So you started as a Christian? That is your disadvantage. When people 'learn' a religion because they are born into it, they often have no understanding of it. then upon looking beyond it, they feel like the wool has been lifted from their eyes.
I started my spiritual journey by looking into the origins of the Bible. I was an atheist at the time, trying to prove that it was corrupt. I did this for more than 'a couple years.' I have not taken anything for granted, and I am well familiar with the material you would try to sell me on. I even espoused it for a while.
Unless you change your attitude, you will never experience God as a person. you will remain reprobate. I thank that same God for giving me a uniquely enlightening journey, clear understanding of these things, and unshakeable faith.
That is your mistake. There is no disadvantage here. I do not close my mind off to a thing just because it once influenced me. My mind is perpetually open to all possibilities. Those three decades of study gave me great insight. No disadvantage to be found.
I did this for more than 'a couple years.'
Don't start swinging dicks. I did it for over three decades. I did it when I was a Christian (up to about 15 years old) and for another decade and a half afterwards. I revisited it recently and dug deeper than I had ever gone before.
You are still not actually addressing anything I have said, or answering a single question I posed. All you are doing is putting forth reasons that you think I might be making mistakes in my thinking, without actually addressing any of it.
I am well familiar with the material you would try to sell me on. I even espoused it for a while.
Yet you seem to be incapable of actually addressing it.
Unless you change your attitude, you will never experience God as a person. you will remain reprobate.
I have never felt closer to Source than I do now. Perhaps you are in error.
I am glad that at the moment of our conversation, you feel very connected to God. I'm ignoring your points because it's 1AM and I'm trying to sleep. I'm not in a rush to convince you that 2+2=4, either. but i'll do my best to walk you through it at some point. goodnight fren
So you started as a Christian? That is your disadvantage. When people 'learn' a religion because they are born into it, they often have no understanding of it. then upon looking beyond it, they feel like the wool has been lifted from their eyes.
I started my spiritual journey by looking into the origins of the Bible. I was an atheist at the time, trying to prove that it was corrupt. I did this for more than 'a couple years.' I have not taken anything for granted, and I am well familiar with the material you would try to sell me on. I even espoused it for a while.
Unless you change your attitude, you will never experience God as a person. you will remain reprobate. I thank that same God for giving me a uniquely enlightening journey, clear understanding of these things, and unshakeable faith.
That is your mistake. There is no disadvantage here. I do not close my mind off to a thing just because it once influenced me. My mind is perpetually open to all possibilities. Those three decades of study gave me great insight. No disadvantage to be found.
Don't start swinging dicks. I did it for over three decades. I did it when I was a Christian (up to about 15 years old) and for another decade and a half afterwards. I revisited it recently and dug deeper than I had ever gone before.
You are still not actually addressing anything I have said, or answering a single question I posed. All you are doing is putting forth reasons that you think I might be making mistakes in my thinking, without actually addressing any of it.
Yet you seem to be incapable of actually addressing it.
I have never felt closer to Source than I do now. Perhaps you are in error.
I am glad that at the moment of our conversation, you feel very connected to God. I'm ignoring your points because it's 1AM and I'm trying to sleep. I'm not in a rush to convince you that 2+2=4, either. but i'll do my best to walk you through it at some point. goodnight fren