Comments on: Hot-For-Jesus Former Fundie de-Conversion Story… abridged

By: Manuel

Manuel — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:34:49 +0000

Traci, I really have enyjeod looking at the photos on your site and wish you lived on the west coast! (Our family needs you!!) Nathan is truly a blessing and we wish he and his family still lived over on the west coast as well!Blessings to Nathan and the entire family on his special day!

By: LeoPardus

LeoPardus — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:34:58 +0000

Another thing that might help johnwarren is simply repeating this mantra when he’s trying to understand what’s being said on this site, “There is no all-powerful, all-knowing God”. With that lodged in your mind, you may be able to understand what is going on here.
We aren’t worshipping ourselves, we aren’t mad at non-existent deities,
Anyway, read the red exclamation point articles.

By: Ubi Dubium

Ubi Dubium — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:41:14 +0000

You know, most deconverts I have talked to, including myself, didn’t go from worshipping god to worshipping anybody else instead. They realized that worship of anything was totally unnecessary. They just stopped worshipping. “Or do you not know what that may be like.”

And how can you possibly worry about “complete separation from god” when there is no way to tell if a god even exists? Or an afterlife?

Johnwarren, I suggest that you go find the big red exclamation point on the right side of the screen, and go read the posts linked to there, before telling us all about ourselves.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:34:35 +0000

“Christianity is not a set of rules that one must follow. Christianity is living a complete life that worships an all knowing and powerful God.”

Wait, so the only rule of Christianity is that you are not supposed to talk about the rule in Christianity?

The only rule in Christianity, of course, is that you are supposed to worship an all knowing and all powerful God for your complete life…

By: johnwarren

johnwarren — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:37:11 +0000

I read the post that you suggested that I read. It is an interesting point of view on prayer. However prayer is a part on an individual it consumes an individual. Prayer is about a conversation both with your mind and your mouth toward God. It is not a ritual that one does because they are now a Christian. Christianity is not a set of rules that one must follow. Christianity is living a complete life that worships an all knowing and powerful God.

After reading the post. It seems that you went from worshiping God to worshiping yourself. And that you no longer care what happens to you when you die. As if you have no fear for complete separation from God. Or do you not know what that maybe like.

By: Xtine

Xtine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:21:07 +0000

johnwarren: on here or on the blog? There is a lot more that I could say about it, and numerous posts touch on it, but the post that says the most about the deconversion moment/day is :http://hotforjesusformerfundie.blogspot.com/2008/11/meditation-vs-prayer-first-round-in.html

Maybe this isn’t what you mean… as in do you want to know exactly what happened when i snapped from one side to the other? Basically it was the moment when I realized that faith/god was no longer a necessity… how Can one go so quickly between the two? it was a lot faster change than most, but it there was some build-up… how do you describe deal breakers in life? It is something I continue to work on describing for the sake of understanding the human self, but at the same time I feel no need to defend my loss of faith.

The moment of turning off the faith switch is best described in the post linked above…. will probably continue to write about the events, thoughts surrounding that moment.

By: johnwarren

johnwarren — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:20:36 +0000

You never really explain how you can go from being a Christian one day and not the next.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:28:56 +0000

paleale–

#39 Art Bell—LOL.

By: Gry Dla Dzieci

Gry Dla Dzieci — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:27:15 +0000

I belive that teaching kids about religion from the youngest years is a form of brainwashing. if we let everyone choose their fate once they’re grown up there’d be a lot less “religion battles” and a lot more atheists in general. We shouldn’t brainwash our kids!

By: The de-Convert

The de-Convert — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:54:36 +0000

… or watch “A Beautiful Mind”…. I’m convinced that many sincere preachers who claim to have seen Jesus fall into this category. Of course, you have many who just make it up

Joe,

I have been amazed that the whole psychic world seem to have clearer insights than Christians who claim to hear Jesus. Go visit a psychic and you’ll be amazed as to what they’ll tell you about yourself. Wherever they’re getting their info. from seems to be more real than Jesus.

Paul