Reply #15: you want the Holy Spirit visit you? [View All]

In 1980 i was totally into religion, the bible, 'Jesus Rediscovered' St Augustine etc. I read John Bunyan's "Pilgrims Progress' and was thinking about the scene where the character 'Hopeful' explained to 'Christian' (the protagonist) how it came to be he was also journeying to the celestial city (knowing DU and how regressive some of this stuff is seen, i imagine some flaming but hold yer fire; this actually happened, and the context obviously is different now)...Hopeful said he enncoutered 'Faithful' who talked with him and, learning he wanted to become fully a christian, told him how he needed the Holy Spirit, and he taught Hopeful this prayer, which Hopeful was to say, without ceasing, until the Spirit surrendered (?) to entreaty and visted....And that's what happened, Hopeful said. So, in 1980, in Montreal, after several months on a deep sea ship, i was in a sailors hotel in the old town, and decided to try it, to see ....The prayer is fairly succinct; 'God be merciful to me, a sinner, and make me know and believe in Jesus christ, for I see that if his righteousness had not been, or i have not faith in that righteousness, I'll be utterly cast away..Lord, I have heard that you are a merciful God, and has ordained that your son, Jesus Christ, be the savior of the world, and moreover that you are willing to bestow him on a great sinner such as i, and I am a great sinner indeed. Lord, take therefor this opportunity to magnify thy grace in the salvation of my soul, through your son, jesus Christ, amen'
Praying, everyone knows, is a hassle, because your knees hurt, distractions bug you etc, (and maybe there aint a god, or never was a Jesus, and ferchrissake the xians have hurt too many people, and the church was built with blood of our forefathers, and lookit how pigfat them xian bastards are, while our gov endlessly murders)
Anyway, to sum up, I did it and that's that...my advice: unless one's dead serious, do not fukk with the Holy Spirit....it is real