What is your Testimony of how God pulled you out of darkness and into his glorious light?

Your question was a good one, and might have generated a lot of what you were actually seeking by posting it, until you showed YOUR Testimony of how your belief in a God justifies being a sanctimonious arse to any who do not, as you put it, 'parrot' your own beliefs. How can I come to this conclusion..? Come, let us casually stroll through your insulting assault upon the innocent denizens of EPland together, and reach an understanding.

"Tell this as if you were talking to someone who doesn't understand about God but wants to find out!"

So, as this is worded, your appeal is to get folks to give their best sales pitch on how God saved them, and to tell it in such a way that they should automatically assume ignorance about God altogether in their reader. In marketing, we call this identifying your demographic, or target audience-- and you want yours uninformed and hungry for being told what to believe is true.

"Expect mocking from those who are of low intelligence concerning the evidence about God and we can use this to present the proof of God to others!"

So, let's load the "us versus them" mentality-- they must EXPECT mocking, and why shouldn't they-- you clearly insist that anyone who questions their interpretation of whatever experience they choose to share is "of low intelligence" concerning what you classify as "evidence". So, if someone chooses to interpret the experience in any other manner than the one that agrees with your own beliefs, they must be stupid on the topic. Now, I'm a little confused about the entire sentence taken in one complete chunk of information, because apparently, as you've written it, it is not the Testimony that is going to be presented as affirmation of your beliefs (we can get into your loose usage of "proof" later on-- to put it into the words of a certain Spaniard-- "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it does.") but in fact, it is the mocking of these Testimonies that are going "to present the proof of God to others!"

"Ignore those who can't accept truth, but only insult and swear as they are of little opinions anyway. Those who argue against God have less evidence against personal Testimony than any other form of proof that God exists, so share your story of your faith! It must be understood that if there existed real proof that God wasn't there,.....they would have found it long ago."

There's a fundamental flaw in these statements. Again, if they do not agree with you, they are "of little opinions anyway". You also fail Logic 101. See, there is no such thing as "real proof" of ANYTHING that isn't there. You are asking for evidence for the non-existence of something. The Giant Cosmic Teapot that exists in the Nth Dimension at the Center of the Universe, pouring Spirit Tea into all living things is unprovable, yet, by your own logic, MUST BE TRUE, since we cannot DISPROVE it. Same with UNICORNS, TITANS or any other fiction of lore.

Are you kidding me? I respect the beliefs of people who believe in a supreme being, but since i don't share your beliefs i have low intelligence, am ignorant and refuse to accept the truth? Gee, i'm sure that will attract a lot of new followers if that is how you speak of those who don't agree with your narrow interpretation of the world.

As a young child I watched Oral Roberts with my great grandmother. I even would send him some of my allowance. She would read from the bible every day. She practiced what she preached ........she never spoke ill of anyone.

After she died in her sleep, in that same chair she would read the bible in. I think that was Gods reward to her.

I, on the other hand.....had been molested since 5 by my father. Later impregnated by him, had an abortion just before the age of 13.

Ran away from home with cursing of God on my lips every day. I was beaten and pimped and raped over a period of 8 years following.

I should have been dead at least five times from beatings so severe and from drug over doses.

I was left to live, to meet and fall in love with the man I've spent 27 years with.

I'm no dummy. I know the bible is not where God is. And he's never been in any church as far as I'm concerned.

I am however blessed. I don't consider any of this coincidence. My life is still a struggle. I have myalgia, two seizure disorders and the body in the shape of a ninety year old in my 52 year age.

Having an unquenchable burning desire inside me for most of my life I desperately strove through many worldly achievements searching for something to soothe my pain. After exhausting efforts for possible remedies I turned to God and found the antidote I needed.

I wish I had one to relate to you but, when I was younger and believed in christianity, I asked for his guidance on many occassions but never recieved it. I finally came to the conclusion that randomness had more to do with prayers being answered, than devine intervention did. I have n qualms with believers but I don't consider myself of low intelligence because I no longer believe in god, just inlightened.

something i'm learning to keep to myself

It's medication time, oh, and we have some lovely music for you in the dayroom.