sandy whitelinger
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Kungfuzed said:Why don't I feel like a damned soul?
Because damnation isn't a feeling.
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Kungfuzed said:Why don't I feel like a damned soul?
wmam said:Is this it?
Psa 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Stimpleton said:Yup, thats the one, thankyou.x
But im sure theres one in the New testament that says that too.
Kungfuzed said:I don't go to church. I don't believe in God. I keep most of the commandments, but mainly because of my own sense of right and wrong. I give theists a hard time. I don't study scriptures. I don't practice rituals. I've been told by several people that I'm going to hell. Yet I don't feel guilty. Shouldn't my soul be racked with shame and torment? Shouldn't God be making my life miserable? Shouldn't He be pricking my consience? Why don't I feel like a damned soul?
doppelgänger said:Because you're in denial.
Victor said:How are damned people supposed to feel?
Kungfuzed said:Well, this kind of ties in with the warm fuzzies thread I started. I just wonder, since everything seems to have an equal and opposite in this universe; If you feel the Holy Spirit stronger the closer you are to God, then you should feel the exact opposite the farther you are from God. By this reasoning, Atheists should be the most miserable people on the earth. There was a time when I was unhappy and confuzed, but it was during the transition period. I still believed in God but hated the image of Him that I had built up in my mind (we each have our own image of who we think God is). I was very confuzed and like kung-fu movies (I bet you can guess where I got my username). Then one night while I was driving home from work I had a moment of clarity. I suddenly realized that the God I believed in couldn't possibly exist. Then I took it one step further and allowed myself to ask "Does any God exist at all?". That's right about the time I started searching for answers and found this forum. Since that moment of clarity I've learned a great deal and have a greater understanding of who I am. Instead of becomming miserable, Atheism (including the philosophys surrounding it such as naturalism and humanism) has led me to a higher degree of peace and understanding (and understanding of the world around me and also of myself). If feelings of peace, love, and a moment of clarity are the Holy Spirit, then God has led me into Atheism.
Kungfuzed said:I don't go to church. I don't believe in God. I keep most of the commandments, but mainly because of my own sense of right and wrong. I give theists a hard time. I don't study scriptures. I don't practice rituals. I've been told by several people that I'm going to hell. Yet I don't feel guilty. Shouldn't my soul be racked with shame and torment? Shouldn't God be making my life miserable? Shouldn't He be pricking my consience? Why don't I feel like a damned soul?
adilrockstar said:You don't know the joy that comes with salvation. Once you know, you will be able to tell the difference.
If you keep on the path you are on, I believe that your life will end up miserable, and your soul will be damned.
Remeber you asked, this is not an attack.)( I am only answering the question you asked.
God Bless
Adil
Victor said:You can be happy with or without God. You can be sad with or without God. You can be confused with or without God. You can be mad with or without God. yada yada yada.....
I hope you see my point.
Kungfuzed said:So then, God is not the source of happiness, sadness, confusion, clarity, or anger? Is the Holy Spirit just a bonus emotion that happens on special occasions, and the lack thereof is just like normal everyday life?
wmam said:Is this it?
Psa 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Kungfuzed said:. I give theists a hard time
Ød¥ said:And why is this?
Stimpleton said:Hey there, ive found the other verse, it is Romans1 verse 24,but all of Romans 1 pretty much speaks of that subject. Sorry it took a whilexx