The evidence of God

I invited you into the coffeehouse because I sensed the passion in your message. I know your heart, and I know that you are not dissing anyone personally here at EvC.You have had some lifechanging experiences in the past few years.
I can relate to where you are coming from. I lost my Dad when I was 17. He was a part of my life for ALL of my life before that. People came up to me at the funeral and then turned away...embarrassed to say what it was that they wanted to say. They KNEW that they could not relate to me...to the pain that I felt!I did not know God for the first 32 years of my life, but He was with me...walking beside me step by step. When I first met Him, I was in love with life! I was in awe of Him! How do I explain this to a science forum? How can I tell anyone who has never been touched what a touch feels like??Nobody will ever squash my faith. I promoted your rant, even if it is NOT as P.C. or as concise as it could be, because you kept asking.
You have no agenda. You just wanted to be heard.To all who respond to this topic, try and respect this mans feelings and understand that he has been through a lot in his life. His evidence of God is not something that he can prove to you unless you knew him.

I can't speak for Chris, but I think that what he is trying to say, really, is that the evidence of God that he speaks of is witnessed by the passion and emotion stirred up within him.You do not see it as I do. You may just see a young man on a pointless rant. I see that as well, but I also see something deeper. Many people think that Christians always want to be right. Its not that. Its that we want to have agreement...a communion, if you will..with you.

Dan, (or alias) when a believer rants like this, they are ranting at the spirit behind people rather than at the people themselves.If I were to say that the arrogant, greedy, selfish world that we live in is heading towards doom, would I be hate'n on the world?No.Were you to say that the ignorant, pompous, and clueless fundies were the real evil in U.S. politics, would you be talking of the people themselves...individually...or of the position which they allowed to occur?

Actually, both things often happen to people.
1) What comes around goes around. The Law of sowing and reaping.
2) The Godly in Christ will suffer persecution. They don't always deserve it!

Chris is Deep! He does not get stoned, however! This kid is a philosopher and a romantic!My hope is that there are more kids out there who have a love for humanity like Chris does and who are not content to merely hang at the mall and get stoned scoping out chicks..(ahem...Dan!)The evidence of God is reflected in the personalities of His creation.What kind of a teenager were YOU, Scraff? Tell us some stories!This message has been edited by Phatboy, 05-02-2005 09:41 AM

While on the subject of quotes, here are two more to ponder:

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The winner is one who knows when to drop out in order to get in touch.
Marshall McLuhan

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"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God." Eric Butterworth

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