What made you give up on Jesus?

[JesusHChrist]

I used to have a relationship with Jesus.

But now, he never calls.

[The Grand Nudger]

[Reforged]

To all the Christian members of the forum,

What was it that made you decide Christianity just wasn't worth it? What "proved" to you that God isn't real? I am still a Christian, just sort of a "Doubting Thomas" at times.

Thanks !

It was the wind and the rain.

Are you familiar with the parable of the wise and foolish builders?
(wise man built his house on the rock, foolish man built his house on the sand. the wind and rains came and the wise man's house stood firm, while the foolish man's house fell down.)

The house Jesus is talking about is our faith/religious works. If we do not build them on a true picture of God, then God (The foundation of this story) will not support the house/religious works "Faith" and when the house is tested it will fall in on itself. Meaning God will be silent and not support the corrupt idea they may have.

The ex-christian members here had their 'houses' fall down. Which is a gift from God and often times with exchristian atheist an answer to a prayer.
Most of them have prayed for proof of God. So what does God do? He wipes their slate clean. He destroys their broken or corrupt understanding of Him, so they have an opportunity to find out who God really is on His terms. Why? What do you think would happen if God supported the crazy ideas some of these guys had? Like the idea that He is a magic genie who's purpose is to serve and provide favors and trinkets everytime they pray a certain way? No rather than support these broken theological notions God sets a bar that we must humble ourselves to get past. So we may approach Him on His terms.

When we approach God on His terms we not only get to know God/Proof of God we are also blessed by Him. So when the wind and rains do come we will barely notice the storm in our homes.

I would personally like to start a fund for Drich and a camera crew to get a trip to Africa. There he will be helping starving children find God by getting them accept that their predicament is infact a test that their young, malnourished minds just aren't able to comprehend yet and that the reason they are not being allowed food is that it is a corrupt idea God cannot possibly support. Once this idea is accepted Drich will give them ONE winegum to set them on the path to purity that will doubtlessly be their salvation.

This is in no way a joke. I want this to be a youtube series. I love this idea more than a mother loves their child and in many ways; this idea is my child. My brain child. I want to see it grow big and strong.
I am currently accepting donations.

[downbeatplumb]

OP, what made you give up Zeus?

[TheRealJoeFish]

It is because he is single, youngish, middle eastern man, and thus more likely to be a terrorist than just about anyone else. And if the Donald is elected, he'll do his best to keep people like jesus out of this country. Remember: jesus was perfectly willing to die to accomplish his goals; life isn't important to people like him. That's why we need to keep him away from our schools and children.

[Drich]

[God of Mr. Hanky]

To all the Christian members of the forum,

What was it that made you decide Christianity just wasn't worth it? What "proved" to you that God isn't real? I am still a Christian, just sort of a "Doubting Thomas" at times.

Thanks !

I didn't give up on Jesus, I just stopped believing in that imaginary friend like I stopped believing in Santa Claus - the difference is important, and it really isn't all that subtle.

[Bard A Madsen]

To all the Christian members of the forum,

What was it that made you decide Christianity just wasn't worth it? What "proved" to you that God isn't real? I am still a Christian, just sort of a "Doubting Thomas" at times.

Thanks (The Sun Symbol) !

Some say your not sincere...   Personally I had trouble from the very get go, but played along and kinda believed then after tons of industrial and alternative rock and an agnostic friend I placed my minds-eye in God's shoes out in space and within an hour of thinking I was convinced it couldn't possibly be true.  The multiple gods and how people indoctrinated in other parts of the world believe what others around them believe reinforced it.  The main thing was that there are so many that they can't all be true and not one can be true either.  Then I started reading about catastrophism and the scientist mentioned that myth and religion probably had the per-historical essence of the cosmic encounter.  At first I was very reluctant to delve into such a research project because mythology had been studied for millennia and to my knowledge never gained a clear insight to all the stories.  Well, I read and read and read and all of a sudden I could SEE through what it was all saying because around the world the stories all tell the same story !  The story goes that the Sun was taken away for a long period of time and that it came back and everyone jumped for joy basically.  This is the very very ancient story of the solar resurrection.   The oldest story known to Man is the Cuneiform Text about Tiamat the Dragon who disrupts the orderly way of the World the Sun coming up and down and greenery/life and the Deep darkness wins for awhile, but the Sun eventually overcomes and spring time is resurrected !  Thus the fertile bunnies and eggs and the solar myth of Jesus.  Like St, George and the Dragon.  Like the shining Knight and the Dragon who saves the Maiden or the Sun, Darkness, and renewed Mother Nature.  I looked the World over and found that almost all of mankind's ancient stories confirm it.  Not only once, but four times and this is where one hears of four ages of Man, the four horsemen, ect.  That is why I came to this forum, to show everyone that it is more than just disbelief not to believe, but that all those beliefs are distorted stories of something that really happened and will happen again as professed. Yet, everyone bickers back and forth of who is right about their interpretation and no one seems to know what it is really all about, it is so simple, we get hit once in awhile by something from space (not an entity punishing us for sins) and it drastically changes the climate and kills many and we pray to the unknown to please stop punishing us and questioning ourselves for our wrong doing that is deserving of such damnation.  Even when one listens to the most prestigious atheist in the World they don't know this, it is time to wake up from our Comet-ose !

[Minimalist]

A "virgin birth" is a birth with an intact hymen. Can you not see how one may become pregnant with an intact hymen?

It wasn't the finger of 'god' that touched her!

(An actual quote by a college professor to some xtian shit in the class.  Ah, the 60's.)

[John V]

To all the Christian members of the forum,

Poe slip.

Vote: TrueChristian

What was it that made you decide Christianity just wasn't worth it? What "proved" to you that God isn't real? I am still a Christian a poe, just sort of a "Doubting Thomas" at times.

Thanks !

FTFY