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>>I was a Christian before I met the JA and for 5 years >>after leaving the JA; a member of a house church in >>Bristol. >> >>My atheism is not a reaction to the JA. >> >>However I agree with your description of JA >>Christianity. >> >>My house church in Bristol was peopled by mostly >>students at the university. It grew out of the Church >>of England Chaplaincy, was charismatic and evangelical >>in emphasis, but most importantly from my point of >>view, it was made up of intelligent, well educated >>people and unlike in the JA, people read the bible >>without restriction. >> >>During that period I worked in an Christian bookshop >>and was a voracious reader with a wide ranging >>interest in theology. More importantly I came into >>contact with christians of different denominations and >>these relationships allowed me to question the basis >>of my belief system. I realised that much that I had >>believed had been convenient when I needed it, but >>that increasingly I didn't believe in God at all. >> >>Atheism is potentially as arrogant as Christianity; >>agnosticism would be more honest. The fact is that >>neither of us can really know, but I fervently believe >>that there is no God. But what reassures me that he >>doesn't exist is that christian reason does not stack >>up. If christians were right about god, I doubt that >>he would be a god worthy of worship - Christians con >>themselves into accepting the notions of a merciful >>and loving god while constantly pointing to a god who >>is anything but. >> >>That was the point I was making when I referred to the >>story of Noah, which is a story of malevolence, >>jealously and callous disregard for humankind. The god >>of judgement is the sort of god that christians >>want....a god who will punish people for not believing >>in him. He is therefore a god they have created in >>their own image. > >God is love, light, live, truth. No human being can be >like that. People are too corrupt, too weak to be like >that. If you make a god after the image of people the >end result will be the devil, not God, because sad to >say, most people follow the image of the devil, not >the image of God. They fill their minds with evil, >with corruption, they brake the eternal laws of God, >that would protect them and heal them,and then they >blame God for having to judge them. He gave them a >free choice. With God you are no slave, but the devil >wants to enslave you into evil thinking about God.
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