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Well, you may have me pegged. However, I try not to tell anyone what do especially men. No one gets anywhere in life telling others what to do. I do not have a problem if someone wants to burn in hell by behaving deplorably but not because it does not bother me. It bothers me enough to be here and enough to be writing a book to try and help other athiests to see their world differently. But a lot is up to God and the person. I am busy and realize each person must find God on their own terms or they usually don't find God at all. You can preach all you want to an athiest and they will get up and walk away angry that YOU wasted their time. They will not appreciate the effort. Push on someone's beliefs and they will always push back. That is human nature. Tell a personal story of journeying into Hell and coming back and you are far more likely to get a secular audience to at least think about faith. My goal is to give ordinary nonbelievers back what your Pastor said - reading or seeing with the eyes of a child. I do not know what has happened to America and the World but we could use more people who do believe in miracles, in angels and demons and in a God that has always been standing beside each of us.
You and I will never be on a level field. We are from two different worlds. We speak two different languages. (From my other post - I see a circle and you see a cylinder but we are looking at the same object.) I do see a link between my beliefs and my suffering. I also feel if God does not cause me to suffer, I will be lazy and just revert back to my old ways or do nothing with the time I have left. (Not good.) My disease is the greatest gift because it causes me to think about the Divine and not waste time on superficial pursuits. (Oh, I am not a witch. I don't even know what that means.) My cat is simply a loving living reminder of the darkest day in my life and the best day, of survival and of miracles. I could read King James but doubt it would increase my faith. If God asked me step off a cliff, I would do so unquestionably.
So, reading or cat brushing? I prefer to touch my cat and feel her breath and her silky fur and good health and know I gave her back her life and she somehow gave me back much more. Ok, well not her - God. But she is the living reminder and a pretty powerful reminder. Not like I can overlook my beliefs when she is by my side the minute I walk through my door. She brings me great peace because of what she has come to embody.
I have no idea what it means to worship a false God. There is only one. I am not God and cannot judge another's sins whether they are gay, drug addicts, murderers, theives, or just struggling with their own personal demon(s). If they want forgiveness, they have to seek it, earn it and be it on their own. You and I cannot give it to them.
When it comes to work - truth be told that is a four letter word. I would like to not go to work but instead have a calling.
Well, you may have me pegged. However, I try not to tell anyone what do especially men. No one gets anywhere in life telling others what to do. I do not have a problem if someone wants to burn in hell by behaving deplorably but not because it does not bother me. It bothers me enough to be here and enough to be writing a book to try and help other athiests to see their world differently. But a lot is up to God and the person. I am busy and realize each person must find God on their own terms or they usually don't find God at all. You can preach all you want to an athiest and they will get up and walk away angry that YOU wasted their time. They will not appreciate the effort. Push on someone's beliefs and they will always push back. That is human nature. Tell a personal story of journeying into Hell and coming back and you are far more likely to get a secular audience to at least think about faith. My goal is to give ordinary nonbelievers back what your Pastor said - reading or seeing with the eyes of a child. I do not know what has happened to America and the World but we could use more people who do believe in miracles, in angels and demons and in a God that has always been standing beside each of us.
You and I will never be on a level field. We are from two different worlds. We speak two different languages. (From my other post - I see a circle and you see a cylinder but we are looking at the same object.) I do see a link between my beliefs and my suffering. I also feel if God does not cause me to suffer, I will be lazy and just revert back to my old ways or do nothing with the time I have left. (Not good.) My disease is the greatest gift because it causes me to think about the Divine and not waste time on superficial pursuits. (Oh, I am not a witch. I don't even know what that means.) My cat is simply a loving living reminder of the darkest day in my life and the best day, of survival and of miracles. I could read King James but doubt it would increase my faith. If God asked me step off a cliff, I would do so unquestionably.
So, reading or cat brushing? I prefer to touch my cat and feel her breath and her silky fur and good health and know I gave her back her life and she somehow gave me back much more. Ok, well not her - God. But she is the living reminder and a pretty powerful reminder. Not like I can overlook my beliefs when she is by my side the minute I walk through my door. She brings me great peace because of what she has come to embody.
I have no idea what it means to worship a false God. There is only one. I am not God and cannot judge another's sins whether they are gay, drug addicts, murderers, theives, or just struggling with their own personal demon(s). If they want forgiveness, they have to seek it, earn it and be it on their own. You and I cannot give it to them.
When it comes to work - truth be told that is a four letter word. I would like to not go to work but instead have a calling.
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