Indeed. Yes, a lot of people on religious forums are not real believers, not born again yet. Don´t worry, I do spread seeds of the Gospel everywhere: here, on the streets, at work, wherever God touches my heart to do it. 

80% of the time I am mocked and humiliated, but it is ok. =D

Give up the freedom to think for myself and live my life in fear of going to hell? No thanks.

Well, fair enough. However, the point is to lose the fear, right? Not to have the fear.

The prize is to be raptured, because we had faith before the signs appeared.

After the Rapture everyone will believe in God, because the Earth will be filled with signs and wonders. But then it will be too late, it will be 7 years of fear and run and hide, or, to take the mark of the beast and get lost forever.

I live in no fear whatsoever, I no longer have idols and I avoid sin, but it is mostly because the Holy Spirit took my interest in those things away from me =D

It is pretty funny, when you get born again even your tastes change. I used to love stuff that make me sick now =)

Well, if you can humor me, take this humble advice: please brother, DON´T take the mark, there is a reward to those that avoid the mark.

I know, but I still stumble, so I haven´t really conquered, which is normal, right? We all stumble here or there till the end.

Of course, there are sins that just do not exist anymore in my world, by the grace of God really, cause I have no merit whatsoever.

Some others, like lying, I still stumble with. Sometimes I am talking and before I realize, I lie. After I ask for forgiviness and feel pretty bad, but I still sin.

Also anger sometimes get me, not in a righteous way, but in a weak way.

But I am pretty happy, I mean, with the changes God made so far. 

You are right about my faith though, it is not as strong as it should be, althought I saw a lot of signs and wonders this year, I still doubt. Not God, but myself. 

Sometimes God tell me to do something, in my heart I mean, and I feel like "I can´t do that, no way..." 

But I am getting better everyday, which is cool!

I am convinced by this thread. See you all in Nirvana!

o.o Well, props for the intentions of the thread, if nothing else. Although I still retain the same quality that keeps me pretty firmly agnostic, which is that the concept that the many, many religions (and many, many, MANY smaller splinter groups from those religions,) turn the question of which is the 'True Path to Salvation' into a near din of; 'I'M THE REAL ONE!' "No, no, over here, pick me, I'M the real one!' 'No, damnit, don't listen to those two guys, I am!" "Ignore those three, it's Me!" "ME!"

I know the idea here is to have faith, but the major hurdle is if one's trying to examine the religions to find the 'best,' it ends up boiling down to personal preferences, as there's reeeeally no clear-cut 'Right Choice,' although there are some more ridiculously obvious wrong choices, ala Scientology. And given, obviously, ALL of the religions are populated with people who have that aforementioned faith, clearly faith is not, in and of itself, a sign that you walk the true path, or whatever you want to call it.

I'd find it a bit ironic if, in the event there WERE a true path to salvation, and one true religion, it actually began in ancient Sumer and ended up dying out before they were even conquered by the Akkadian empire. =P Christianity is in the odd position of being kind of the Middle Child, as there are numerous religions far older, and also plenty of faiths far newer (including offshoots of Christianity,) making it neither the most ancient of 'Truths,' nor the most recent.

Anywho, again, appreciate the sentiment. ^_^ Just not sure you'll have a tremendous amount of success. o.O

When I die I just want it to be over. I don't want heaven or hell. Both of these options seem like eternal agony to me. There is just nothing in any form, here on earth, in the great unknown of space, or in the relms of fantasy that gives me any interest in eternal consciousness. I do hope for those that are into this kind of stuff that there will be a place for them.

I don't think I'm a good enough person to get in

MoHasanie said: I don't think I'm a good enough person to get in

No one is good, only the Lord God is good!

We all are worth of doom. This is the beauty of the Gospel, Jesus Christ pays for your sins, and God help you to sin no more, and bless you as you walk with Him.

All you have to do is believe that Jesus Christ is the Word of God made flesh, that He, the Son of God, came to die for our sins, as a eternal sacrifical lamb.

And that His blood give God the legal right before our accuser satan, to purchase us as sons and daughters, till the rapture.