http://theveganatheist.com/forum/viewto ... 5379#p5379
I will soon proceed to start a debate on why I think God is not Dead and provide evidence to back up my claim. The evidence I will provide may or may not be evidence as whole, but circumstantial. As The Vegan Atheist pointed out numerous of times: Exceptional Claim Requires Exceptional Evidence and I do agree with his assessment.
However, before I begin to debate on why I think God is not Dead, it's imperative to present exhaustive background on my abusive experience as a "Christian" during my teenager years so it will provide some insight and understand why I believe God exist.
My mother died on April 5th, 1995 at 9 AM sharp - was diagnosed with terminal cancer; I was devastated. I was raised in a liberal Seventh-Day Adventist family without caring much about their theology. After all I was just a kid who likes to play video games and didn't care much for religion. I detest going to church because it was absolutely boring! Frigging boring I might add because I did not enjoy keeping the Sabbath since Seventh-Day Adventist observe strict ordinance and laws derived from Judaism - believe me, I hated it, and still do now. Seventh-Day Adventist are like bunch of Pharisees and Sadducees. Sad, I know.
Ever since my mother was in the hospital, I dreaded one thing: being adopted by my ultra-conservative Uncle who happens to be a Seventh-Day Adventist. I barely knew my Uncle at that time, barely visited him at all. I knew he was somewhat strict based on his behavioral pattern and the clothes he wore. I knew he was filthy rich. At my mother's bed, she begged me to stay with my Uncle so he could take good care of me and fed me. I was reluctant at first , but I decided to fulfill my mother's last dying wish. I did. And that was one of the biggest mistake I ever made, at least I obeyed my mother.
Living with my ultra-conservative Uncle was living in hell for the last 6 years. Everything must be observed within' the law as outlined in the Old Testament according to the Prophet that Seventh-Day Adventist revere so much: Ellen G. White. As an Deaf individual, I had to endure all of the hellish preaching uttered from my Uncle's mouth. No Nintendo, no evil TV shows, no caffeine, no pork, and other strict dietary laws; he firmly believe that Deaf people cannot drive; he firmly believe that I must go to a Seventh-Day Adventist university and be a man, refusing to send me to a Deaf school: although I did went to Deaf school for two years before my Uncle finally realized that this Deaf school I went to is not Seventh-Day Adventist as he told me. Sad. He doesn't believe in education, but rather inspirational vision from God which gives everything. He's mad delusional at best, or rather deceived or both. As I started to become more and more rebellious, my Uncle decided to take more drastic measure: physical and mental violence by using the Bible. I was a total punk at that time: dye'd my hair in colors, listen to Green Day music and etc. It was fun for a very short time. Until this dreadful dead that turned VIOLENT!
I was laying down on the count watching "WINGS" comedian TV show (no closed captioned available at that time). Then all of the sudden my aunt walked towards to the TV and pout, "THIS IS EVIL" and proceed to turn off the television. I was bewildered and had no idea what the hell she was talking about. So I picked up the remote and turned the TV back without realizing that my Uncle was right behind me. He cannon-fodder-ed out of the rocking chair and picked me up like WWF wrestling match and slammed my head into the wall: there was white, yellow, and red blood all over the wall. My Aunt hurriedly over and covered the evidence by cleaning it up. This incident is a moment where I will never forget. I was hell-bent for revenge, my eyes were all blood-shot for justice and vengeance. I decided to bottle up my emotion.
A couple of months later, I decided to reveal this incident to a social worker during my stay at Camp Mark 7 (deaf camp). It didn't help much because my Uncle lied right through his teeth, every word he uttered was a lie. A blatant lie. My Uncle came to pick me up with his veins festering in his face with absolute anger. I knew one thing: Social Worker fell right into his lies and bought it. He shouldn't have picked me up and he should have been on a restraint order. This is where I bitterly hated Seventh-Day Adventist, bitterly hated the Bible, and most importantly, I bitterly hated him to death. My Uncle decided to retaliate by sending me to Miracle Meadows School (recently got shut down).
This will introduce to Part 2: Miracle Meadow School: oppressive and destructive reform school operated by Seventh-Day Adventist. This is where I truly look into the eyes of the beast. My Uncle's vengeance knows no bound; his insatiable wanton for religion indoctrination is incomparable to what Miracle Meadow School has to offer. Gayle Clark, an administrator for Miracle Miracle Meadows School was arrested two months ago on child abuse charges and sexual harassment/molestation incident which I will explain on Part 2. Untold victims were abused and raped and beaten nearly senselessly to death for one sole objective: indoctrination based on Ellen G. White's inspirational writings, forcibly.. here's a snippet of their belief on their website on #18:
Unfortunately and theist-ly speaking, they're incorrect. Ellen G. White is a cult and a false prophet just like any other prophet in other religious sect (i.e. Mormon (LDS), Jehovah's Witness, David Koresh (SDA leaders), and other like-minded cults out there) which I will explain in part 2.The Gift of Prophecy :18
One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy. This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in
the ministry of Ellen. G. White. As the Lord’s messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative source of truth which
provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction. They also make clear that the Bible is the standard by
which all teaching and experience must be tested. (Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-21; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 12:17; 19:10.)
http://www.adventistarchives.org/fundam ... ntists.pdf
Here's the news about Miracle Meadows School being shut down and Gayle Clark indicted:
http://www.theet.com/news/local/miracle ... mment-area
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... Sold-19289
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... ourt-18072
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... iled-17723
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... Down-17663
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... ased-17598
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view& ... ions-17609
I will post Part 2 soon!
