I would love to talk to people whom are true believers/christians. and their advice would be such a blessing. \n\nYahoo Messenger is Inthisskin22x\nEMail=inthisskin22X@yahoo.com\n\nGod Bless and Jesus Loves You all!
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Bless you!\nIt sounds like your in a tough situation, and all you can do is pray to God for guidance.I will pray for you too.\n\nIf he was a 'true beleiver' at one point, and if he did accept Christ back then, than he might be a little lost at the moment.I beleive that once you are saved, you are always saved.\n\n"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."\n(John 10:28)\n\nIt is true that we can become lost, and he may be lost. Pray for him to return to the Lord Jesus Christ. I can totally relate to you. I am in a relationship with a saved Christian, who I feel is 'falling' out of his strong relationship with Jesus. I pray for him. Thats all you can do. You have to keep in mind that God wants you to be happy, and I dont think God wants you to be chasing this guy forever, if it just means your going to be unhappy. You can pray forever, but ultimately, the decision is his. You can be a Christian, and not live a fruitful Christian life.\nIf he decides that he wants to live a sinful life again, it may be better that you are not part of it.\n\nTruthfully, it sounds like this guy isnt for you, at least at this point in your lives. It sounds like if he feels like you were 'ruening his life' that he's being selfish, and only thinks about himself and his far fetched dreams. Dreams are important, dont get me wrong, but blaming someone for 'ruening your life' over nothing, is immiture. People change, and sometimes you have to accept that. Open your heart to the Lord, pray, and listen to what God has to say. Read your bible. Sometimes, the answer, will reveal itself to you. \nThe Lord will speak to you in the way that you will best understand. Sometimes, it could be through a thought, a verse in the bible, even advice on the internet, a sign on a park bench, a hymn, a psalm, advice from a counceller or a pastor or a trusted friend. \n\nYou could also try listening to some Christian music, that will inspire you and fill you with the Holy Spirit. I recomend "Holy is the Lord" By  Chris Tomlin If you dont have it contact me, if you have MSN, I can send it to you.
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Where do you get your information?  You say you're a messenger (in your profile).  A messenger of God?  Does He talk to you?\n\n[EDIT]  Why don't you use the "add details" key and put your answers to our questions here on the board - rather than privately e-mailing us?  You say (in your e-mail) you are a messenger of God with a lot of info we (people) need to know, but you're not specific.  What do we need to know?  Put your answer here on the board, please; your message will spread faster.  How can we take you seriously?!!
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How about a non-believer's impression of you?\nWhy are you threatened by people who do not believe the same thing as you?  Why do you think that you're a better person because you've "found god"?  Your original question was why do people not believe in god, and would have been a great opportunity for you to actually learn something about other people, but then you ask what is your impression of non-believers.  So all you wanted was someone to validate your beliefs. \n"Too selfish and too high and mighty"???? I spend my life helping people and trying to do things for others, regardless of my faith.  It's the self-righteous jerks like you that are too high and mighty.  So go ahead, pat yourself on the back, you believe in god.  Whoopee-freaking-doo!  Aren't there christian chat rooms are something you can go to, if all you want is people to agree with you and tell you how right you are?
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starcameo,\n\nI am very surprised and pleased that you have admitted your struggle in such a public forum. The fact that you are open minded in your search for truth is great.\n\nI am hesitant to offer advice because if you conduct a legitimate search for truth, you will find it. I searched for truth myself. Since I found the truth, I have confined my search for truth to the Bible and to God Himself. After all, it doesn’t make sense to search in all the other places any more because I have already found the truth.\n\nThis is the only advice that I will give you. Find a place where you can be alone and ask God out loud if He is real to reveal Himself to you. Then wait. It could be immediate – it could be a while, but God wants to know you much more than you want to know Him. He may send people across your path, or He may approach you in some supernatural way, but He will reach out to you if you ask Him to. If you are really desperate to find God, just go ahead and ask Jesus to save you.\n\nPlease contact me when God reveals Himself to you, and let me know how He did it. At that point, if you like, I can tell you the best ways to renew your mind.\n\nGod bless.
