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There are 2 types of Atheists.

One who genuinly has the faith to say there is no God/Heaven and Hell, and is willing to stake an eternity in suffering on the belief.

And one who is too scared or lazy to question the afterlife or the existance of a higher power and instead chooses to stay in ignorance because ignorance is bliss.

To the first, at least you genuinly thought it through. Can't say it'll get you anywhere good, but at least you believe, or rather don't believe, because of your own conductive reasoning. God says be hot or cold, and you picked cold. I can respect logical thinking and I also respect faith. I mean, you're putting your faith in the wrong thing, but the faith and dedication itself is something I can't argue with.

To the second...why? Why do something so clearly stupid to yourself? Ignorance is only bliss if the truth isn't revealed. The truth will be revealed to you no matter what because we'll all die one day. I'd argue that this is the most important question you could ever ask yourself because it's inevitable, inescapable, and eternal. Why would you purposely ignore such an important topic? Ignorance is only bliss in situations that have at least a chance of staying unaware, but death? How can you be ignorant to something that is looming over your shoulder and threatening to take you any second of everyday? It's setting yourself up for failure and relying on simple luck to be in your favor. This is dumb. Put some thought into your life.

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One thing I love about when people say acceptance is that their perception of it is totally warped so that correction and advice is a negative. Like, you don't look at someone cutting themselves and say nothing. You check up on them and try and get them the help they need. I've had this happen before, and I didn't know what to do. I tried to convince them to get help, but I didn't really know them in person, so that was all I could do. People say acceptance is completely loving a person where they're at and validating their choices. Yeah. You should love people where they're at. But you don't validate every choice they make. God meets us where we're at. We don't even need to meet in the middle, he meets us at rock bottom. But something everyone keeps forgetting is that He doesn't leave us there. He meets us as we are and helps us to improve and walk in the light, not sit with us in the darkness and let us mope around in sin. So, why do we all think love means validation? God didn't validate our current state or position, he hates it. He hates what it does to us. God came to our level and brought us out of it. So no, loving isn't validating. I can love you and not validate your actions. A mother loves their child even if they become a murderer, but they don't accept the crime they committed. A friend loves their friend even if they hurt them, but they don't validate the hurt. A lover loves their partner even if they cheat, but they don't encourage the betrayle. At least that's what's supposed to happen. But it doesn't. It becomes a world where you're completely for the things I do or you're against me. Why can't I love you and also not agree with you? Why can't I love you and also not validate everything? I accept you, but that doesn't mean I accept what you do. I'll love you gay, straight, trans, witchcraft, Islamic, Jewish, Budhist, Athiest, Christian, whatever! I'll treat you the same as I treat anyone else. But that doesn't mean I'm going to conform to your every thought and want and ignore what what my God tells me. Because He loved met me where I was at, and He led me somewhere greater. So, I follow HIS definition of love, which means praying for those who persecute me, loving those who scorn me, loving those who don't agree, all while still remaining true to Him. So, yeah. I love you and so does Jesus.

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I get not agreeing with Christians but what I don't get is why we're so antagonized...all the time. Like, when you think of religous representation in media, it usually consists of adding a character with a hijab or putting in a Jewish, buddhist, hindu character. Otherwise, it's default Athiest. Whenever a Christian comes along, it's typically one of two things. One, they're antagonized and mocked by making them into "Bible thumpers" who are the face of the stereotypical passive aggresive "Christian" people see in hollywood, or two, they turn them into a Christian in name only and change all their beliefs to agree with all the things we DON'T agree with, watering down the faith to just calling on the name of Jesus and going to church. No inbetween. I don't get why every other religoun and belief is considered a beautiful part of culture that should never be opressed or ashamed of but then when it comes to christ, it's suddenly ok to put it on the hush hush and act like it doesn't exist except for when you need a possesed nun to scare the crap out of angsty teens in a movie theater. The cross is not a decoration. You don't see anyone using the Judaism symbol or the Islamic synbol or the Hindu symbol or any symbol like a decoration piece except for the cross. Why is it ok? It's not. You mention us everywhere as decoration but when it comes to proper representation it sucks. You don't point fingers at a muslim and call them a terrorist because of past events. No, that's wrong, not all muslims are like that. I agree. So why are we looking at Christians and saying we all suck because some slave traders took the Bible out of context? Jesus isn't a punch line or a cuss word. You don't say oh my buddha. You don't say oh my allah. You don't say oh my zeus. It's oh my god or you simply it to Jesus. Like, what? Not only that but a true Christian stands for love even in the face of differences and adversity, but you claim we stand for opression and hate while throwing jabs at us simply for disagreing. If we talk to you about Jesus, we aren't forcing anything, we're trying to help you not miss out on life and get sent to a firey pit of demons. So sorry that I'm trying to help you. People think that we disrespect other cultures and beliefs just because we believe that our God is the only god, but you're gonna sit here and wear our cross on your neck as you mock our faith and constantly portray us as judgmental biggots? Yeah, ok. This world is so broken it makes me so sad.

