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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:41 pm
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:11 am
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A lot of people believe because they've hit that point a lot of us call "rock bottom" in their life and realize that they need help to pull them out - help that only God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit can offer. some people experience tragic near death events, or are "clinically dead" and see Heavenly type characteristics and realize that they need to turn things around in their life. Some people also may receive a miracle and that's enough for them to turn it all around and believe in God. For me, I realize that without believing in God and His word for what it is - I feel lost, without direction, or without a firm belief foundation in my life. I see God as awesome and He works in my life all the time, and He's my friend when no one else is willing to be there for me.
There is a lot of archaeological evidence to prove that the places and people in the Bible were real. A great site for this is icr.org (The Institute for Creation Research) so feel free to read some of the articles there of the evidence they find regarding evolution issues. It's rather interesting stuff. Many museums out there consider The Holy Bible a historical document because a lot of things in there are proven to be true.
This topic reminds me of a testimony from turning atheistic beliefs to Christianity:
Atheism Letter:
I will live my life according to these beliefs.
God does not exist
It's just foolish to think
That there is an all knowing God with a cosmic plan.
That an all powerful God brings purpose to the pain and suffering in the world
is a comforting though however
It
is only wishful thinking
People can do as they please without eternal consequences.
The idea that
I am deserving of hell
Because of sin,
is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power
"The more you have, the happier you will be."
Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose
In a world with no God
There is freedom to be who I want to be
But with God
Life is an endless cycle of guilt and shame
Without God
Everything is fine
It is ridiculous to think
I am lost and in need of saving
That same letter reversed to Christianity
I am lost and in need of saving
It is ridiculous to think
Everything is fine without God
Life is an endless cycle of guilt and shame
But with God, there is freedom to be who I want to be
In a world with no God
Our existence has no grand meaning or purpose
"The more you have, the happier you will be." is a lie meant to make me a slave to those in power
Because of sin, I am deserving of hell
The idea that people can do as they please without eternal consequences is only wishful thinking.
It is a comforting thought however, that an all powerful God brings purpose to the pain and suffering in the world.
That there is an all knowing God with a cosmic plan.
It's just foolish to think God does not exist.
I will live my life according to these beliefs.
*Just figured it was a neat testimony to share =]
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:03 am
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NOSCharhar Ill start off by saying...I am very much an atheist. I believe in science. Evolution. Dinosaurs. Blah Blah Blah But at the same time, I feel it necessary to hear out the other side. The bible itself is not something that is able convince me to believe or even sway me to think there MAY be a God. What exactly is it that makes one believe? I'll start by saying that I am very much a Christian. xd
I believe in science (science and the Bible do not contradict each other!) I don't believe in evolution in the sense that something can become something different...there has NEVER been a case of anything becoming something different, I do believe in "evolving" in the sense of adapting to the surroundings, yes, survival of the fittest, yes, those I believe in, but the only evolving proven ever has been stuff that has already been in the DNA already, maybe dormant, but in there...of whatever species to begin with. Something can grow longer or shorter legs, less or more fur, things like that, but not a different species.
I believe in Dinosaurs as well, they are mentioned in the Bible and there are skeletons, I can't believe any Christian would dispute those, lol.
I did grow up believing in a God though, it was how I was raised. I didn't think about Him too much though truthfully. Kinda like I grew up believing in air or gravity, nothing you think about too much. I didn't have a relationship with God growing up though, I didn't know that was possible. It wasn't until I was much much older when I was watching people talk about God on-line that I was curious more...intrigued even. But still sorta put-off a bit by it, it seemed so weird to me to have some sort of special relationship with God, even though I believed in Him. After several days of seeing people talk about Him though, I was curious to the point to wanting to see what I was missing. I prayed. I had prayed a lot of times growing up, but I never had a sense it changed anything or did anything really. But this time, maybe because I was really seeking to know what I had been missing, and I prayed a different prayer, something happened. Instead of asking God to protect and bless and keep me out of trouble when I did something wrong, I prayed, "God...I don't know what I have been missing, but I feel like I want to know. I am going to choose to believe you are real, and your Bible is real and I am going to start reading it and I want you to help me learn" and that is exactly what happened, It couldn't have been ME, there was no way I could conjure up such a different feeling in myself, all I can say is from then on, I I felt God living in me and speaking to me, everything felt suddenly different. When I had read the Bible before it was the most boring book ever to me, but suddenly it became alive to me. I can't convince someone to seek God, I can only share why I believe, what I know NOW to be true.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:18 am
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:28 pm
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