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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 5:25 pm
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(October 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: (October 7, 2017 at 4:56 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Welcome matey...
Everyone's welcome here.
If you're genuinely not a troll you have nothing to worry about.
Thank you - tell me about you, though, where are you from and what's your background with all of this stuff?
Also, I think I figured it out - for those who are interested in the problem of evil's existence in the world with a holy God, go to Moderator Notice Link removed for violation of 30/30 rule without the brackets to get to my video on that. I'll be posting Mondays and Fridays, with lots of interesting topics I think you guys might be interested in, so feel free to subscribe or check in. I'll be here periodically to answer questions, as well, but you can always leave questions in the video comments, which I'll try and answer.
LOL. Right. We're going to go watch witch-doctor preachy crap on YouTube. And then we'll post all sorts of questions, because the preachy crap spewed the same preachy crap theists have posted here thousands of times already. Funny troll.
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 5:33 pm
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(October 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: Also, I think I figured it out - for those who are interested in the problem of evil's existence in the world with a holy God, go to Moderator Notice Link removed for violation of 30/30 rule without the brackets to get to my video on that. I'll be posting Mondays and Fridays, with lots of interesting topics I think you guys might be interested in, so feel free to subscribe or check in. I'll be here periodically to answer questions, as well, but you can always leave questions in the video comments, which I'll try and answer.
Just here to spam your poxy tubeface vids then? No, I'm not interested, fuckoff.
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 5:51 pm
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(October 7, 2017 at 4:28 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: (October 7, 2017 at 12:26 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So you were smart and then got stupid?
Sorry, troll. Not buying it.
Hahaha I've not gotten this one yet, that genuinely made me laugh. For clarification sake, what part are you not buying? You not buying that I was an atheist? That I am a Christian? Do you think I'm trolling you?
(October 7, 2017 at 12:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What denomination of Christian are you?
Why did you become atheist?
Why did you go back to being Christian?
The churches that I'm most connected to (at home and near school) aren't really denominational, but they're basically somewhere in the Presbyterian-Mission denomination. I don't know nearly enough about denominations to give a strong answer as to where they fall under because some denominations cover a wide variety of churches, and I don't fully understand that because it's not a big priority in my mind.
I was having angst issues growing up and didn't understand a lot when it came to God, so when I asked my mom, she wasn't able to give me a satisfactory answer, and neither was anyone at the excuse for a church I went to. So I left, and it caused a big stir.
A few years went by, and I realized atheism didn't make sense to me - it didn't make sense that we came from nothing, or that the universe formed itself. There has to be a higher power involved in all this beauty, and as I started to seek God, I found the answers to the questions I had, just not in the church I had been in when I was younger.
Thank you for answering.
On the OP you said you used to be a Christian Scientist, and then you said "blech."
What is a Christian scientist and why is it blech?
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So your links got deleted. Can you tell me your YouTube name so I can look you up?
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 6:14 pm
Hello new guy. I tend to take people on their word until they give me reason to doubt them. That doesn't mean I'll take it on your word that gawd exists, mind you. Empirical claims require evidence. But I do believe that you believe in something you're calling a god. May not be what everyone would call a god, but if you say so, I'll believe that you believe in what you think a god is. Got it.
I also believe you thought you might be an atheist when you realized just how bad the kool aid was in the church you were raised in. I think you thought you were an atheist for the same reason so many theists assume to be our reason, that you were angry at god. That might have been true for you, and it might be true for some others who currently think they're atheists. But certainly is not the reason for me or for the vast majority of the folks here on this site.
Now you're a believer again. Happy for you if it makes you happy. Why not? It's your life, have it your way. But we've had so many apologist missionaries come through here claiming to have been an atheist before becoming saved. It gets tiresome. But you're still in your grace period with me. If you say you were, you were. What's next? Still interested in posting here if you can't advertise your youtube channel? If so, let me know and if you really want me to tell you something about me, I will.
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 6:27 pm
OP, one of our respected Christians here is Catholic_Lady. She's our sniffer dog for unsociable trolls and preachers and she's wagging her tail at you... You'll need to convince one of your own before we can engage further...
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 7:02 pm
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(October 7, 2017 at 5:12 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: Also, I think I figured it out - for those who are interested in the problem of evil's existence in the world with a holy God, go to Moderator Notice Link removed for violation of 30/30 rule without the brackets to get to my video on that.
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 7:36 pm
(October 7, 2017 at 12:24 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: Hey all,
I'm a Christian, actually, still - well, I wasn't always. I'm a former atheist, and having now been on both sides, I can say I like this one a whole lot more. So, mine is more of a re-conversion story, in a sense, as a former Christian Scientist (blech) who became atheist and is now Christian. Go ahead, ask me questions and tell me about yourselves!
How did you suffer brain damage, that you left atheism for an obvious fantasy?
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 7:39 pm
(October 7, 2017 at 7:36 pm)Tazzycorn Wrote: (October 7, 2017 at 12:24 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: Hey all,
I'm a Christian, actually, still - well, I wasn't always. I'm a former atheist, and having now been on both sides, I can say I like this one a whole lot more. So, mine is more of a re-conversion story, in a sense, as a former Christian Scientist (blech) who became atheist and is now Christian. Go ahead, ask me questions and tell me about yourselves!
How did you suffer brain damage, that you left atheism for an obvious fantasy?
The staff already made a warning post here about following the rule to be nice in intro threads.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 8:13 pm
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RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 7, 2017 at 8:18 pm
(October 7, 2017 at 5:51 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: [edit]
Can you tell me your YouTube name so I can look you up?
Google his user name. He's out there all over the place.
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