# I was saved today! I have God's Precious Promises to Prove it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691 "2004-08-26T22:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/21 "2004-08-28T03:37:20Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Sounds to me as if she confused the definitions for _belief_ and _worship_. I think you may be assigning too much credit to someone would say something of that nature;) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/22 "2004-08-28T03:49:33Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Might I ask whereabouts in NC you are? > > Growing up in the bible belt as an atheist can be very tough and frustrating indeed. I was just there visiting last week and met my friend’s new wife. Being the funny guy he is, and knowing both his wife’s and my beliefs, he brought up the subject of religion with a twinkle in his eye. When I finally and sheepishly admitted that I did not believe in Jesus, she literally gasped and yelped “OH MY GOD!” > > She had never met anyone that wasn’t a Christian. Actually, Greensboro. Er, Pleasant Garden, which means if you know of the place you know what I mean and if you don’t know of the place it doesn’t really matter. I really do not have the worst of it, I know, but I live in SE Greensboro. If you are not quite sure of SE Greensboro think of cows, cows, cows and a church on every corner. It is just so frustrating because I live about 20 minutes from downtown where the UNCG campus is. It is also frustrating because I have lived in many different cities and states, where Christianity really did not play any sort of vital social role. I will also raise you the tale of this girl in my English class last year. My teacher, a very open minded liberal who shares my view of religion, decided to have a discussion on what the traditional view of the “apocalypse” would be for the students. Somehow some girl and I branched off into a side discussion. I asked her why she believed so much in Christianity and she responded with “Because I was saved. When I was five.” Too bad I never got around to asking her how she knew she was saved! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/23 "2004-08-28T04:11:59Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > Actually, Greensboro. Er, Pleasant Garden I lived in Brown Summit (or Brown **s** Summit, depending on who you talk to) for awhile, so I know the area. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/24 "2004-08-28T08:19:34Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > I think it would have been great to print off the Cthulhu Chick tract _Who Will Be Eaten First?_ and hand it to the brown-noser. Alas, Chick was successful in getting the tract suppressed. Not to those of us who downloaded it _G_ I’ll send my file to anyone who e-mails me for it. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/25 "2004-08-28T08:23:23Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > [Cthulhu Chick Tract](http://www.howardhallis.com/bis/cthulhuchick/) (Someone may have a pirated copy, somewhere, but then they would be violating the right of both Chick and Hallis.) I didn’t think of that when I made my offer. I don’t think the Chick claim is valid as I’m doubt that actual Chick artwork was used (tho if I see example, I’ll gladly reverse that claim.) If necessary, could a mod fix my prior post? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691/26 "2004-08-28T11:23:07Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I didn’t think of that when I made my offer. I don’t think the Chick claim is valid as I’m doubt that actual Chick artwork was used (tho if I see example, I’ll gladly reverse that claim.) > > If necessary, could a mod fix my prior post? well, I went to the notice on the guy’s site & yeah, tjhere is definitely some Chick art borrowing in it. Darn! THink is- the non-Chick art is SO well done I thought all the art was original. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-saved-today-i-have-gods-precious-promises-to-prove-it/261691.md?page=1)