DF,
You begged Jesus to speak to you when you needed him? I thought you didn't need any fairy tales and pixie dust. So I was right, you did not get the answer to a prayer you wanted and I also assume semi did not either. So both of you decided God is a shame, a fake, a fairy tale.
My humble opinion here, sometimes we DON"T get what we think we need because we don't see the big picture..it's a fact of life.
Your HUMBLE opinion??? Humble? Are you serious? The word you're looking for would be sarcastic. You said in another topic that I had never seen an Atheist & now you're saying I've never had a prayer answered. Actually, you're right on that one but you're wrong in your delivery of it. I've never said said that God was a shame, a fake or a fairy tale. What I've said was that I wasn't positive that He actually exist. Why do you think that someone that once lived that Christian life, left it simply because a prayer wasn't answered? A Christian life consist of much more than praying. Maybe that's all it is for you but it covers much more than that. I suggest you get your Bible out & study it. If you study real hard, it might even show you what humble really is.
Semi, it is you who keeps putting words in my mouth. I said I assumed you were the same as DF and you confirmed that. Since both of you did not get your prayers answered I also assumed that you both decided God was a shame. I did not SAY YOU SAID THAT! As for that Christian life, I asked you what you meant and you give the same answer. You have a complex idea of a Christian life but as of yet have said nothing more than "read the Bible".
As for humble, the last line was my humble opinion. The first part was sarcastic.
You do alot of assuming about me. I don't know when I've put words in your mouth because I read your post exactly as you write them. Just because a prayer isn't answered, doesn't mean that God is a shame. When my 12 year old died, I was very angry but I didn't see God as shameful.
I told you what I believed a Christian to be, & there's only one answer to give. I said I believed a Christian to be one who professes belief in Jesus as Christ, truly follows His teachings & lives humbly before Him. You acted as though you didn't know what that meant so I told you that you could find it in the Bible. How to follow his teachings is everywhere in the Bible. Being humble is being free from pride and arrogance. What more can I say? 