Allow me to respond to your posting with quotes from scripture.
> I, being a Christian, have heard about every excuse possible and every
> intellectual arguement out there concerning the disbelief of the
> Christian faith; and I say faith because Christianity, at its core, is a
> faith and relationship and NOT a religion. Everyone is religious, about
> something in their life, but few have a relationship with the One True
> Living God, through Jesus Christ His only Son.
Eat not the body of another.
Drink not the blood of another.
Worship not the One, who is Jehovah or Satan.
Follow not the commandments of any
Savior, Prophet, Apostle, Disciple, or Enlightened One.
The Child is God and there is no God but this Child.
> Why do millions believe? Because they have had a personal encounter, not
> a intellectual conversion. Many things about Christianity seem illogical
> on the surface; but after much study, it becomes the only logical choice
> (including scientifically, mathmatically, and many other fields of study).
Science is the toy of the Child.
Do not say "Science has shown us the Way"
For only the Child is the Way.
Worship the Child, not the toys.
The intelligent man reads of the Child
And says "Id" or "Immorality" or "Insanity".
The Child is nought but the Child.
The Child knows His toys,
But the toys do not know the Child.
The Child is God and there is no God but this Child.
> I was a drug and alcohol user, and someone who was addicted to lust,
> until I met the person of Jesus Christ. He radically changed my life. I
> couldn't have done it on my own. Look at these statistics:
>
> 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce
> the odds change to 1 in 10 if you get married in a church
> they go to 1 in 100 if you attend church regularly
> they go to 1 in 1000 if you follow Biblical principles in your marriage
>
> the secular drug rehabilitation success rate is 27%
> the Christian drug rehabilitation success rate is 86%
Sex is of the body and the personality,
And both of these a distant echo
Of the howling and screaming of the Child.
All sex is valid so long as it leads
To Love in one of its infinite forms.
Love is of the Heart,
For how could the Heart be anything but Love.
The Heart is the echo
Of the howling and screaming of the Child.
All forms of Love are valid, so long as they lead
To Truth in its single form.
Truth is of the Soul,
For how could the Soul be anything but Truth.
The Soul is the sound
Of the howling and screaming of the Child.
The kernel of the Soul is God.
He is as a Child, howling and screaming,
For He knows the secret of Life
And there is no God but this Child.
The Child says "Kill" and thou shalt.
The Child says "Love" and thou shalt.
The Child says "Laugh" and thou shalt.
The Child says "Die" and thou shalt.
Walk the dark alleyways of the city;
Practice the strange Craft in secret;
Burn the Sacred Books of the One;
If the Child says "Walk" or "Practice" or "Burn".
> God is real!
> He sent His Son!
> Jesus died and rose again!
> And He is coming again!
>
> I am just one of many who he rescued....
>
> In His grip,
There is no God but Man.
All Beasts and Crafts are his
To use as he will.
The Universe is the Bride of Man.
Allow not your Bride to be
The lover of the One, who is Jehovah or Satan.
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