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"I Have Regained My Health, My Dignity And My Mind."
by scout575 in"i am ashamed of my hateful beliefs...i never missed an opportunity to try to spread the word; in fact, it had become my sole mission in life.
unlike most christians nowadays, i didn't pick and choose what parts of the bible i was going to follow.
i truly took all those hateful verses in the bible to heart and applied them in my life...".
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by scout575 in"do not be afraid - i am with you!
i am your god - let nothing terrify you!
i will make you strong and help you; i will protect you and help you.
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"Massive Depression from Waste of Many, Many Years."
by scout575 in"at my conversion i became the typical zealot.
within a couple of months i had read the bible in its entirety.
i could quote substantially on any subject.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by scout575 in"so then, show love for those foreigners who live with our people, because you were foreigners in egypt.
" ( deuteronomy 10:19 ).
"even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods...show him no mercy or pity and do not protect him.
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"How Could I Have Believed the Garbage for so Long?"
by scout575 in"i went through the same thing when i started my deconversion process.
when i began to think rationally about life i was in shock.
i would ask myself, "how could i have believed the garbage for so long?
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"the lord says, when israel was a child, i loved him...i drew them to me with affection and love.
i picked them up and held them to my cheek; i bent down and fed them.
" ( hosea 11:1,4 ).
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"At Best a Morass of Confusion and at Worst Outright Lying and Dishonesty."
by scout575 in"a major turning point took place at work where i met some jehovah's witnesses, and convinced myself that they were wrong, started to get seriously into theology and so forth.
i felt that the church of england was too feeble, and moved on via a roundabout route into a highly structured, independent charismatic church, where i remained for seven lonely and depressing years.
i eventually left the church in disgust at a huge and ugly falling out among the leaders, but i still believed, and went as a visitor to a number of churches for the next ten years or so.".
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"do not go back through your vineyard to gather the grapes that were missed or to pick up the grapes that have fallen; leave them for poor people and foreigners.
i am the lord your god.
" ( leviticus 19:10 ).
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"In The End I was Depressed Confused and Terribly Disillusioned."
by scout575 in"i was a fully committed evangelical christian for 13 years... i was excited to finally be saved... i was thrilled that i could finally understand and accept the truth... i became a fully devoted follower of jesus...i hit a wall when i began reading the old testament.
there he was again, the cruel, angry, demanding ( my way or the highway ), bloody, murderous god i had always found in the old testament...i totally devoted myself to god and biblical principles.
in the end i was depressed confused and terribly disillusioned.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
by scout575 in"there will always be some israelites who are poor and in need, and so i command you to be generous to them.
" ( deuteronomy 15:11 ).
"but if the charge is true and there is no proof that the girl was a virgin, then they are to take her out to the entrance of her father's house, where the men of the city are to stone her to death.