On 5 Apr 2006 00:22:36 -0700, "want2believe"
<need_proof_of_jesus_resurrection@yahoo.com> spake
thusly:

Most of my life I did not believe in a God. Most of my life I have
suffered a severe, disabling depression.

In February, 2006, I experienced a life-changing event. I came across
a book written by a Catholic.... her life experience so moved me that I
seriously questioned my agnosticism. My depression lifted at the
thought that there might be a loving god after all.

Guess what I did with this info ? Well... the first few days I felt
great. I thought, OK, now is my chance to be saved, go back to church,
be a good person, etc. I felt such joy at the thought that I may
actually be capable of being a faithful Christian... But what did I
actually do? I surprised myself in that I went to church only once,
continued my miserable lazy life and did not one thing to help another
person.

Now, of course I get what I deserve. My fragile happiness was
punctured within the last few weeks after accidentally coming across
some atheist articles.... which have led me to question the Bible, it's
historical value, everything.

There is no reason to believe that between February, 2006, and April,
2006, I did not die and go to Hell.............. What explains my
inability to recapture the brief interlude of peace I had ?

I am moral trash with weak values and a lazy slob. I have done nothing
in my life of any value or significance. I have done nothing that
would please God. And here he is. He shows himself to the most
unlikely person = me, a natural born skeptic and materialist. That was
a miracle. And what do I do with it? I shove it in His face.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am in Hell already. I am speaking from Hell.

Then cut the crap. Right now, you seem to enjoy it.

--

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,
till all these things be fulfilled." - Matthew 24:34

The Last Days were in the first century:

Matthew 3:7,10,12

7) But when He saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto
THEM, O GENERATION of vipers, who hath warned
YOU to flee from the wrath to come?
10) And NOW also the axe is laid unto the root
of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire.
12) Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat
into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.

want2believe wrote:

Most of my life I did not believe in a God. Most of my life I have
suffered a severe, disabling depression.

In February, 2006, I experienced a life-changing event. I came across
a book written by a Catholic.... her life experience so moved me that I
seriously questioned my agnosticism. My depression lifted at the
thought that there might be a loving god after all.

Guess what I did with this info ? Well... the first few days I felt
great. I thought, OK, now is my chance to be saved, go back to church,
be a good person, etc. I felt such joy at the thought that I may
actually be capable of being a faithful Christian... But what did I
actually do? I surprised myself in that I went to church only once,
continued my miserable lazy life and did not one thing to help another
person.

Now, of course I get what I deserve. My fragile happiness was
punctured within the last few weeks after accidentally coming across
some atheist articles.... which have led me to question the Bible, it's
historical value, everything.

There is no reason to believe that between February, 2006, and April,
2006, I did not die and go to Hell.............. What explains my
inability to recapture the brief interlude of peace I had ?

I am moral trash with weak values and a lazy slob. I have done nothing
in my life of any value or significance. I have done nothing that
would please God. And here he is. He shows himself to the most
unlikely person = me, a natural born skeptic and materialist. That was
a miracle. And what do I do with it? I shove it in His face.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am in Hell already. I am speaking from Hell.

Paul on athesits and their beliefs:

For the fact that there is an invisible realm with a God in charge of it
has been made plain from the beginning of time by virtue of the visible
universe we can see with our own eyes. The things in the visible
universe display His eternal power and Godhood over all things, so
unbelievers are considered by Him to be without any excuse whatever!

--Romans 1:20

O Timothy, keep that which has been placed in your care, avoiding
pointless and vain disputes, and arguments against the faith based on
"science", so called.
Some, you see, professing to be intellectuals, have erred from the
faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
--1 Tim. 20-2

The athesists/agnostics have nothing but demon-inspired ideas and logic
to offer. The Bible--not the atheist manifesto--has withstood the test
of time. If you're bothered by their arguments, get a book like Gleason
Archer's HANDBOOK OF BIBLE DIFFICULTIES. Otherwise, repent and believe
the Gospel and you'll be fine. Many of us here have gone through a
period of intellectual deception over the distortions, misinformation
and half-truths of the atheist and agnostic, and found the REAL truth,
so you're not alone