Holy Ghost

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by jfrog

All I made was a classic argument by contradiction. A is true. A logically leads/led to something untrue. Therefore A must be untrue.

A = I received the same true Holy Ghost that everyone else received and spoke in the "same" true tongues that everyone else speaks in.

Since I received the same true holy ghost and spoke in the "same" true tongues then I shouldn't be able to speak in tongues in the same way that I can do now.

Thus A is false. The only 2 logical possibilities are either that I did not receive the same true Holy Ghost and tongues experience everyone else did or that there is no actual Holy Ghost and tongues experience as Pentecostals describe.

I am a witness that the Holy Ghost and tongues I received were the same as everyone else. Those I used to attend church with would also bear witness to this.

Thus the only remaining option I have is to view all the experiences as not being real.

Your error is in assuming you had the same experience everyone else did. You might have had the same experience everyone else in YOUR local church had, but that doesn't mean much.

Because your experience does not match mine. Or my wife's. Or a bunch of other people I know. But it DOES match the experience of yet others I have known, who are mostly backslid and apostate now. So there's that.

You are assuming certain things are true in order to validate yourself and your current understanding, including your supposed past (as you are currently interpreting it). You also seem very ignorant of certain basic concepts presented in the Scriptures, and I'll go further and say I honestly doubt you have any interest in what those concepts are or how they might offer a different perspective on your situation.

But, if there's no God, no Holy Ghost, no real genuine salvation, then why are you here? Why aren't you out doing all the fun things you missed out on while living the fake Christian life?