"A Sabbatical?" or "My Anti-Testimony"
I first posted this "testimony" to the web on July 27, 2001. If you too have found Christianity specifically, or religion generally, to be less than satisfying for any reason, please consider posting your own "testimony" to this site by clicking here , or message me by clicking here. I t is invariably a shock to Evangelical Christians to come across someone who has turned his or her back on the “faith was once delivered unto the saints.” Most believers will quickly dismiss an ex-Christian by piously pointing out that anyone who turns away from Christ was never a real believer. Or, as an insider might say it, “They were never born again.” There is Biblical support for the assertion. 1 John 2:19, which addressed the problem of First Century apostates, states that: “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us....
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As a homeless person, and as a Christian, I too am not happy when people say, "Jesus was homeless too."
Homelessness is NOT a virtue - and Jesus went without a "place to lay His head" because he was so busy traveling the countryside preaching His message - not because he was some kind of unemployable alcoholic.
Thanks for being up the subject.
"Homelessness is NOT a virtue - and Jesus went without a "place to lay His head" because he was so busy traveling the countryside preaching His message - not because he was some kind of unemployable alcoholic."
WOW. That is one of the most terrible and ignorant things I have ever heard. If you are homeless, you should have a better idea of the situations of homeless people than that. I should be used to Christians being the biggest hipocrites in the world but that one is just downright awful. Have some compassion dude.
theoblogger said...
"The main determinant of homelessness is mental health "
Really? I (as well as every dictionary) would consider the lack of a house to be the main determinant of homelessness...
I bet he could duplicate them all!!
As someone who was homeless for nearly three years I would have to say that the pictures used in this quiz are sadly mis-representative of the homeless community at large.
For one thing, one third of those experiencing homelessness in a given year (or 1.3 million individuals) are children, the vast majority of whom are under the age of five. You might confuse one of these with the baby Jesus, I suppose...
It's "you're."
Just thought you'd like to know.
You were never really a fetus either. If you believe you were, please provide evidence, thanks.
Um..it's satire. But if you'd like to take it out of that context for a minute---I once had a homeless guy hold the door open for me. That's more than "Jesus" ever did, in the three decades of my believing in "Him". Which leads me to the following....
You discredit yourself and your retarded comments with the statement Exchristian. Think, man. You never were a Christian.
As I just stated, I spent three decades believing that "Jesus" was real, and that Christianity was the Truth. A belief is belief is a belief; you either believe it, or you don't. It's not like Jesus comes to your house and sews a badge on your f%cking sleeve. In other words, if you want to talk about "retarded", I think it would be quite retarded to suggest to someone that they didn't really believe what they believed. Dolt.
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