I used to be athiest untill...

[Phenomi]

Candypainted Low

Seriously, there are ******** millions of children starving all over the world, why would Jesus take the time to shut up a snake for an obnoxious, impatient old lady and not feed the bellies of starving children who pray every single day?

Exactly.

[Viva La Juicy]

I'm glad your sharing your story with everyone!

[Eternal Unrest]

Vertigo_Kiwi

So, what if they would have said something like "In the power of Isis..." instead of Jesus. Would you have become a follower of the Ancient Egyptian gods?

that is a good point.
don't you idiots beleived in miracles? if she said in the name of lord jesus (snake scene) and he attacked one of the visitors or the zookeeper himself, would you have thought that maybe it was a mistake? or would you ahve blown off the woman who said in the lord of jesus?

and the guy that was crippled...im not trying to be cruel, but maybe he was joking. :l

and actually, the snake is the evil one to christians. so teh woman who siad in the name of god wouldnt be able to tame the snake. like when the snake tricked eve into eating the forbidden apple. she didnt say 'in the name of god, help me make a good choice'

[KABOSH ace]

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Interesting, I'm glad that you're happy. I'm still an atheist though. (Well, not necessarily, I'm an agnostic, but I'm more partial to the atheist view.)

I don't believe in miracles, since God caused all of those bad things to happen in the first place. confused An entity so perfect shouldn't be indecisive. :0

Or did the power of faith make God go, "oh, all right, I'll save you"? Iunno, I'm still iffy about religion, sorry if I seem too inquisitive.

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[Candypainted Low]

Phenomi

Candypainted Low

Seriously, there are ******** millions of children starving all over the world, why would Jesus take the time to shut up a snake for an obnoxious, impatient old lady and not feed the bellies of starving children who pray every single day?

Exactly.

I can't comprehend it, I absolutely cannot. So many people of today just bastardize Christianity I can't help but disrespect the way it's portrayed as a religion.

[AnimeJet]

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Phenomi

Candypainted Low

Seriously, there are ******** millions of children starving all over the world, why would Jesus take the time to shut up a snake for an obnoxious, impatient old lady and not feed the bellies of starving children who pray every single day?

Exactly.

I can't comprehend it, I absolutely cannot. So many people of today just bastardize Christianity I can't help but disrespect the way it's portrayed as a religion.

This reminds me of thanking god for your dinner, what about the farmers, the truckers, the grocery store clerks that made it possible? The lifetime of back breaking labor, and who do you thank.. XD

[Emarii]

I don't want to sound mean, but you must agree that it'd be hard to quite..hmm..believe that that happened so simply, especially because of some higher entity...I'm just a skeptical atheist talking here, but until God shows himself to me like he apparently did to you, I can't see myself as ever becoming religious.

[Crimson Ice Princess]

The only story I've got that helps me prove that there is, at least, life after death (I believe in God but not Christ as God; I find that view a little blasphemous since God himself said "Do not worship false idols," and "There is only one God," and dammit, God is one entity, not three. Sorry, I don't want to push this on anyone, I'm just trying to explain my reasoning.)
Anyways... my great-grandma died in a nursing home two Augusts ago, and it was the first time anyone had died that I knew. That day, I had wanted to hear a song by Our Lady Peace really badly, but my internet wasn't working. (The song was called Clumsy.) Anyways... my mom tells me that my great-grandma had died, and I knew it was coming, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I went into my room, turned the radio on for comfort, and sobbed... and wouldn't you know it, the song came on! I actually started sobbing harder because it felt like it was my great-grandma trying to comfort me.
As for the cripple... did he STAY standing? What happened later? Just wondering.

[F a i r y C o u l a n t e]

wow, those are amazing stories! (especially the first one) God still works miracles! heart

[Phyzzie]

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Phenomi

Candypainted Low

Seriously, there are ******** millions of children starving all over the world, why would Jesus take the time to shut up a snake for an obnoxious, impatient old lady and not feed the bellies of starving children who pray every single day?

Exactly.