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You know, you don't realize how dead you are until you realize what life feels like. We fill our time with distraction because demons, because they are real, and because our hearts, keep trying to take our eyes off of Jesus. If distracting ourselves was only to keep us busy and stimulate us, we could be getting busy in our word, or learning about God. I don't know about anyone else, but I get bored of the distractions because I do the same thing every day. Wake up, sleep in, draw, eat, youtube, roblox, youtube, etc. I get bored but I'd rather be bored, mindlessly scrolling youtube for 3 hours instead of doing something productive like reading my bible, which, has more interesting things in it than youtube half of the time. We face battles everyday on whether to fall into the trap not.

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STOP CUZ MY COUSIN AND SISTER GAVE THEIR LIFE TO CHRIST!!!!

AND NOW MY FAMILY IS LOCKING IN AND MY COUSIN IS GETTING HIS FAM LOCKED IN TOO I'M SO FLIPPIN HAPPY LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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I just had my first doubt about whether Jesus was who he said he was. I've thought about whether he was truly the messiah before and even though there was the small what ifs nagging me sometimes, I still had the upmost confidence that he was truly God come down in human form. But today was my first serious doubt. I went back to Genesis because I was curious about Earth's beginnings again. I'll keep it short and tell you I spent from 3 pm to 8 pm researching the formation of the Earth, to the formation of the universe, to the formation of existance itself. I was still a little confused but accepted that even now, these matters are still a bit confusing to everyone, theist or not. So I thought it'd be a good Idea to spend time with God after that because I didn't want to end it with just a doubt. I ended up finding a debate about Jesus and heard someone ask about the creation of Christianity. So, while I was explaining it to myself (cuz I like to do that when I'm thinking), I was curious as to what exactly Jewish people think about Jesus. So I went to look it up and after scrolling a while, sseing all these jewish answers, I came across a Jew giving this verse showing a prophesy Jesus "didn't" fullfill. I went to look up the verse in my bible and went a little further back because context is important in the bible, when I saw a prophesy saying false prophets would be put to death and have their days with no light and such, which reminded me of the earthquake and darkness when Jesus died. I started to doubt. So I prayed for clarity and eventually decided to search for prophecies Jesus DID fullfill because I knew leaving it there was a bad idea and I needed to be reminded of why I believed. I found a good 55 in just one try. The chances of him fullfilling them all was low but he did it.

I don't have the answers to the universe nor can I go back and witness the miracles of Jesus, but that's exactly what faith is about. For the first time, I had to use faith in the midst of doubt and it only made my faith stronger. Instead of throwing the doubt to the back of my mind or dropping Jesus at the smallest confusion, I gave it my best shot at understanding, when I failed, I gave it to God, and asked him to reveal to me what he wishes to reveal. Faith means even when you don't have the answers, God has them. Faith means giving up not your want of understanding but your right to it. Search for those answers. But let God be the teacher you turn to when you fail.

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Jesus is God. That' confusing because how can he be God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus at the same time? How can he be his own father? Well let me give you an analogy.

Think of a video game. For me, I've recently started talking about Jesus to people on Roblox. I myself am me, being my physical body. My roblox avatar is also me. And so is the voice people hear in voice chat. All of them are me, but they are not the same. Jesus is the same. He is like the avatar, God the physical body, and the Holy Spirit the voice.

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For the first time ever, I went out and spreaded the gospel. I was so scared at first, thinking I'd be hated and judged, but God gave me strength to deny myself and do it anyway. I actually went to mic up, a roblox game to do it. I was inspired by Vtuber Celestium's video from a while back (love her vids). She has been a huge light to me, and she pushed me into a form of sharing God I feel comfortable starting out with. One day, I pray to be able to do it in person well also, but for now, baby steps. I've been asking God for boldness for so long, and today, he delivered me. I spoke to many people, all respectful and civil (except the trolls), and I gained a few friends along the way! Share God in even the least likely of places!

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Is there anything my God cannot do? Sometimes I remember how I am talking to the same God who talked to Adam and Eve, to David, and to Daniel, and to Simon and Mathew and John and every figure in the bible. I am speaking to their deliverer. So if God will deliver them from flaming furnaces, starving lions, swords and bows, and more, I know I can trust Him to save me in times of inconvenience like a stomach ache or a headache or something small. I know He can save me in big problems too, but thankfully I've never had to go through thick waters like that.

