I am loving your blog. I stumbled onto it and love reading the prophecy. I am anxiously awaiting Jesus' return. I am excited to see your testimony oh here as well. I think atheists are so angry because they don't want to have to even think there is a chance they are wrong, because if they are they know there are severe consequences. If they really though there was no God they would not care what you believed. You make them worry they are wrong! God Bless you.

I love your testimony and your stand for the Lord, it feels great not to have to worry about this world and all it's troubles, I like your site to the signs of the Lords return are all around us now! it's gettin crazy out there isn't it.

Cituke here from /r/atheism

Thanks for making the effort to respond to my peers and me.

My apologies for any rudeness my compatriots expressed but you have to remember that we're an open community and believe in free speech even if it's offensive.

That being said, I would caution you against decisions made in times of desperation as they are often not rational.

Furthermore, the fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. Whether something makes you happy or not doesn't mean it's real or even something you should want to follow.

I am glad to hear that you're doing better in life, but I would advise that if theism is such an important aspect of your life, that you research it not just from those who agree but from those who disagree whether it's atheism or other religions.

The surest way to arrive at a false conclusion is to follow agreeing ideas without question and to question dissenting ideas without considering their answers.

I do see that you have been muslim and atheist, but how much have you understood the reasoning behind following either one rather than just experiencing what it is like to be a member?

If you care to debate the subject to understand why I believe what I do and why I probably find your stance the incorrect one, I'd like to do so by all means. If not, spending some time reading dawkins, hitchens, sam harris, neil degrasse tyson or other decent skeptic writers might at least give you perspective on why we believe the things we do.

Thanks,

Cituke

I only read it because I thought u were cute in your pic. So you were raised as a Muslim, became and Atheist and now you're a Christian. Interesting...

It is telling that you think the fact the 'death doesn't cross my mind anymore' is a good thing.

It indicates that you use your belief for the emotional comfort it provides because you do not like thinking about the reality of the universe we live in.

However, I would posit those who embrace their mortality can live fuller lives, knowing that this is their only chance to be the person they want to be, and that this life is not a practice run, but the only run.

Suffering in this life is simply that, and I think pretending those that suffer get rewarded in heaven numbs us to the suffering of others, instead of galvanizing people to reduce it.

I too would die with a grin on my face, because I know I enjoyed life to the best of my ability, and that I need not fear the judgment of the supernatural.

If you are happy then that is great, but for many Christianity is a source of pain. You will never be good enough for Jesus. If something bad happens, it is not his fault, if something good happens, he takes the credit. You can try to follow him, but his words are not clear and noone can agree on them because the bible is a contradicting assembly of confusion and ancient myths. It is a mental trap, that only the truth can free you from it. And the truth lies in the search for evidence, not in the wishful thinking.

Both of us will defend our lifestyles naturally, so I don't write as if I expect to win any points. But I do wonder if you think it is better to face something in it's core element so perhaps to understand it fully, or to shield yourself from it because it might be painful, but in doing so block your ability to see everything. You couldn't sleep because you were afraid. Now you sleep in the cocoon of Christianity, we're you feel nothing can hurt you. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still cold outside.

If you ever want to face the cold again, there are places to go where one can learn to master it, but you need to be willing to seek them to find them. If you are happy believing everything has a purpose and it will be flowers and candy when you die, I can't fault you for that either, but be careful...there is a price to be paid for wearing emerald glasses.

Wonderfully and beautifully said. Stand firm, sister.

I didn't read your post after you said you were fascinated by the atheist response to your post.

The truth is that believing in the Christian god will soon be equated with believing the Earth is flat. We are not scared of being wrong and its consequences -- in fact, we have the utmost certainty that we do NOT know what happens after death. That's the big difference between us: you claim to know, we claim not to.

I feel incredibly sorry for you and how much of your life has been dedicated to this pursuit of fiction. You write off logic and reason with your faith, as if purely WANTING to believe in something trumps all else. I think that really, you just need to get laid.

Wow, Hank. So profound. That almost didn't even warrant a reply, except for the fact that it was such a ludicrous comment. Point to you for getting me to respond.

First off, I don't know millions of people who have died for the sake of the earth being flat. Secondly, I urge you to find me proof that Jesus isn't real and God doesn't exist. If you atheists are so bent on having proof, I'd love you to provide me some.

Thirdly, the thing that cracks me up the most is that it's called "faith" -- meaning you have a belief and conviction for something for which there is no proof. If there was proof, then it wouldn't be a free-will choice. It wouldn't be faith. And the Bible says "for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith" -- not works or proof.

But my specific reason for writing back is to simply remind you that one day every knee shall bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. There will be a time when you will be forced to remember this, and your words will come back to haunt you because you'll be on your knees thinking, "Oh, crap... it's too late."

I truly have empathy and compassion for those who don't know Christ, because I was one of them once. Therefore, I will pray my heart out for you.

God bless...

Beautifully said, Maria.

Nice post. When you write passionately from your heart, I can hear you. Keep up the goodness!

God Bless you always, Maria. Christians have much to look foreward to in the afterlife. What do athiests have to look foreward to?

Keep up the work and I believe you have a gift of expressing so much more than I could. It is a God given gift. And no person can take faith away.

I find it amazing in your post that I and many others feel the same way, the love, the peace, the joy, the knowing... those that have the Holy Spirit inside of them live with their sights set on Jesus, loving thy neighbor and thy enemy...can't get any better than that! Prayers going out for all those unbelievers! Why don't you give Jesus a try... you may like it!
Thank you for your posts, you are a gift from God!

You wrote to Hank: "But my specific reason for writing back is to simply remind you that one day every knee shall bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. There will be a time when you will be forced to remember this, and your words will come back to haunt you because you'll be on your knees thinking, "Oh, crap... it's too late."

Isn't that the truth. These atheists hate Christians so much, but they have no idea how much we love them! How horrendous to imagine being in the above position, and being forced to remember your own foolish "wisdom"...the wisdom of the world.

God is working through you....

Thanks for this post.

Where are you, Maria?

You go girl! I think the thing that unbelievers just don't get is that he is real. You don't just have to believe it in faith. If someone truly wants to know if he is real then all they have to do is ask him to reveal himself to you.
If you really want to know the truth then he will show up and when he does.....all doubt is gone....I can now say,"I know that I know that I know.....My God is real and he knows me and he loves me and he watches over me" I'm so glad I ask him to make himself real to me.
What a journey is waiting for you....all you have to do is ask!

God bless you, Maria!

Keep praying for those non-believers!

Our God is an awesome God!

<3 Vanessa

I miss hearing your God-given insight. Please keep posting.

Maria, your last post was April 21 and it is now August 14. Have you given up the blog? We miss you.

Hello Maria! I also 'stumbled across' your blog while researching information on lunar eclipses or 'blood moons' in relation to signs in the heaven and the soon return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! LOVED reading your testimony! I wasn't an athiest, more of an agnostic, and my life was a LOT like yours was until Jesus got ahold of me at age 43! Keep fighting the good fight, keep shining the Light of Christ in the darkness, my sister, and I look forward to meeting you in person soon in heaven! Maranatha!