I can't comprehend it, I absolutely cannot. So many people of today just bastardize Christianity I can't help but disrespect the way it's portrayed as a religion.

I've come to percieve a bad impression about Christianity, too, theyre much too narrow minded to be REAL people, like come on. I mean, theres a whole world out there in ******** chaos because of our self-centered species, and Christians still only care about their safe little societies and trying to get everyone to marry before they populate even though humans dont need to overpopulate the world anymore.

[Phenomi]

Crimson Ice Princess

The only story I've got that helps me prove that there is, at least, life after death (I believe in God but not Christ as God; I find that view a little blasphemous since God himself said "Do not worship false idols," and "There is only one God," and dammit, God is one entity, not three. Sorry, I don't want to push this on anyone, I'm just trying to explain my reasoning.)
Anyways... my great-grandma died in a nursing home two Augusts ago, and it was the first time anyone had died that I knew. That day, I had wanted to hear a song by Our Lady Peace really badly, but my internet wasn't working. (The song was called Clumsy.) Anyways... my mom tells me that my great-grandma had died, and I knew it was coming, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I went into my room, turned the radio on for comfort, and sobbed... and wouldn't you know it, the song came on! I actually started sobbing harder because it felt like it was my great-grandma trying to comfort me.
As for the cripple... did he STAY standing? What happened later? Just wondering.

The song thing may have been a coincidence, you realize.

[flouri]

What I don't understand is why you decied to believe in the Christian god. I don't doubt that there could be a god, but what in the hell made you assume the Christian god was the right one?

I hate that.
gonk

[Crimson Ice Princess]

Phenomi

Crimson Ice Princess

The only story I've got that helps me prove that there is, at least, life after death (I believe in God but not Christ as God; I find that view a little blasphemous since God himself said "Do not worship false idols," and "There is only one God," and dammit, God is one entity, not three. Sorry, I don't want to push this on anyone, I'm just trying to explain my reasoning.)
Anyways... my great-grandma died in a nursing home two Augusts ago, and it was the first time anyone had died that I knew. That day, I had wanted to hear a song by Our Lady Peace really badly, but my internet wasn't working. (The song was called Clumsy.) Anyways... my mom tells me that my great-grandma had died, and I knew it was coming, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I went into my room, turned the radio on for comfort, and sobbed... and wouldn't you know it, the song came on! I actually started sobbing harder because it felt like it was my great-grandma trying to comfort me.
As for the cripple... did he STAY standing? What happened later? Just wondering.

The song thing may have been a coincidence, you realize.

Of course I do. But it's more comforting to me to think about it as a visitation from my great-grandma. I think really that all religion is based on comfort so that the weaker of us don't go nuts from realizing that time is short and time is finite for us.

[Phenomi]

Crimson Ice Princess

Phenomi

Crimson Ice Princess

The only story I've got that helps me prove that there is, at least, life after death (I believe in God but not Christ as God; I find that view a little blasphemous since God himself said "Do not worship false idols," and "There is only one God," and dammit, God is one entity, not three. Sorry, I don't want to push this on anyone, I'm just trying to explain my reasoning.)
Anyways... my great-grandma died in a nursing home two Augusts ago, and it was the first time anyone had died that I knew. That day, I had wanted to hear a song by Our Lady Peace really badly, but my internet wasn't working. (The song was called Clumsy.) Anyways... my mom tells me that my great-grandma had died, and I knew it was coming, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I went into my room, turned the radio on for comfort, and sobbed... and wouldn't you know it, the song came on! I actually started sobbing harder because it felt like it was my great-grandma trying to comfort me.
As for the cripple... did he STAY standing? What happened later? Just wondering.

The song thing may have been a coincidence, you realize.

Of course I do. But it's more comforting to me to think about it as a visitation from my great-grandma. I think really that all religion is based on comfort so that the weaker of us don't go nuts from realizing that time is short and time is finite for us.

Alright, you can believe what you like. Though for me, believing in an afterlife only makes this one... paler, less meaningful. The fact that life ends is what makes it so special.

[LizzieLiz]

That is so amazing and touching. That's so powerful.

Gb, Sister in Christ.