[ATLian]

>Give me a honest answer. Have you ever gone past religious rituals >and formed a relationship with Jesus Christ?

>ATLian has always being spiritually dead, therefore how can he
>HONESTLY tell the difference??


TM, it's a waste of time giving you what you'd call an "honest answer." I say this because, even if I once was as saved as you are, then I back-slid, you would still tell me that what I was then (my version of being saved) isn't really being saved, coz if I were really saved, I'd not have back-slid. So we'd go back to Square One with you saying I have always been spiritually dead.

I once believed in Christianity and all it's shenanigans. The older I got, the more questions I asked. I went to Bush (Alliance High School), and Bush, being a Christian school, required us to attend some form of church 5 days a week. The more I heard sermons, the more I questioned. The more I questioned, the less answers I got. All I was told was to pray harder and the truth would be revealed. It didn't take me long to realize that that was an opt-out for the Christians.

When I got to the US, I got access to more books and info on the web, and slowly I realized that I cannot keep lying to myself that I believe. Once I accepted that I'm an atheist (believe me, after being brought up believing in god and hell, admitting to yourself that you're an atheist is one terrifying ordeal) I realized how blinding religion can be.