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Result 3 - Whether the kid eventually enters heaven or hell is affected by the choices he made in his life. This means that regardless of the "obstacles" that are put before you in life or the environment you are put in, you are still in full control of the choices you make. Yes, being in a Christian based family will be a better foundation than a Godless based family. But either way, the kid will have to develop his own personal relationship with God and bear testimony of Jesus Christ who died for our sins. I myself, grew up in a non-church family and God, let alone Jesus, was never mentioned. As I got older, 14-15 years, my friends spoke of this, but I easily rejected it and declared myself Atheist. I then got tired of the "ignorance" in Christians and tried to use today's intelligence against a 2000 year old book. I EASILY found contradictions in the Bible and began using them against my friends. I then felt I could take on preachers. Boy, was I wrong. I got nailed. My ego was crushed and I still denied the Bible, due to my over inflated ego. Then, I read some of the simpler stuff in the Bible that I could not believe. Such as, "Ask and you shall recieve", "God puts the law in your heart", and "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart". These phrases led me to start finding the truth and quit stretching for answers that give me comfort for my own way of life, that I saw fit. During this journey, it felt like I was on a teeter totter going back and forth in the belief of God. But, then on May 19th 1999, I was able to bear testimony that there is a God. Jesus truly came into my heart and the Spirit was there to comfort me. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. I now understand what it means to "bear testimony" that there is a God. Just like a handfull of witnesses that can bear testimony of a crime that they saw. Nobody was there to witness it, but them. Just as I am the only one to witness God on that moment when Jesus entered into my heart. I don't expect you to understand this testimony, it's not a choice, nor psychological. It was a true event that happened to me. (and billions of other people too). If you truly want to know if there is a God, here is a good website for some atheist to start from - http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html As for me, I do not choose to believe in God, but I like to say I have a knowledge in God, due to my testimony of God.
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Your story is about as touching as it is unique - not very much at all.
Without proper reasoning you are not worth listening to. You see, I could wallow along about how incredible the spirit of Allah has been in enriching my life with spiritual blah blah blah
It means nothing to others.
Reason. That is man's great gift. Not feeling. Not sentiment. Save it for the old ladies.
I could tear your preachers to shreds. I guarantee it. If you think I'm bluffing then I'd do a recorded Skype conference and we can post it in a thread. I'm not being arrogant, I'm coming from years of experience.
I'm trying to toughen you up here, because if your faith is built on what I see up there, then you are like the man who built his house on the sand aren't ya.
I'll say it again; Man's greatest distincion is his ability to reason.
