Quote (Kaltrato @ Dec 19 2025 04:18am)

Every single Bible verse is so damn cringy :lol:

Quote (TiStuff @ Dec 19 2025 08:48pm)

enamored with your own imagination

Quote (Kaltrato @ Dec 19 2025 12:05pm)

You need quite a lot of imagination to believe whats written in this book, yeah

Quote (TiStuff @ Dec 19 2025 09:07pm)

you dont know anything about whats written in the bible

Quote (Kaltrato @ Dec 19 2025 12:10pm)

Maybe not very accurately, but I read it once from beginning to end a few years ago. I was a christian for over 30 years, so its not like I have no clue.

Quote (TiStuff @ Dec 19 2025 09:44pm)

i accept your evaluation here.

i im more used to antitheists trying to convince me they are some kind of grand bible scholars. i dont know how many times i have tested such claims but they have failed 100% of the time. the failure rate from antitheists is so bad i find it creepy.

i am sorry you left the faith :(. i hope you find your way back.

i spent my life believing in nothing. drinking and chasing my lusts.
due to health problems i ended up finding my self sitting in my room again getting drunk and playing video games.
and a thought came to me. (the internets vast storage of data) to find the truth of it all.
God wanst even a after thought in my mind. the first thing i researched was money. what it was and were it came from.
things slowly began to point to scripture i remembered from my childhood? so i ended up researching religion. i eventually rejected every religion i researched and was ready to put it all away and go back to drinking and not be bothered by all this stuff.
and the idea came to me. "what about christianity" and i replied "naw to plain, to boring" it replied back "your not being thorough in your research" so it had me on that.
i was astounded by what i learned. the scriptures actually hold up under scrutiny. and it asks the craziest things from a person. like forgiving your enemies.
my first power scripture was
1 Corinthians 13:12
King James Version
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
that scripture still affects me profoundly
eventually i repented. eventually i finally forgave my trespassers. that was like a huge weight lifted. i was so shocked i though i might of been injured :)
eventually i was delivered from drinking. then the smokes. then other unseemly things.
still cant hardly believe it. still so powerful to talk about it it makes me weep

i hope you make it back

Quote (Kaltrato @ Dec 19 2025 02:24pm)

You know, you did that. You werent delivered from anything. It was you. I dont deny that the book helped you. A lot of books helped me in my life as well. Theres certainly some wisdom in the bible, some good advice. You were able to filter that out and use it for yourself, which is great.

Quote (IR0K @ Dec 20 2025 12:14am)

Every so often I start to wonder if I'm going crazy, then I check PARD and read some threads/comments/replies, and instantly I feel 100% better about myself. I'm not crazy, no sir, you people are all nuts tho! take a break from the internet ffs

Quote (TiStuff @ Dec 20 2025 07:09am)

rather pretentious to believe you understand my personal experience better than i do.
when i was delivered from alcohol. it was right after a prayer asking to be delivered from it. it was the morning after a night of drinking again. i was still drunk and hung over. as i stood up from prayer i sad to my self. "i am never going to be free of this chit". at that very moment i felt my whole body change. i sobered right up and the hang over was gone. i was still tired though and went back to sleep. slept like a baby. never slept that good my entire life. havent drank since. that was over 10 years ago

delivered from smoking.
for some reason i wouldnt ask God for deliverance so i ask a christian i knew at church to pray for me. not sure how long it was.
one day i was sick. it was probably covid. i think that because it was different then anything else i ever had. my throat felt like it was coated in ashes. felt like smoking was the last thing i should be doing. i said to my self "im going to have a smoke, its what i do" i took a smoke out of the pack. then i watched my hand put the smoke back into the pack. was really creepy in a way. lol never smoked again though.

addiction is the chits. i intend to never go back to what i once was.