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| I have a confession to make..I pray. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 19 2009, 08:31 PM (555 Views) | |
| CrashTest | Apr 19 2009, 08:31 PM Post #1 |
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Pisa-Carp
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So I am an atheist. I don't believe in god, I don't go to church, I am without religion. Here's the kicker. I pray every night. And when I pray, I believe in it, too. I think if I don't pray, God won't protect me or help me. But I don't believe in god. It's only during the moments before I go to sleep. I used to believe in god when I was little, and I prayed every night. Is habit and custom that strong? I feel funny if I don't pray at night. But I am an atheist. Damn. Can I really be an atheist? I felt so cool, but it snaps back before I go to sleep. I really don't believe in god, until I enter that mode. Damn. |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 19 2009, 11:48 PM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Don't worry. God understands. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 20 2009, 03:00 AM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Faith is a journey, Crash. You're doing ok. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 20 2009, 03:52 AM Post #4 |
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Cheers
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Hate to break this to you, Crash, but when you're an atheist its called 'talking to yourself'. |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 20 2009, 04:00 AM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Phlebas | Apr 20 2009, 05:00 AM Post #6 |
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Bull-Carp
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...and if God talks back to you, it's called "hearing voices." |
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Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D | |
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| apple | Apr 20 2009, 05:08 AM Post #7 |
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one of the angels
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i pray for you too Crash. |
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| Frank_W | Apr 20 2009, 05:11 AM Post #8 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Years ago, I prayed for the last time. "Get out. I won't ask for help, and You don't interfere. I'll live and die on my own terms, thanks." |
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| John D'Oh | Apr 20 2009, 05:18 AM Post #9 |
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MAMIL
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Crash, I think you may be a lapsed atheist. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| brenda | Apr 20 2009, 05:22 AM Post #10 |
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What kids of things do you pray about? Family, career, friends? |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 20 2009, 09:04 AM Post #11 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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I think they call them backsliders. |
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| Renauda | Apr 20 2009, 09:46 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Lady Claire Gurney: "How do you know you're God?" Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney: "Simple. When I pray to Him, I find I am talking to myself." ~ The Ruling Class (1972) |
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| CrashTest | Apr 20 2009, 10:35 AM Post #13 |
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Pisa-Carp
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I think this goes to show you how religion can really be an ingrained habit that's hard to shake off. |
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 20 2009, 11:20 AM Post #14 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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That's one way to look at it. But there are others. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Pianolicious | Apr 20 2009, 03:28 PM Post #15 |
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Senior Carp
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I pray too. I don't know what the big deal is. Prayer doesn't make you anything in the eyes of others unless you make a spectacle of it and use it to get attention. |
| Sit tibi vita longa et omnia bona!!! -- Dr. Spock | |
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| ivorythumper | Apr 20 2009, 03:50 PM Post #16 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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"I have a confession to make..I pray. " For your penance say three Paternosters and five Hail Marys. |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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| Jolly | Apr 20 2009, 04:18 PM Post #17 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Thomas doubted. You're not in bad company, Crash... |
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| Optimistic | Apr 20 2009, 05:43 PM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sounds more like being agnostic than being atheist, if you really do believe when you pray. |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| NAK | Apr 20 2009, 08:33 PM Post #19 |
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Senior Carp
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It's probably at least partly the force of habit, holding to childhood comforts. Like a teddy bear or safety blanket. And maybe you're just reinforcing in your own mind, by verbalising your thoughts to some unknown person, your needs and wants. What do you pray for? That could tell you a lot about why you pray. If it's for safekeeping, then I could see a lot of reasons why an all-powerful bodyguard would appeal to you. For guidance, who better to ask than one who knows everything from beginning to end? Just a thought. In any case, what harm can it do? |
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| jon-nyc | Apr 20 2009, 09:02 PM Post #20 |
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Cheers
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That's great. |
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| Dewey | Apr 21 2009, 04:06 PM Post #21 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Everyone prays, but not everyone realizes it. And of the ones who do, a number of them won't admit that's what they're doing. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Renauda | Apr 21 2009, 04:11 PM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A bit like snoring, eh? |
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| Dewey | Apr 21 2009, 04:48 PM Post #23 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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A lot, yes, but not always as loud as that. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Renauda | Apr 21 2009, 04:52 PM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The external nasal patches help. |
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| Dewey | Apr 21 2009, 04:58 PM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Not us Eye-talians. All the skin oil keeps them from adhering... |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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