Let me start by saying that until very recently, I was a very outspoken atheist. Sometimes I bordered antitheism. I wasn't afraid to get in a debate, and I lost very few of them. But something has happened recently that has me converted and scared, and I desperately need advice.
Now, about two or three years ago, I would make a habit of intercepting church-goers entering or leaving a church and asking them very tough moral questions about their religion. I would bring up holes in the Bible, and inconsistencies between books. It was fun for me. Knowing they couldn't answer the question without sounding like either they were going against their religion or an asshole, they would usually ignore me and walk away. A few, though, would stay to debate me. And two years ago this Easter, someone did just that.
I was on my way to my family Easter dinner, something we did every year. I decided to stop outside of a Methodist church and challenge a few Christians. The first few ignored or glared at me. But then, a woman stopped. I had asked her about Gods genocide of nearly an entire race in the Old Testament, something I enjoyed bringing up. She was an older woman, and her face showed it. But as soon as she heard me challenge her religion, she went crazy.
"What did you say?" I repeated the question. "That is offensive to our Lord and Savior and I think you know that." She looked me dead in the eye. I smirked. "Ma'am, I don't believe in him, so it doesn't effect me." This is where she got crazy.
She started screaming at me, and her eyes took on an insane look. "Why, how dare you say that! Jesus Christ died on the cross for YOUR sins, and the sins of the whole world. That, sir, will send you STRAIGHT to hell. Repent, sinner! Hell is eternal flame and punishment! That's where your headed, and I damn say you deserve it." With that, she walked off into the church without looking back.
I laughed it off, though it had startled me. I got back in the car and headed to the Easter dinner.
Every once and a while since then, I'd remember that and have a good laugh. But a month ago, things started happening around my house that terrified me.
It started with seeing things out of the corner of my eye. Floating, white figures with robes. They would dart out of my vision right after I registered them, and I wrote it off as a sign of stress.
After that had gone on for about a week, a new news article appeared on my bulletin board. See, I work as a reporter, so I would keep clippings of important news from that week on the board over my writing desk. Upon glancing up at it while writing one day, I noticed an article that I didn't remember hanging up.
I took it down and read it. It was an obituary, for a woman. Her name was Susan Welles, and she had died about a month ago. It was a short obituary, including only the dates of birth and death, the date of the funeral (two weeks past,) and the fact that she was an avid churchgoer. But the picture took my breath away. It was that woman, the one who had screamed at me so long ago.
From then on, the occurrences got worse. I'd find small wooden crosses littered around the house, something I'd never owned in my life. A Bible appeared in the bookshelf in my room, along with a prayer booklet. But three or four days ago, it all came to a peak.
On my refrigerator, written in blood, were the words, in small, neat letters: GOD IS REAL, HEAVEN IS REAL, AND THAT MEANS HELL IS REAL TOO.
I instantly took up the bible, attended church the next day, and prayed nightly. I don't know what to do. I'm terrified for my life, and terrified of what will happen next. Please help, Nosleep.
Submitted January 08, 2015 at 04:24AM by DajanoAT http://ift.tt/1AthDKg nosleep
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