Guest burnthebible Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 I became a christian when i was 16. I am now 27. Everything was great up until 2 monthes ago. I would have talk to jesus in my head all day long, everyday with no problems. I thought nothing of it. Never did i get a response from him to be completly honest. Just alot of sayin Jesus about 100 times in my head a day, typical mental illness if you think about it. What almost made me commit suicide is Satan. I stumbled across his name in a bad way. I had never dealt with my fear of Satan. I was actually so terrified of the name Satan that at any time i heard the name i would immediatly try to think of somthing else so it did not get stuck in my head long. Well it finally caught up with me and I decided the best way to deal with my fear of Satan would be to say the word Satan over and over in my head till it had no meaning. This really sucked because it got stuck in my head for over 2 monthes and everytime i said it i would almost have a heart attack. It was like i was changing teams, but it all started with me trying to beat the word Satan because nobody wants to live in fear of anything. I am finally beginning to take my own free will back and control of my mind. They say a christian cant be possessed, but i was. I had horrible nightmares that you could not imagine. I would wake up saying Satan like a possessed man(you know the deep dark voice). If it was not for the bible Satan would not be alive today neither would any demons. I believe all the devil and demons are just words with fear and shit attached to them to make people messed up in the head. That is what it did to me. I lost my mind. I look at the bible as a tool to keep the devil alive now. When i look at my bible i think Satan is in there. I want to burn every bible in the world so that no children have to know the word Satan or any other scary demon name. I think burning the bible will help me emotionally. I was turned on to christianity by a what i thought was a good friend and good guy. I look at him like a murderer now. I never needed the bible or jesus to know God, and i certainly dont need a constant threat of hell and satan to know God. Another real good friend when i was 12 told me to pray to God and that was all i needed. Didnt need any doctrine or book. Just the word God was enough. I believe if God really comes back to destroy the world by fire it will be to destroy the words satan and the words of demons from the earth so they cannot harm any more of his children. How else will he get rid of so many evil bibles and literature that is keeping the devil alive and well today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Never did i get a response from him to be completly honest. Same here. That's a big reason why I questioned god's existence in the first place. Well it finally caught up with me and I decided the best way to deal with my fear of Satan would be to say the word Satan over and over in my head till it had no meaning. This really sucked because it got stuck in my head for over 2 monthes and everytime i said it i would almost have a heart attack. It was like i was changing teams, but it all started with me trying to beat the word Satan because nobody wants to live in fear of anything. I commend you for doing that. It must've taken a lot of courage on your part to be able to do that, and I think that's really awesome. I am finally beginning to take my own free will back and control of my mind. That's good. I'm glad for that. They say a christian cant be possessed, but i was. I had horrible nightmares that you could not imagine. I thought I was possessed at one point because praying and xian rituals would make me feel incredibly awkward. It couldn't be because I felt guilty for not being able to buy into it; I had to be possessed by demons. Funny how that works. I've also had terrifying nightmares, not of Satan, but of other things, including demons, so I know where you're coming from with that. Four or five nightmares a night for at least two years, that I can remember. I blocked most of that out. I'm not sure if this was your experience or not, but it got to be where I existed mostly in my own mind. Real life was very dull and grey, but nightmares were in very vivid color and were very intense. I remember I had this one dream at that time where I was standing in the lunch line at school and I was staring at an apple thinking, "My god, that apple is so red." It was crazy. If it was not for the bible Satan would not be alive today neither would any demons. I respectfully disagree with this sentiment. Demons are present in other religions and mythologies, as well, such as Greek mythology. Xianity is actually a fairly new religion and it borrowed a lot of that stuff from pagan religions and other places. Demons and the underworld are not just present in xianity. I believe all the devil and demons are just words with fear and shit attached to them to make people messed up in the head. I agree with you there. This shit doesn't exist. It's just a mindfuck. Demons don't exist, Satan doesn't exist, none of this stuff actually exists. I want to burn every bible in the world so that no children have to know the word Satan or any other scary demon name. I disagree with this, too. Demons and scary things exist outside of the bible, and actually, reading the bible can help someone deconvert from xianity, if the person reading it is actually thinking for him/herself. It actually helped me tremendously with that, as ironic as that may seem. I think burning the bible will help me emotionally. Why not do it? I'm planning to do that at some point, get a free bible from somewhere and burn it. Other people here have done that, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator florduh Posted June 8, 2009 Super Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2009 The Bible is bullshit. No God, no Satan, no angels, no demons. Just the mythology of a much earlier time. One day, reading the Bible will be like reading about Norse mythology or the ancient Egyptian gods. Besides, 'Satan' is just Santa' spelled sideways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShallowByThyGame Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Satan is just a fictional character. Logically such a creature can not physically exist, but is a strawman for anything a religious person disagrees with. It obviously hurts to find out that the bible is a lie, but the most important lesson to learn is that only science brings knowledge, not emotions or ancient writings. If some intelligent being did initiate the big bang, why create millions and millions of galaxies each with millions and millions of suns and then be incredibly concerned with specific details about the lives of one particular species on a backwater planet that managed to reach conscious thought after several million years of evolution, and then not even be able to communicate his message clearly enough to prevent civilizations from arguing and warring over the idea of him age after age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklyorange Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 If some intelligent being did initiate the big bang, why create millions and millions of galaxies each with millions and millions of suns and then be incredibly concerned with specific details about the lives of one particular species on a backwater planet that managed to reach conscious thought after several million years of evolution, and then not even be able to communicate his message clearly enough to prevent civilizations from arguing and warring over the idea of him age after age. It appears that the bible god wants to have that showdown to end all showdowns at the end. God's bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunaticheathen Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Honestly, if demons, as such, do really exist, I think christians would be the first people they would possess. In fact, most stories of possession involve very devout christian children. I think it's because they're so weak willed, they allow "demons", real or imagined, to take them over. They rely on "Jesus" so much, they can't fight back themselves. Besides, if this christian god is so powerful, why can't he eject these demons not just from his children, but from all existence? Doesn't he love his followers? Oh wait, then the story of Job would be meaningless. And god allowed "satan" to wreck Job's life, who was this god's biggest fan, apparently. Christianity is rather sick, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRDWarrior Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Those ingrained fears can be difficult to overcome, but the more you remind yourself that it's just a made up way of dealing with things people couldn't explain hundreds of years ago modified to fit the times (sort of), then the quicker you can overcome said fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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