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I have no problem with non-believers here.  I am not insulted by your presence; in fact, this may be the perfect setting for you.  I pray that God would speak to you in some way that you would believe in Him.  True Christians do not condemn others, however, love them and avoid saying hurtful things. However, I will not refrain from expressing how I feel about my personal relationship with God and how He has carried me through many difficult times.
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Are you a christian? just wondering here is my email if you wan to email something aright.
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Historically, some Native American shamans had visions of Jesus and spoke with him, receiving messages from him. The remained as they were, loyal to their medicine ways. I believe in Shamanism, so I can relate. Maybe you just need to find a Christian church that's open minded enough to allow for such without question. Maybe you could talk to ministers of several different denominations (NOT fundamentalists) and see what they say. That might be a good starting point. And you could kind of "feel" out any certain group via a web search first, prior to making that phone call to talk with a pastor. (One suggestion would be the United Methodist church. They're pretty open.) Another thought is that you can accept Jesus if that's what you feel in your heart you ought to do and then just not join any church. Or join the one he was a member of. ;-) Let me know when you locate his membership certificate, OK? Another option might be a religion other than Christianism that accepts Jesus. Ahhh, hadn't thought about THAT, had you? Hinduism accepts most world religious leaders as being valid. There's another option open to you. Most people, Christians are one group anyway, think that you can only accept ONE version of the truth and so must be a member of only one faith. Who made up that rule? Hey, you might just make the Guinness Book of World Records as the FIRST Shamanist/Christian/Hindu/or-?. ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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I think it is horrible that people of any faith would post such nasty comments. I am a believer in God, but do not call myself a Christian. I have had bad experiences with them like yours. These people are not being very good Christians as they are going against a lot of what the bible teaches, ie tolerance and not judging others. You should ignore these people and keep asking questions. It is how we learn and understand.
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I think most of us are pretty good at spotting the good guys from the trolls. There are Christians who think it must be impossible for an atheist to be friends with a Christian but I've plenty of Christian friends and they're only making a comment about themselves. I always really appreciate courteous questions and answers from people who don't hold the same worldview as me, and that includes yours. Peace to you.
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I am glad now after reading your question that i do not have my email available for messages like this.  Who would open their email address to receive horrible emails from people who dont agree with our opinions?  \n\nPhew!  I feel relieved!\n\nAlso i am so glad i have become a christian and am learning how we are meant to love one another, not judge or criticise, forgive, etc.\n\nAlso how do you know that we are all posers?  Some of us are real christians too!  We really want this world to be a better place and i know i personally care heaps about people - people i dont even know on this yahoo answers site.  So try not to be angry and bitter at us when we are only doing what we think is right and trying to help others.\n\nAnd remember - we can all have our opinions.  We dont have to agree.  It is interesting and sometimes informative to listen to others opinions.  I have learnt heaps from it.\n\nGod bless
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im a christian and you can chat with me
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Amen, sister!\nIt soon became obvious the majority(not all) of non -religious Q/A posters are not here in search of the truth/real answers/religious debate...but their motives are strictly  my opinion so I'll keep them to myself\nI used to get extremely annoyed at people for accusing Christians as a whole of being like the few obvious bad apples that are well known...but then God showed me something in the bible to put me at ease\nHe said:\nJohn 15:19-21 \n19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. \n20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. \n21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.\n\ncomforting to know!\n regarding the accusations people make of Christians trying to "shove" God down the throats of others- my experience is most of us aren't like that. Just talking about God and his love doesn't constitute trying to convert people.  But we all have witnessed a few people who ARE like that...He told me to remind them of this-\n\nMatthew 10:13-15 \n13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. \n14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. \n15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.\n\nThat made me realize what a HUGE responsibility we have to say the right thing when we are talking to others about God! So I pray and ask God to make sure when I speak  of Him only what is true comes out of my mouth!  I am sure He answered me too, because a few times I tried to answer posts and it just wouldn't go through, got erased, disconnected, etc! I love God...He saves me from myself regularly  :-)\n\n\nAs long as we do our part to spread the Word of God, we are doing what is right;their judgement will be on them!- we can't worry about people who REFUSE to hear, time is precious! \nSo I stopped arguing with people on this forum about God..I'll say what I want to say in praise of God, and anyone who doesn't like it can take it up with the Judge\nPEACE\n\np.s. I know what you mean about "we've found something and want everybody to get it too"\nIts such an overwhelmingly good feeling that when you try to describe it to people, its like bluh,bluh,bluh  because there are no adequate words!
