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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 9:50 pm
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(February 13, 2017 at 4:38 pm)Drich Wrote: (February 13, 2017 at 10:29 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: For those of you who have a history in a particular religion and moved away from it, I mean do you ever miss the feeling of believing you had a personal relationship with god?
A few weeks ago, to my surprise, I went through a period of nostalgia. I shouldn’t have been surprised. Twenty-five years of indoctrination and programing in fear and guilt, joy and gratitude don’t just go away just because I realize intellectually that Christianity isn’t true.
If I shared those feelings and the dreams I used to have of being left in the rapture with a Christian, they will have an explanation for it. This is why indoctrination is so important in religion. We’re programmed with the strongest emotions and religionists know the feelings won’t go away—not permanently. All it takes is a trigger, a song, a memory. Then the Christians can say aha, in your heart of hearts you know god exists. And if I don’t know better, I’ll have to believe their interpretation of what I feel.
But I do know better and I resent being played with. To program me to believe something and then use that programming as proof of my belief is disingenuous. Of course, now they can interpret my resentment as proof that I hate god.
Ever find it hard to hate something that does not exist? Or is that just an 'atheist punishment' something you 'good people' do to punish God?
Did you know not all Christians will be raptured? their will be a remnant left to help people like you (people who know better but are pouting and 'hating a non existent God') to help find your way home...
...Or maybe it is you fence sitters who will become the remnant. Eitherway It's ok to hate God (for now anyways) He knows you do. Yet Grace abounds (your allowed to hate God for the moment, as this is apart of any real growth period.)
All I'm saying is it will be a whole hellva lot easier to resolve this anger and work things out now, when you have access to people with a 'better' understanding of God, then after the 'event of your indoctrination' will come, and you are given the task of being among the remnant.
And when you cunts come a-knocking after Rapture, you'll find me holed up lobbing Unholy Hand Grenades out the window to advance THE GLORY OF SATAN.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 10:06 pm
Okay, serious answer. No, I never had a god in my life, so I never missed it. It's kinda like asking if I miss getting pregnant.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 10:15 pm
(February 13, 2017 at 9:13 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can't really miss someone/something you never met.
Guess that's true. I've never met the cast of Game of Thrones but I'm sure missing them big time. Of course I have 'met' them in the only way possible, but then god believers could say the same.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 10:22 pm
At first I found myself missing praying when I had a problem. But definitely not now. It's nice not to feel guilty all the time and better to know my dead loved ones aren't being tormented in hell because they didn't worship Jeebus.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 10:27 pm
I was on the same site as the Game of Thrones studio in Belfast when I visited the Titanic exhibition at the erstwhile Harland and Wolff shipyard last year. Had I even the slightest interest I might have paid a visit.
I didn't. I was far more interested in walking in the footprint that Titanic occupied.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 13, 2017 at 10:38 pm
I miss religion the exact same way I miss performing oral sex on rabid wolverines.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 14, 2017 at 4:21 am
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(February 13, 2017 at 10:38 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I miss religion the exact same way I miss performing oral sex on rabid wolverines.
Had anyone else said that, it would've been clear what was meant, but with you nothing can surprise me so... a lot?
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 14, 2017 at 5:14 am
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I realize that my milquetoasty protestant upbringing wasn't sufficient for me to miss anything. I probably never properly believed in God.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 14, 2017 at 9:38 am
(February 13, 2017 at 10:38 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I miss religion the exact same way I miss performing oral sex on rabid wolverines.
You sure are one kinky mofo, Vorly.
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RE: Do You Ever Miss God?
February 14, 2017 at 9:43 am
(February 14, 2017 at 5:14 am)Alex K Wrote: I realize that my milquetoasty protestant upbringing wasn't sufficient for me to miss anything. I probably never properly believed in God.
No nostalgia for sharing the soggy toast around the table with the family? Not quite as appealing as stained glass, swaying pots of incense and people in hoods chanting I'll grant you.
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