"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....
Also in this book (I researched this in college) were woodcut prints showing others what they do to non-believers. Things like a birthmarks, birth defects, beautiful women, practicioners of herbs, midwives, the elderly...were all subject to these tortures and inquisitions. Entire villages were wiped out during this time. I read some 9.2 million people were murdered for witchcraft over the history of Christianity. I also read, 80 percent were women/girls.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brett Keane...
Gee, not a lot of fundys talking about this issue.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing about these witch hunts; the witch hunters, the judges, the torturers, etc. were all paid from the proceeds taken from the accused.
Never again!