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For all ya christians out there, what was you salvation experience like? Anything peticular stick out?

For me, I was saved 4 years ago in june. I was asleep one night... then i woke up..for no apparent reason. Well, when i work up i started having terrible pains in my chest and also my head. I thought i was dying. So i dropped to the ground and cried out to God. That same hour i became a christian. The lord and myself had a long conversation that night. And things have been great since then.

Not all of us have had a salvation experience, you know.:)

'Twas in a church just over 2 years ago, when I was 14 at the beginning of the school year. Can't quite remember the details, because it was as if my mind did a complete turnaround. From militant atheism/deism to total Christianity. Very odd. I still wonder why the hell me.

Not all of us have had a salvation experience, you know.:) Well I was lucky enough to have a "burning bush" experience I guess.. Kinda like what happened to paul too.. he was stopped dead in his tracks...


'Twas in a church. Can't quite remember the details, because it was as if my mind did a complete turnaround. From militant atheism/deism to total Christianity. Very odd.
God does do woundrous and sometimes seemingly odd things. Thats why he is so great!

For all ya christians out there, what was you salvation experience like? Anything peticular stick out?

For me, I was saved 4 years ago in june. I was asleep one night... then i woke up..for no apparent reason. Well, when i work up i started having terrible pains in my chest and also my head. I thought i was dying. So i dropped to the ground and cried out to God. That same hour i became a christian. The lord and myself had a long conversation that night. And things have been great since then.


i've been raised a christian my whole life, i've dropped down and always prayed to God i never rejected him,formally and i never will, i do get made, and ask why is all this happening, and a threaten to reject by i know i can't ever i know he's real. But thing do happen for reasons. One day i would like to be and evanglist and preach around the world or even a middle east hostirian would be nice, i'm very religious. i'd love if every one would turn to God by you do have those non believers who will find ways to prove nothing exists. But i've always been a Christian and will never choose to depart from that ever, i believe God is always there.

I don't really believe in a 'salvation experience.' I mean, you may have some kind of epiphany or mystical experience that leads you to consider going back to Church (if you left) or changing churches, etc... maybe a near-death experience or some major event in your life, but in the end, you basically have to evaluate Scripture and your Church's philosophy and decide if it's for you..

For all ya christians out there, what was you salvation experience like? Anything peticular stick out?

For me, I was saved 4 years ago in june. I was asleep one night... then i woke up..for no apparent reason. Well, when i work up i started having terrible pains in my chest and also my head. I thought i was dying. So i dropped to the ground and cried out to God. That same hour i became a christian. The lord and myself had a long conversation that night. And things have been great since then.

Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince.

i've been raised a christian my whole life, i've dropped down and always prayed to God i never rejected him,formally and i never will, i do get made, and ask why is all this happening, and a threaten to reject by i know i can't ever i know he's real. But thing do happen for reasons. One day i would like to be and evanglist and preach around the world or even a middle east hostirian would be nice, i'm very religious. i'd love if every one would turn to God by you do have those non believers who will find ways to prove nothing exists. But i've always been a Christian and will never choose to depart from that ever, i believe God is always there.

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i've been raised a christian my whole life, i've dropped down and always prayed to God i never rejected him,formally and i never will, i do get made, and ask why is all this happening, and a threaten to reject by i know i can't ever i know he's real. But thing do happen for reasons. One day i would like to be and evanglist and preach around the world or even a middle east hostirian would be nice, i'm very religious. i'd love if every one would turn to God by you do have those non believers who will find ways to prove nothing exists. But i've always been a Christian and will never choose to depart from that ever, i believe God is always there.


Yeah, I have always kinda felt the push to go into the ministry. Everyone else tells me I should. I do like to write sermons out. But also to be able to show love to the non beleivers as Christ showed to us when we were yet awful sinners..well that is just a great thing to do..And as far as the middle east thing..Yeah that'd be awesome. I have a vision for that as well

Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince., Oh, that's undeniable. People will turn on instinct to their native religion (although people are converting to Islam in the UK now). However, they all find God.

Besides, I spent a long time considering this, and why I was a Christian. I came up with my own reasoning.

Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince.

your probably right, but once a jew always a jew but have you noticed more people convert to Christianity, or who admitt it at least, but i'm not saying others don't have that experience. but just have you noticed that?:headbang:

Yea I became a Christian at about the age of 5, but I really had a hard time because I didnt ahve any Chrisitan friends. I had some moments where I need God and he saved me from all the mistakes that I have made. Im glad to here that there are some Chrisitans on this website. Zilam you have guts man to post stuff about being a chrisitan, its tough and scary. Rock on guys!!

Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince.


Well i guess people do have experiences like that with their faith. But I don't know. Im not of another faith!

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For all ya christians out there, what was you salvation experience like? Anything peticular stick out?

For me, I was saved 4 years ago in june. I was asleep one night... then i woke up..for no apparent reason. Well, when i work up i started having terrible pains in my chest and also my head. I thought i was dying. So i dropped to the ground and cried out to God. That same hour i became a christian. The lord and myself had a long conversation that night. And things have been great since then.


Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince.

Exactly, I pray to many of my gods it is still part of my Northern European culture. It has nothing to do with Christianity in general. All religions have spiritual awakenings and other things involved to them. No matter if they are Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Other, and Heathen/Assatru.

I have to say, the things that Jesus said about people hating you because of him are very comforting when people you trust start to hate you for your faith. And that's not the worst of what Christians get around the world - luckily not here though.

I don't really have a spectacular experience. I first accepted Christ when I was a child, but didn't know exactly what that ment and quickly turned away from God. Late in highschool I rededicated myself to Chrst. I think instead of a sudden realization it has been more of a gradual thing where God kept nudging me.

Yea I became a Christian at about the age of 5, but I really had a hard time because I didnt ahve any Chrisitan friends. I had some moments where I need God and he saved me from all the mistakes that I have made. Im glad to here that there are some Chrisitans on this website. Zilam you have guts man to post stuff about being a chrisitan, its tough and scary. Rock on guys!!


I don't see its gutsy or that being a christian is all that tough..Just rely on God and He will see you through it all.

As a graduate of The Southern Baptist Hellfire and Damnation School for Wayward Boys, I am deeply, deeply suspicious of what is euphemistically called "salvation experience" or "conversion experience," or any one of several other quaint phrases. Such experiences are based largely in emotion and I distrust emotion ( except to warn your reasoning of something it should pay attention to, or to add color and passion to relationships ).

If a belief system, or religion, or what have you isn't susceptible to reason and logic, then it's probably not worth the time of being involved with it. God is, above all, a God of logic and compassion. I suspect there are many times when he would dearly love to grab some of his alleged "followers" by the scruf of the neck and shake some sense into them.

This is not to discount such things as epiphanies, revelations, etc. Such experiences are often delightful and enlightening. However, any long-term comittment to a belief system should be a conscious, reasoned decision, not a spur-of-the-moment submission to emotionalism.

but have you noticed more people convert to Christianity...?

It is interesting, but you should bear in mind that Christianity, as part of its culture, is a fairly 'evangelical' religion - it places a good deal of emphasis, implicit and explicit, on the idea of conversion, and of helping non-believers to come to believe its teachings.

I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but I don't think Judaism (spellinng?) or Islam are nearly so evangelical as part of their basic doctrines...? Ergo, it'd be no great surprise to find that christianity is a net importer of believers :p

Elgesh']It is interesting, but you should bear in mind that Christianity, as part of its culture, is a fairly 'evangelical' religion - it places a good deal of emphasis, implicit and explicit, on the idea of conversion, and of helping non-believers to come to believe its teachings.

Probably true, but I'm glad my church makes no effort to convert.. maybe 2000 years ago it did, but somewhere along the line we dropped it.. we don't even have a signpost anywhere near the church building telling you what it is.. convenient for me at least, since I hate cold-calling.. :p

I am sorry to burst everyone's bubble but Christianity is not the fastest growing religion. Actually, I guess if you would even want to call it a religion, Wicca is the fatest growing religion. It has 100,000 people in America right now and 20 million by 2012. Or so they estimate.

Being a Heathen myself I am not really concerned with Wicca, or Christianity growing or any of that.

The point is all religions have spirtual awakenings, and other such things as Christians do.

