2012.....

[Maniacc]

Alright everyone, check it. Here is the deal. If it's not what you believe then don't bash me please. I have been a Christian for a while but have recently started going to a church that has taught me much. It is a Charismatic church which freaked me out a bit at first because I was accustomed to Lutheran services. I continued to go there and The Spirit of God can be felt in this church. I have become closer to God and my faith is ever becoming stronger. If you are one of the people that think God is imaginary, I can tell you from experience that He is real and He is working in our lives. Not just my life, but yours as well. He wants you to stop persecuting Him. He loves you and wants you to walk with Him.

I have seen many blessings not just in my life, but also in the lives of others. By listening to God and being led by The Spirit you can accomplish much. We have become a country who rely on men to lead us and guide us. That is our first mistake. Christians are not all hypocrites. I really want to help others and I don't believe in using a scare tactic. I believe we should use Jesus' example in the Bible to minister to others. He was a man led by compassion for the poor and wounded. That is why He died for us all. He bears all of our sins, pains and griefs.

As for modern times, all of the stuff that happened in the New Testament of the Bible is still happening today. Healing, Prophecy, Miracles, they all still happen. Whether you believe it or not is your decision. Do I believe that something will happen in 2002? It's possible, the signs of the times point to it. When you live your life like God wants you to live it, it really doesn't matter. For all that don't believe me read Matthew 24. Do some studying and ask God what He thinks and what He wants for you.

Thanks,
-Dave

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Your post had nothing to do with 2012 just your point of view on religion.

Kinda pointless.

Here's mine. Lemme know what you think.

I get asked this question so many times. Why do you think the way you do, Maniac? Why don't you have faith? And I never care to explain myself but I think I will right now since I'm pretty fucking bored.

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Okay, as a kid I would go to Sunday school as most of us latinos do. I was too young to exactly know the influence and power that was being slipped into my young, unwilling, and unknowing mind. This period I have little memory of, but this is when the bonds of religion make their biggest impact - when you are young and soaking up all of this 'information' they put in your head as 'fact' in an attempt to prevent questioning it afterward.

So many people just 'go along with it' because it's what they have done since they were a child. Don't get me wrong though. Sunday school was fun - during lunch break and recess that is haha. Oh, and flirting with all the girls. :p

So after a couple years went by I grew and continued feeling this way. After a while all these thoughts, and others, I came to the conclusion religion was not for me. Too many things didn't add up, and I just did not have this 'faith' that basically ignorantly tied together loose ends with a make believe bond. To further explain what I mean by that - there are many things that do not make sense, at all, in regards to the Bible, religion, God, etc. How are those things addressed? You just have to have faith, is what they say. So, faith is this invisible bond that puts together these loose ends, not answers, but faith. Two completely different things, but in religion they are looked at with the same purpose.

The longer I went with that the more I realized that God is simply an emotion.

Marinate on this for a min.

When things go bad - people turn to God.
When things go well - people praise God.
When someone is lost - they talk to God.
When someone is hopeful - they pray to God.
When someone is lonely or afraid - they talk to God.

It took me awhile to fully realize all of that, but the more I realized it, the faster the truth came to me. It all came down to this: God is simply an emotion one creates to deal with uncertainty. The human mind does not like leaving things at 'I don't know.' It's frustrating to try and come to terms that you literally do not know something. You can't guess, can't lean more to one side than the other - you just straight up do not know. And how do you deal with that? You put God in it's place. Instead of not knowing you just say God is responsible.

It's just a constant trend.

For serious things such as death it puts one at ease to actually trick themselves to thinking they DO know and it, of course, has to deal with God. It's much easier to say 'I will go to heaven when I die and meet God' than it is 'I have no idea what is going to happen when I die.'

For less serious things, such as being alone/going through hard times/etc, it's comforting to think there is something out there listening, so it again all deals with God. It is much easier to pray and talk to God with this notion that he is listening, than it is to sit in a room and admit to yourself that you have no one else to talk to.

Again, it's just such a trend. So many people and celebrities go to rehab or jail and come out with some huge religious experience, and it's like why? It's because they were alone, afraid, and in a bad position. It's much easier to believe God is there and will help you instead of facing the fact that you are a heroin junkie with no one to talk to in your room at a rehab clinic.

All that's left for my thoughts are to simply sum them up to such a simple and short message: God is an emotion. From this I can say: Man created God - not the other way around.

This is just how I think and view religion. All the smartass/sarcastic comments are just put there to keep things spicy. It's cool to have something - if it's God then good for you. But placing a truth stamp on the bible to me is just ridiculous. I don't like to hide my emotions when it comes to this so if I've offended some people with some of my posts' then all I can say is; grow the fuck up.