Recent content by sh284

I grew up in a churchgoing family and always had what you could say was a head belief in Jesus, but probably not a heart belief. I did used to say prayers every night but as time went on, I stopped doing that and going to church. I started drinking 10 years ago and just stopped because it was...

I know it's wrong for a married man to lust over another woman and for a single man to lust over a married woman, but is it also wrong for a single man to lust over a single woman and if so, why is it a sin?

I've heard some people say that the story of Jesus is very similar to previous myths. Is this true? I'd like to believe it isn't. Please give me evidence that this isn't true.

I read that the word used for Lucifer is different than the one used for Jesus in Revelation in the orginal either Hebrew or Greek. It's a mistake in translating.

It appears this guy cherry-picks and takes things out of context. The whole God, Lord God thing makes no sense. Could he be possessed or demonically influenced in some way? My only concern is Isaiah 14:12 in the NIV version.

There's this guy on youtube who goes by ChucksterOLove. He claims that Jesus is Satan and has a bunch of videos to that affect. I've been afraid to watch the videos and hope someone could disprove them. He also has a website called jesuschristissatan.com which I haven't visited.

Was salvation something immediate or was it gradual. Was there a specific moment where you knew the truth and knew you were saved?

This is probably a stupid question, but if I become a Christian, will I lose my friends?

Are you saying that participating in sports is a sin?

OK, thank you for your response.

In a way this helps me but in a way it doesn't. I don't want to give up baseball, politics, or patriotism. I was raised with three sacred symbols: the cross, the flag, and Chief Wahoo and probably not in that order.

What gives you the strength to decide to keep trying? I'm starting to think maybe God isn't being mean with his prohibitions but is trying to help and protect us.

I feel it's something I need to do.

I appreciate everyone's responses.

I'm not sure that applies to me. As much drinking as I've done, I've never driven drunk nor have I ever gotten violent as a result of my drunkenness. The only harm is my college GPA would've been half a point higher.