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Supertzar
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RE:Breaking Free
(Date Posted:12/13/2008 23:33:15)
God will speak to you if you move closer to Him. First, you've got to break free from where you're at and start walking toward the Light. I used to think having a relationship with God was a personal fantasy too, but now I'm a believer. 
(Message edited by Supertzar On 12/13/2008 23:56:38)
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. --1 Timothy 6:12, NIV
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. --Hebrews 10:35-36, NIV.
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Re:Breaking Free
(Date Posted:01/13/2009 21:52:22)
Super...What do you mean 'you've got to break free from where you're at and start walking toward the Light. " ?
Sounds like a 3 hanky B grade matinee movie...
Yes. MrR..letting go of religious shit can be a life long task.
Case in point....from one Dependency to another
There are many people who leave christianity or leave their church for a time....only to return at some later stage in life, usually when things get out of control or at some kind of crisis point.
That's the time people are most vulnerable to christianity's bite....or "suck in".
And I guess they are the worst kind of 'bornagainer'...bit like the person who gives up smoking and can't shut up about it.
Yes...some people can't handle being 'in control' or their own lives.....sad isn't it. Searching for "Security' is so much of a pull that people give up control to others - ie. the imaginary 'god' or family members etc.
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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Supertzar
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Reply To snakechic
(Date Posted:01/18/2009 23:39:38)
Reply to snakechic (01/13/2009 21:52:22)
Super...What do you mean 'you've got to break free from where you're at and start walking toward the Light. " ?
Sounds like a 3 hanky B grade matinee movie...
Heehe!! No, not that, Snakey!  What I mean is that God can't see you when you're in the shadows. You have to start walking toward His Light, which is Jesus. Trust and obey... If you take a step closer to Him, He will take a step closer to you. If you will start talking to Him (praying ), then He will start talking to you. Find a church to worship in and read your Bible  , and be still and you will sense His presence. He will reveal himself to you... It's the neatest thing! Try it--it works!! I promise!
There are many people who leave christianity or leave their church for a time....only to return at some later stage in life, usually when things get out of control or at some kind of crisis point.
That's the time people are most vulnerable to christianity's bite....or "suck in".
That's what happened to me--a crisis. God let me do things my way for awhile, without Him, and it ended in disaster. He had to do it that way to let me know that He is here. He had to do that to show me that He has the power to save! I used to think of it as a "suck in" too, but it's not--it just means that God loves you!
Yes...some people can't handle being 'in control' or their own lives.....sad isn't it. Searching for "Security' is so much of a pull that people give up control to others - ie. the imaginary 'god' or family members etc.
Getcha Pull !!
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. --1 Timothy 6:12, NIV
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. --Hebrews 10:35-36, NIV.
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RE:Breaking Free
(Date Posted:01/27/2009 12:18:48)
Supertzar-
I'm a brand new member to this forum, so I don't know if you've been around here a long while & are tolerated by the moderator, or if you've recently started showing up, but I'm politely asking you to stop prostletyzing on this site. The people who post here are, generally, abused & suffering from the religious ideology you're pushing. They deserve to have a safe place away from people like you so they can get their heads together. You're like an obnoxious man standing outside of a women's shelter shouting stuff like "If you hadn't been wearing a skirt like that, you wouldn't have gotten raped, honey!" and "If you'd brought him his beer when he told you the first time, you wouldn't have gotten beat up, honey!".
You think you're doing something helpful, but really, you're just continuing the mental abuse. If you feel the need to evangelize, please go pass out tracts at the shopping mall, or something. Don't do it here.
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Supertzar
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Reply To Guest
(Date Posted:01/28/2009 17:31:16)
Reply to is_Aimoo_Guest (01/27/2009 12:18:48)
Supertzar-
I'm a brand new member to this forum, so I don't know if you've been around here a long while & are tolerated by the moderator, or if you've recently started showing up, but I'm politely asking you to stop prostletyzing on this site. The people who post here are, generally, abused & suffering from the religious ideology you're pushing. They deserve to have a safe place away from people like you so they can get their heads together. You're like an obnoxious man standing outside of a women's shelter shouting stuff like "If you hadn't been wearing a skirt like that, you wouldn't have gotten raped, honey!" and "If you'd brought him his beer when he told you the first time, you wouldn't have gotten beat up, honey!".
You think you're doing something helpful, but really, you're just continuing the mental abuse. If you feel the need to evangelize, please go pass out tracts at the shopping mall, or something. Don't do it here. Hello Guest, Welcome to the forum!  I'm not new here--I've been here since the site's inception under the username, "Demas Faithwrecker." I don't think the member list has been accessible since the big changeover at Aimoo, but I was about the 4th person to register at this site. I was an ultra-hardcore, right-wing superatheist for 7-1/2 years. Up until very recently, I have been posting as such, but now I'm a Believer. Before I was an atheist, I was an ultra-hardcore, right-wing super fundamentalist. I'm not pushing fundamentalism. That's the very thing I was escaping from when I originally came here so many years ago. I crashed and almost died, but God rescued me! I'm here to help everybody land safely...  I'm on the deck and God is on the bridge! 
(Message edited by Supertzar On 01/28/2009 18:06:22)
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Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. --1 Timothy 6:12, NIV
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. --Hebrews 10:35-36, NIV.
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