Yeah I'm with you Pat. I was Christaned as a baby, and that really has had nil effect on mylife. Child abuse, of course not.
On 31 Dec, 11:31, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30 Dec, 17:02, "willy minnen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is not a joke. I was baptised cathaholic some days after my birth. At > > the age of 17/18 I asked the bishop of Antwerp to cancel me from his > > fan-list. I feared to receive sacraments under force. This request is still > > pending 50 years later. Child baptism is another form of child-abuse and > > ought to be forbidden. > > Happy New Year everybody, > > Willy (free from religion) > > I always avoided taking communion (Eucharist) because, even at the > age of 7, I saw it as a kind of symbolic cannabalism and vampirism > that I just didn't want to be a part of. I could see no value in > pretending to eat a God. And, to this day, I still see no value in > it. Although I, too, was baptised as a baby, I don't hold a grudge, I > just don't recognise that it did anything other than act as an excuse > for my parents to have a party. ;-) > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lonlaz > > To: "Minds Eye" > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:51 PM > > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Has anyone else met Christ? > > > Quote: > > > "I met Jesus, the Christ in 1988. I was raised in church, decided I > > hated it, turned to drugs & became atheistic & even dabbled in > > satanism. I was challenged by a Christian to "ask God to reveal > > Himself to you" and so I asked "God" to do just that. I went to bed, > > nothing happened, I was actually expecting an earthquake or > > lightning...but...nothing happened so I went to bed that night still > > an atheist / drug addict. " > > > Any good conversion story requires one at one time either dabbling in > > occult forces/being a satanist/being an athiest. I question that a > > person actually gave it a good try being an Athiest, if they were a > > Satanist as well. So, I needed some more details. > > > Ricky, though, I'm glad you found something to help keep you away from > > the drugs. Though Christianity works for you, it may not be best for > > everyone else. > > > In a converse story, I once asked God to reveal Satan to me, that was > > a trying night. :) > > > On Dec 30, 7:35 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 29 Dec, 15:00, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ricky, > > > > > I'd like to hear more about your expirience with Satanism, can you > > > > expound on that? > > > > Where did he say he had any experience with Satanism?- Hide quoted text > > - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
