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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
Someone who doesnt acknowledge the existance of the holy spirt surely isnt going to understand how it fills the person of a believer and let me tell you what....I wouldnt trade that feeling for what would surely be total emptiness for anything.
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Shani, I have to say that I do understand how the Holy Spirit fills a believer... I experienced that for many years. I didn't think I would trade it for anything, either, because I also believed that any other belief (or non-belief) system would be empty. The strange thing is, it's not really empty, to no longer believe... it's different, but it's far from empty. I don't think I could ever go back, to be honest.
However, that doesn't mean I have any disrespect for those who still feel the spirit, not at all. I've been there, and it was real for me at the time. I wouldn't want to take that away from anyone. But for me, I had to walk away.