When I was in jr high school, I was at the point of committing suicide. The demons still do come back to me and yes, I do get depressed. A good friend I once had left me, and it has been and continues to be very painful.
I am struggling with many emotional issues, last week I was looking down from a bridge and thinking about jumping into the ice.
So yes, thanks for asking, I am struggling with many of the same issues that others are on this forum.
I also know that the reason I am still alive is because of God. I am kept going by Him, and He has prevented me from taking my life. I do feel pain and rejection but I also know I have hope in Him. And yes, I am eager to share the Gospel with others because it saved me and it can save others as well.
People are here to offer others help. I have seen advice given to people who cannot find a girlfriend to just 'hit' on every woman they meet, and no one is up in arms against that. I do not agree with that approach but I also know that the person who offered it did so with best intentions.
I believe that God can help everyone here, and so yes, I will tell people that He is there and that He loves them and that they can turn to Him.
I am sure that there are many Christians on this forum who are sincere about their faith and who essentially agree with your message, but unlike them, your constant prosyletizing is becoming a predictable distraction.
I am as guilty of 'evangelizing' as is anyone who shares his or her advice with another person on here. You tell people what you think will help them, I am doing the same.
I know what it is like to be pushed to the brink of suicide, and I know what it is like to feel there is no hope or no way out. I also know what it is like to know that in spite of all the suffering we go through that there is indeed hope for a better future. I am no less weak or vulnerable than you or other people here, but God is keeping me going. The only help I can give is to let people know that He cares about them and is willing to help them. I will not stop offering this help.
I am not shoving Jesus or anyone or anything else in your face, you are free to ignore my posts and words and to even condemn them. No one is forcing you to read what I have to say, and no one is going to force you to believe either. It is your choice.
I consider some of your posts about Christianity to be rude as well, posts which I read through which were not connected to any thread I started. Actually my post was in response to a thread about Christianity that I did not even start.
Cristo Vive!
- Tomasz
Thank you TG123 for your thoughtfully worded rebuttal. I feel honored that
you thought I merited such a "spirited" reply. My observation concerning your overzealousness is perhaps not as unjustified as you might think. I see from reading some of your other posts that your evangelizing has struck a raw nerve with some forum members other than myself.
I am a former fundamentalist, protestant Christian who is now an unbeliever. BTW, If you think that I was just a "pretend" Christian who never really accepted Christ and that "real" Christians could never abandon their faith, then I suggest that you read Hebrews 6:4-6 and ask yourself why the author of Hebrews would warn that:
"It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age
, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentence, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace"
I was as real a Christian as it's possible to be and for longer than you've been alive, ( I read your posts, too ). When it came to following Christ and living my faith, I was no poser. When it comes to Christianity I am no outsider looking in. As far as the promises of Jesus were concerned, I eventually found them to be hollow and lifeless.
And lastly, you have every right to speak your mind on this forum.....and so do I.