Probably true, but I'm glad my church makes no effort to convert.. maybe 2000 years ago it did, but somewhere along the line we dropped it.. we don't even have a signpost anywhere near the church building telling you what it is.. convenient for me at least, since I hate cold-calling.. :p

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I am sorry to burst everyone's bubble but Christianity is not the fastest growing religion. Actually, I guess if you would even want to call it a religion, Wicca is the fatest growing religion. It has 100,000 people in America right now and 20 million by 2012. Or so they estimate.

Being a Heathen myself I am not really concerned with Wicca, or Christianity growing or any of that.

The point is all religions have spirtual awakenings, and other such things as Christians do.

Seeing as there are some 2 billion Christians, there's no way Christianity can compete with some cult that goes from 50 to 100 members... there aren't enough people on the planet to sustain that growth.. as for wicca, their numbers are miniscule and not going anywhere.. the last study I saw (last semester) claimed that the Mormons were making the most headway among "second-tier" religions.. pagans weren't even a blip on the radar screen..

I am sorry to burst everyone's bubble but Christianity is not the fastest growing religion. Actually, I guess if you would even want to call it a religion, Wicca is the fatest growing religion. It has 100,000 people in America right now and 20 million by 2012. Or so they estimate.

Being a Heathen myself I am not really concerned with Wicca, or Christianity growing or any of that.

The point is all religions have spirtual awakenings, and other such things as Christians do.Actually, Islam is the fastest growing religion, and may well overtake Catholicism in the next few decades. But that's just a number game.

I'm still experiencing my salvation . I have been saved, I look hopefully forward toward being saved, and, in the words of St. Paul, I'm working out my salvation with fear and trembling.

Probably true, but I'm glad my church makes no effort to convert.. maybe 2000 years ago it did, but somewhere along the line we dropped it.. we don't even have a signpost anywhere near the church building telling you what it is.. convenient for me at least, since I hate cold-calling.. :p No, no, that's not converting. St. Francis of Assisi said: "Evangelise constantly. Use words if necessary." That's true, I reckon.

Eut, I can't speak for anyone else, but my conversion (well, coming back after 5 years of atheism really) was a process that took several days. But in the end, it was something I couldn't fight. Try to imagine Brenchley becoming a Christian. Yes, something like that.

Anyone else got anything more to say about their conversions?

Doesn't the same thing happen with Jews, Muslims and others? They turn to God and become converted to the religion that is part of their cultural experince.

I think the number of people who convert to those religions is relatively small. You don't have the number of atheists n what have u converting to them as you do converting to Christianity. Luckily the number of people in the UK who decided to convert to islam are pretty small, and most of them are women who want to marry muslims. I think the vast majority of people who suddenly have an epiphany become Christians.

No, no, that's not converting. St. Francis of Assisi said: "Evangelise constantly. Use words if necessary." That's true, I reckon.


Probably.. what I meant is that we don't seek out converts, that's all.. in fact, if you were to come to the door of a Greek church determined to convert, you may still be waiting to be taken in six months later... the first thing you'd do (at my sister's branch at least, we've never had a new member) is take a 24-week class, as happened to a newcomer recently.. that'd start you off, but it'd be longer before you'd be baptized or allowed to receive communion, etc.

Well I've always been a Christian, but for quite a while I was more doing... not exactly lip service, it was more than that, but you know what it's like as a kid - you go along with it without understanding really. Then a couple of years ago I was on a Christian summer camp (CYFA camps, I'd highly recommend them, they rock) and during the week I really came to understand it all so much more.

Suffice to say I've really taken it to heart since then. I've grown way closer to Jesus, and I really feel strong in my faith right now -with any luck, that'll stay that way for the rest of my life :) The big guy's with me now, through thick and thin (and it's been seriously thick lately, He still hasn't let me down) and He's gonna be there forever :) it's a good feeling.

Man, it warms my heart to see at least this many christians on here. Its comforting to know that you aren't alone in something like our faith. :)

For me, I was saved 4 years ago in june. I was asleep one night... then i woke up..for no apparent reason. Well, when i work up i started having terrible pains in my chest and also my head. I thought i was dying. So i dropped to the ground and cried out to God. That same hour i became a christian. The lord and myself had a long conversation that night. And things have been great since then.

I'm not Christian, but I love stories like that. They fill me with hope for all mankind that there are still those who know that God takes a personal vested interest in us.