@Pams girl:
My conscience is clear djeggnog, and in no way "seared" thank you. I just wanted to make sure you are clear on that.
I am clear on what you believe to be true about your conscience. However, I would have to point out to you that your use of the word "seared" in connection with your conscience would have to be quite different than my use of the word in connection with your conscience. Now why would that be? Because you suggested to the OP that her "inner voice" was trying to tell her something and also suggested to @maisha that she 'listen to her heart.' What rich is when you added these words" "You need to start to think for yourself...." If you want to make the OP believe that she is the one doing the thinking, you have to do this in a less obvious way, @Pams girl. Come on now!
You say "how do you know she is right"? [ΒΆ] How do you know I am wrong????? Ok, lets not even go there.
No, let's go there. You are not talking to @maisha now. Let's see you try to pull what you pulled out of that proverbial bag of yours for @maisha on me. You are so wrong to speak against the holy spirit in saying that there really is no need for someone to remember the man that died for our sins, opening the "door" to reconciliation with Almighty God! Think of that! Being at one with God as it was in the beginning when God was at one with Adam and Eve. To think that you were once upon a time considered by some to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Wow!
I don't know if you ever believed in God, but I suppose you might believe in a god, but what is clear to me based on the sentiments regarding the memorial of Christ's death that you don't believe in my God, which is fine. Everybody has a god, someone or something that they worship. I also realize that some people have several gods that they worship almost every single day. But my God, Jehovah, sent his son, that would be the Lord Jesus Christ, to give his life as a ransom for the sins of the whole world. That what did his son do? He did the will of his father and laid down his life in death. That's what Jesus did for us.
Someone breaks into your home when no one, but you and, let's say, your two daughters -- you may not have any children, but you have two daughters in this illustration -- were home, I don't know if you have a husband, but now you have one, but he is away at the time when this home invasion occurs, and he ties your daughters up and ties you up, so that you and they are unable to move or break free from your bonds, and then this man proceeds to rape you both vaginally and anally. Now it's Daughter #1 turn to be treated, as far as you can tell, exactly in the same violent fashion as he did you, and you can see on Daughter #1 face that she is very, very scared, and Daughter #2 is hysterically crying throughout this ordeal as it plays out. Got the picture now, @Pams girl?
A neighbor has heard the ruckus from your home and after having called 9-1-1, the county sheriff have just at this moment driven up to the front of your home, and after the sheriff sees your neighbor, who had made that 9-1-1 call pointing at your front door, he approached the door slowly since he is alone with his service revolver drawn, and upon his crashing through the door and entering the home, he prevents this man -- this rapist -- from violating Daughter #1. Are you still with me, @Pams girl?
At this point, the rapist produces a 9mm Glock 19 from his pocket and throws four rounds at the sheriff, who returns fire, killing the rapist. However, the sheriff that had come to your rescue takes two rounds to the chest and is fatally wounded. On March 21st the following year, the sheriff's family has a memorial for the late sheriff, who was survived by a wife and three children, two girls just like you, and their order brother, who is now 16 years old; he was 15 years old when his father died in the line of duty.
It's March 21st, and here you are -- you, your husband and your two daughters -- are getting out of the car and are walking toward that late sheriff's home. Why would you be there? This is the man that effected a rescue, that may have prevented your daughters from being raped and may have prevented all of you from being glocked to death after he had accomplished what he had come into your home last year on March 21st. But why would you be there? The memories of that fateful day -- March 21st -- are rushing through your mind and this is not a pleasant memory for you, but regardless of this, you are there at the late sheriff's home anyway. Why are you there, @Pams girl? Let's see if your conscience isn't seared.
Would you say that the sheriff died so that you might live? that the sheriff died so that your daughters might live? If you say, "yes" -- and note that I'm saying "if" -- then why wouldn't you want to observe the memorial of the death of Jesus Christ, @Pams girl? What's wrong with your conscience, @Pams girl, if it isn't seared? Why doesn't it work? Did you suddenly lose all sense of spirituality? Are you now of the opinion that Jesus never existed, or if you do not deny that he existed, are you of the opinion that he didn't die for you? or if Jesus did die, that he died for nothing? I look forward to your answer to this post, if you should decide to answer it at all.
@djeggnog