context is dangerous and full of pride as one tries to prove their Creator does not exist. My encouragement to you is to pursue all of the worldliness and arguments with all the passion you have. After doing so, when you crave fulfillment that lasts, turn back to CHrist. As Paul says in Galatians 3, it seems that someone has bewitched you or cut in on your stride. Its sad to see because now you are solely responsible for your strength, dealing with your anxiety, your family, your worries, etc. And I'll remind you of Heb 6:1-5, don't play this cat and mouse game with God. Time will eventually run out.
I still love you as a good friend and hope to hear from you next week. Blessings
HA! Loves me?! Wants to be my FRIEND?! So I replied back: "I feel sorry for you if all you have to rely on for your belief system is a bunch of nonsensical threats from a non-existent deity. There is no devil or no god. As for my strength, it is, and always has been, my own. And there is no fulfillment that lasts from following the Bible. So, if you want to "hear from me:" next week in order to expunge more of this garbage, forget it. Our friendship is over, as far as I am concerned. Don't bother emailing me or calling me, I will NOT reply."
What an extremist bunch of CRAP he wrote to me!! I have since written that I want him out of my life for good, and I have dropped him as a friend on Facebook and prohibited him from sending me any more crap.
What's perhaps even sadder, is that this pastor get's paid over $60,000/year to preach evil like that in his email to me. And keep in mind that what my former pastor believes IS what most mainstream evangelical churches, and probably catholic, believe.