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God has a purpose for you, bigger than yourself, bigger than you can imagine. David established his kingdom, yes, but his influence stretched much farther than Israel and much longer than his reign. Job perservered and proved his loyalty to God, yes, but he also taught as example to his friends, family, and us, generations after his story. There is no bounds to what God can do, all that is stopping you is yourself. Not even the enemy, demons, or satan himself could stop you if God has enabled you. You will lose many battles but the war has been won on the cross, so know that all the losses, sacrifices, and suffering that comes with this path is nothing compared to the victory of Jesus.

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I had 3 pairs of glasses and lost 2 and broke the 3rd. I have to leave for a cruise tommorow and I didn't know what to do. I'd have to tell my mom or hide it until after the cruise. I wanted to lie and hide it but I knew it would do me no good and God would rather me obey Him and tell the truth, even if I get in trouble. I was really scared and stressed but listened and told her anyway after praying to God about it. I asked Him to give me the courage to tell her and that he would soften her heart to the situation. And He did! My mom was already mad this morning so I was pretty scared to tell her. Plus she isn't known for patience. But she wasn't angry and just happy I told the truth sincerly. Jesus works

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"I don't have enough faith to be an athiest."

A line I've heard but never delved into. But I thought about it and came to that exact conclusion. I don't have the faith to be an athiest. Those words don't sound right together but they're very closely related. One day, we'll all die. Our sisters, our brothers, moms, dads, children, friends, etc. But nobody knows what happens when we die except the dead. Theists belive there is something after death, whether heaven, hell, reincarnation, divinity, whatever other beliefs are out there. Athiests believe there is...nothing. Just a big dirt nap. Now, life is a very big bet. You gamble all you have on the way you live and what you do.

The consequence of being a theist and being wrong is nothing because while we may have "wasted" our lives, we were happy with our choices. If we weren't happy, we can't even regret it because we'll be dead. Unable to think or feel. But the consequence of being an athiest and being wrong is in some cases, small and trivial, and sometimes very big and excruciating. Like hell. Y'know, the pit of everlasting flames where teeth gnash, souls weep, and flesh burns but does not decay. For eternity. The benefit of being an athiest and being right is a fun and wild time on Earth for about 80 years (if your lucky) that you'll forget once you croak. The benefit of being a theist and being right is living a life with hope and purpose and then getting whatever benefit there is to that religon, which is a perfect world with a perfect God in christianity once you die. Does that sound like equal pay equal reward to you?

You need to have the upmost faith in the belief that there is nothingness after death to be an athiest or you waste not these 80 years you love so badly, but the eternity afterward. You stake your body, your life, your future and your soul on it. You risk an eternity and afterlife in burning flames to believe it.

No matter what, we will all face death and we will all have to make a bet on something or someone. Atheism isn't a way of not betting at all, it's betting on there being no answer to the question, no number on the dice being thrown. Believing in every God and religon is betting on every answer being right, betting that every number is the right bet, which is contradictory and completely false. It's not a way out, it's either you turned off your brain and used "I want proof" as an escape route, or you genuinlly have the faith to be able to say you are willing to risk hell and eternal flames and firmly believe that there is nothing after death. That is a lot of faith. More faith than I have.

The only bet a theist has to make is on who they believe. They have 4000 somethin options but only one can be true. God has given me all the reason I need to follow Him, and so I will do just that.

But yeah. I don't have the faith to be an athiest.

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I can't be the only one who fangirls at the sight of a fellow christian bro.

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I'm not defenseless as long as I can pray

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I hate winter but I've come to apreciate it. One, winter is important to our world, its balance, and the way of life, but it's still cold and I don't like it. But it also reminds me of how God uses transitions from Winter to Spring to restore all things, make new life, and show he is still working. Summer is still my favorite though.

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Here's how I know God is good:

I had to take the ACT today and everything just seemed to go wrong. I woke up with bad period cramps, so I was obviously going to get my period during the test, I forgot my ID at home and was going to be late, my parents got into another arguement and at this point I can't tell if they'll divorce or not, and even though I ate, I felt starving by the time I arrived. But it worked out even when I was freaking out. I was protected because I was able to recognize my period coming this morning, I got to school on time and apparently didn't even need my ID because my teacher happened to be nearby to identify me anyway, and I was hungry but my stomach didn't rumble at all during the test and I had a snack during break. My prayers were all answered and my needs taken care of. I'm not even going to worry about my parents because if God wants to work it out, he will do so and I believe it.

From this I just want to say:

THANK YOU JESUS, LOVE YOU