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I believe that we all have some tough issues in our lifes that we will have to face one time or another. From my personal experience I've found that talking openly with someone who shares that experience has been the greatest medicine. Yahoo has chat rooms for every other known thing under the sun, maybe you should push for this with them. Who knows how many people you could help by taking the time to push for a cause you care about.
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Yes, I attend every Sunday, Lord willing! And, I am Christian, attend An (AME) African Methodist Episcopal Church. I will be on my way there shortly. The doors open at 10A.M. and everyone is welcome.  Have a great day, and God bless
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you will be missed , im new hear but you seem like a intelegent , and insightful person, that likes to shar her knolege with others.i like the >>dailyom, forum,<< it gives one a uplifting message every day and another place to express religoius opinions.\n\ndont take thing so seriously!!!, a lot of people here are spouting off the top of ther heades, and are pushing there beliefs..so if that is affecting you negativly, relize it is all ,[just chatter] and seek deeper meaning in othere sights.\n\ndailyom.and zen.com???, have deeper meaning , and spiritual insights.the dailyom, sight forum, has hundreds of positive and >><happy people<<, with a middel of the road points of view.\n\ni like it...JUST A SUGESTION:):) :) :) :) :)\n\npeace\n\nom mother life force\n\nONLY ONE LIFE FORCE
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Avoid the false teachings of churches. They set people up. They preach and teach prosperity and blessings and then when it doesn't happen the people fall hard. True relations with God are quite different and not easy but the comfort is there. If you are truly seeking out God and need to talk you can e-mail me through my below website. I can't promise that I can help, but I try and genuinely care. I also am very busy but try to check e-mail daily. If not and I don't hear from you then best wishes in your life.
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Ah Gabby, I have a similar experience.  I asked Jesus to come into my heart and to wash me of my sins, and to help me to believe in what is true, whatever that is.  And for 2 hours, I felt very warm and in the presence of Jesus - my old friend from when I was a child and believed in him before I began to study a lot.\n\nBut that was only 2 hours.  And then I didn't really believe anymore.  I believe that Jesus was a great man, a great servant of God with a great vision.  But I just can't continue to believe that he was God, or that he even believed himself to be God, or anything like that.  I have asked God and Jesus to help me see that he is the divine son of God, if that is what he is.  \n\nAs he has not shown me that, I have to assume that there is my answer.  \n\nIt's just frustrating because you have all these people who are sincere believers and think that if you are not a sincere believer like they are, that you are somehow doing something evil.  But I know I have done nothing evil.  I know that I have been sincere in my quest, and I know what answers I have received and not received.  Other Christians can't get inside my heart, mind, and soul to see my sincerity and genuineness.  \n\nBut I think they are threatened by the mere thought that someone might actually be able to genuinely ask Jesus to come into their hearts and fill them with the Holy Spirit and NOT have that happen.  Because perhaps it would make them doubt the source of their own experiences.  \n\nSearch your heart very thoroughly to find out what your deep driving desire is.  Are there desires you have which are in the way of you succeeding in your spiritual life?  Be willing to look head-on at your real motives.  Do you want to be a Christian because there is some prestige in that among friends?  Or because you truly believe?  Or because you love Jesus?  Or because you fear going to hell?  Or something else?  Whatever the motives are, try to purify your motives so that there is no selfishness in you at all with regard to this matter.\nWhen you are pure of heart and your motives are altruistic and not selfish, you will have peace, I believe.\n\nI hope I have not further discouraged you.  I wish you peace and spiritual strength!