XPost: alt.religion.christian.20-something, alt.agnosticism   
   From: sesquipedalian@isp.com   
      
   DanGunn wrote:   
      
   >This is a letter I sent to my church's newsletter, which was promptly   
   >returned to me with a rejection. I hope the internet community will be   
   >less judgemental.   
   >   
   >   
   >I had a near death experience involving a huge car accident that I was   
   >at fault for because I drove the wrong way on the highway. The 4   
   >people in the other car died, but they were all very elderly and   
   >probably going to die very soon anyways. I guess I was relieved that a   
   >young child or a newlywed couple weren't the victims instead. The   
   >experience itself was amazing because I was thrown from the driver's   
   >seat and out the opened window, so as I was flying over the ground I   
   >watched my life go by like I was flying past a great long comic strip.   
   >There was a white light and an Indian was standing there infront of   
   >the light and telling me to follow him. Then it got really strange and   
   >we were in a casino!! So I played some craps and rolled a lucky 11,   
   >and boom there I was in the grass at the side of the highway with all   
   >these lights in my face and people around. At that moment I realized   
   >that everything comes down to pure luck, life is just a dice roll and   
   >everything is PURE CHANCE. Years of believing in God and Jesus and the   
   >Ouiju board were just washed down the drain in this moment, which I   
   >have to say was the best moment of my life.   
   >   
   >I served a 2 year stint for manslaughter and now I'm out again ready   
   >to start my Godless life (which actually started in jail). It's like a   
   >great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I've started to go out   
   >with girls, and we are doing things together I could never of even   
   >imagined, let alone learn about, during bible study sessions or church   
   >camps. I always had SOME fun at church camps but not this much fun let   
   >me tell you. I no longer use the ISP suggested by the church and have   
   >discovered that they were blocking half the internet sites out there   
   >and about 80% of the fun. I quit my job at the insurance company and   
   >now just do odd jobs when I need money, and spend the rest of the time   
   >at the library reading. Some of my favorite authors are the Marquis de   
   >Sade, CS Lewis, and Douglas Adams. The way I see it the less work I do   
   >the better off I am because you are just going to die anyways, and   
   >that it could happen at anytime: at the drug store during a robbery or   
   >crusing down the highway on the way to Bingo at the Vetran's Hall.   
   >   
   >Life isn't pointless but there isn't a "Great" point to it. We have   
   >invented our Gods to imagine that our lives are great and important,   
   >but really they aren't, it's just a shot of the dice towards the end   
   >of the table. Religion is the arrogance of mankind. Just think about   
   >it the next time you are bored at church, because not everyone will   
   >have a near death experience to show them the light, and that is why I   
   >thought I would share this.   
   >   
   >Dan "Snake Eyes" Gunn   
   >   
   >   
   and they rejected it?! lol   
      
   my experience was a bit different but i see the value yours had on you.   
   seize the day   
      
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