I admit it. After reading about Jesus, his message and his example, I was hooked. Don't get me wrong, I tried to shake it. I told myself he is just another religious leader. I told myself that I can't prove he exists and never will be able to prove it, so why bother? But the hook had been implanted. Deep down I knew it to be true, deep down I craved more of his message, because only he had the words of life and hope that filled my inner void and turmoil.
I'm now a proud Jesus junkie! I've got track marks on my knees to prove it 😵
Anybody want to take a hit?
Originally posted by @whodeyI was hooked too. That was the point of my OP on the thread about it. It's a pity you didn't contribute properly to that thread and preferred to just do something facetious like this instead, again. You've always been very poor at entering into genuine discourse with people who have different beliefs from you. It's a pity.
I admit it. After reading about Jesus, his message and his example, I was hooked. Don't get me wrong, I tried to shake it. I told myself he is just another religious leader. I told myself that I can't prove he exists and never will be able to prove it, so why bother? But the hook had been implanted. Deep down I knew it to be true, deep down I craved mo ...[text shortened]... s message, because only he had the words of life and hope that filled my inner void and turmoil.
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @whodeyI dislike the word forced, but the Love of God hooked me.
I admit it. After reading about Jesus, his message and his example, I was hooked. Don't get me wrong, I tried to shake it. I told myself he is just another religious leader. I told myself that I can't prove he exists and never will be able to prove it, so why bother? But the hook had been implanted. Deep down I knew it to be true, deep down I craved mo ...[text shortened]... Jesus junkie! I've got track marks on my knees to prove it 😵
Anybody want to take a hit?
His grace for my guilt, His beauty for my ashes, the fulfillment of my soul at a touch of His
presence, my feet on solid ground instead of the endless searching for something I could
not define.
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @kellyjayI used the word "forced" in quotation marks in my OP deliberately for rhetorical effect. Did you not cotton on to that? It basically meant 'I was hooked by it'. Did you not realize? Even with it appearing in quotation marks like that?
I dislike the word forced, but the Love of God hooked me.
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Originally posted by @fmfWhat was it exactly that hooked you?
I was hooked too. That was the point of my OP on the thread about it. It's a pity you didn't contribute properly to that thread and preferred to just do something facetious like this instead, again. You've always been very poor at entering into genuine discourse with people who have different beliefs from you. It's a pity.
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Originally posted by @dj2beckerYou really have it in for ex-Christians, don't you?
What was it exactly that hooked you?
Atheists you can brush off by saying they are living in ignorance and don't know what they are rejecting, but someone who does have a Christian faith but then walks away from it is something you just can't tolerate or comprehend. - Perhaps you fear it highlights the cracks in your own faith?
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeThe Bible predicts that some will forsake the faith, nothing strange about that. I have no fear whatsoever, merely curious if he forsook the real deal or not. Do you find that my questions are a little too probing for your liking?
You really have it in for ex-Christians, don't you?
Atheists you can brush off by saying they are living in ignorance and don't know what they are rejecting, but someone who does have a Christian faith but then walks away from it is something you just can't tolerate or comprehend. - Perhaps you fear it highlights the cracks in your own faith?
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeAnyone can claim they have or had the Christian faith, anyone can claim they were a war
You really have it in for ex-Christians, don't you?
Atheists you can brush off by saying they are living in ignorance and don't know what they are rejecting, but someone who does have a Christian faith but then walks away from it is something you just can't tolerate or comprehend. - Perhaps you fear it highlights the cracks in your own faith?
hero too, claims are worthless if not true. So someone tells me they had Jesus Christ in
their lives, He was their Lord and Savior yet never actually knew the Lord, that is like
saying they were a war hero who never saw a battle in war. Without God actually in your
life, you are just some guy making a claim about an experience you never had.
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Originally posted by @dj2beckerI find them unnecessarily relentless.
The Bible predicts that some will forsake the faith, nothing strange about that. I have no fear whatsoever, merely curious if he forsook the real deal or not. Do you find that my questions are a little too probing for your liking?
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeThis is a spirituality forum after all, if you want people to stroke each others egos and beat about the bush you have come to the wrong place.
I find them unnecessarily relentless.
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Originally posted by @fmfI merely looked at it as your atheist testimony for which I had not interest in talking you out of. As for myself, I was giving my religious testimony.
I was hooked too. That was the point of my OP on the thread about it. It's a pity you didn't contribute properly to that thread and preferred to just do something facetious like this instead, again. You've always been very poor at entering into genuine discourse with people who have different beliefs from you. It's a pity.
No need to get all bent out of shape over it.
I'm happy, your happy, it's all good. 😵
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @kellyjayI like to think of it this way, home is where the heart is and once your heart finds it, home is all it longs for. Eventually you find your way.
I dislike the word forced, but the Love of God hooked me.
His grace for my guilt, His beauty for my ashes, the fulfillment of my soul at a touch of His
presence, my feet on solid ground instead of the endless searching for something I could
not define.
04 Sep 17
Originally posted by @dj2beckerThe whole Jesus has saved me thing.
What was it exactly that hooked you?