Thread: This topic is for Christians only! (Jesus is my savior, etc.

I don't think people should have freaked out It wasn't that big of a deal, if you make a "serious" thread, it's bound to get at least one not "serious" post.

Originally posted by wasup
if you make a \"serious\" thread, it's bound to get at least one not \"serious\" post.

OK then, this thread has had it's share. Let's get it back on topic. Abstraction is not the first Christian that has expressed concern about this. Let's work it through to the end.

so, we're going to agree to disagree, and stop acting like kids in the playground?
not that everyone's not entitled to their opinion, but personally i think it was getting a bit daft

I've grown up in a Christian home and have tried my best to live according to God's word all of my life. Here's my take on what you've mentioned.

For the most part I agree with what Alex D said. I'm a bit of a skeptic, but I'm not ruling out that OBEs or dream sharing might, in fact, exist. I don't doubt God's power to have those occur if it's within his will. Not to mention, I'd love it if dream sharing were possible! Imagine what witnessing would be like if we could slip into someone's dream and tell them about Christ and "show" them what He's done for us. I believe, though, that too many people simply want them to exist so bad that they delude themselves into thinking that what was a normal dream was something more. That's where I find it hard, being that dreams sent by God could be ignored, though that is unlikely.

Anyway, that's my take on things.

-Amé

P.S. I tend to avoid the Philosophy section for obvious reasons.

Why limit yourself to what Christians believe? God is all around you, in every person, and everyone has something to tell you if you really want to listen, even those who appear to have nothing to say. How do you even know that someone who calls themself a Christian is actually a Christian? Anyway...

I do not consider myself Christian more than any other religion, because I think they all have something equal to give, which in their essence is the same thing. I just take Christianity more symbolically than most, which makes much more sense if you look into it.

Lucid dreaming is a very interesting thing, which can have a dramatic effect on how you view reality. You are you in your waking life, but you are also you in your dreams, and in deep sleep, so who is the real you? If you are conscious while awake, what is wrong with being conscious in your dream state? The only difference is that in your dreams you don't have to wait for time to change what you want, it happens immediately, and you are also not bound to physical laws because you are the only one experiencing it. Some people are born with the ability to lucid dream, so it is a very natural thing, nothing to be scared of. You do not need the acceptance of other Christians to know what is right, ask yourself, for within yourself is where God resides.