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gmik:
I had really been bored at church & life etc...almost to the point of questioning the whole thing.  I started reading sites from ancient history and early church fathers.  I got really interested in all that and couldn't read enough.  I read a book by a pastor named ...Bell, and his book had "Elvis" in the title.  He had started a BIG seeker church and he was very cutting edge(Ithougth). 

At the same time, over in Africa, my son had gone to a church w/ a daughter of a friend of mine who just "Happened" to be a missionary in Kampala.  The church so turned him off that he didn't even want to see the girl again.  Here in an African church all they talked about was people going to hell!  He went and typed in hell and got Ray's site.  He emailed me very excited and then I checked it out.  That was in early fall of 2005.  Somehow we both knew this was the real deal!!

Funny, I had never had any conscious ideas that hell was wrong or anything...but when I saw it, deep deep within I KNEW THAT I KNEW ALL ALONG.  I jumped up, my chair goes falling backward, and I was shouting and praising the Lord.  A month or so later, by the time I found out I was the beast of Rev., I did the same thing, jumping, shouting, chair falling over......  It has been a wild ride ever since.

My husband has absorbed it from me like a sponge-(he can/t sit at computer and read so long), my son, and me. We 3 even made it to a conference.
My other two kids have eagerly accepted ALL will be saved-they like that.  But have made us stop talking to them about everything else.  They were upset(still are) when we quit church.  I am praying their eyes will open.

LittleBear:
I have no idea how I specifically got on to BT. I'm still amazed that I started reading. But when I did, I couldn't stop. That was about 2 years ago. I wasn't going to church, I was disillusioned with it. At that time, I was confused about my theology, and I was looking into other writings, thinking I must be missing something. I was starting to look into the gnostic gospels, which didn't make any sense to me and other writings. I got desperate with God and begged Him to show me His truth. I think that's how I got onto Bible Truths, looking for the truth. And boy, did I find it!

I was so grateful and overwhelmed with joy. It was one truth after another and it felt like it was all absolute common sense and absolutely right! I would talk to God about all these things I learned, and beg Him to show me more.

Ursula

DWIGHT:
Hey Longhorn,

I was reading my thirty-something year old bible and it began to literally fall apart.  So I went to Google and type in the word bible and on the right hand side of the screen it said, "there is no hell, and I can prove it."  It's not there now, but this was last March of 2006, and I haven't been the same since. ;D

Dwight

rick:
I begged and pleaded with God for the past 12 years to allow me to know the truth. I was at the point of desperation when I stumbled upon Rays writings. I knew that the local baptist church I was attending was not teaching the truth but till I came to Rays site, I had no idea what the truth was. I was so excited after just a few weeks of  reading. little did I know when I started to share this truth in sunday school (I was the sub teacher) that I would run into a brick wall and Have to eventually leave. Little did I know when I shared this new found truth with my co-workers I would be labeled an infidel and needed to get saved before it was eternally too late. Little did I know when I announced the TRUTH OF GODS WORD to my very own family, I would be laughed at and looked at with such sceptitism. I begged God for the truth but knowing the truth is not what I thought it would be. it is sort of lonely knowing the truth.............rick

Rene:
After years of being in bondage to the doctrines of the JW's, the Lord placed it in my heart to search for the real truth.  I became preoccupied with searching for the "remnant" church of Christ on earth today.  I started thinking of myself as a "truth-seeker".  I spent hours on various "christian" websites doing research on their doctrines and beliefs.  Nothing was ringing true.  Almost all of these sites had something to sell.  I kept typing various phrases using the word "truth" and along the way I came across BT.com.  At first glance I was a little startled by the bold title of the essay "You Fools, You Hypocrites....".  I also remember seeing an essay on Tithing, a subject a relative of mine wanted to know more about.  

Once I started reading, I couldn't stop.  I knew in my spirit that this was truth.  I was home!  That was August, 2005.

Rene'

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