Taylor Barrett
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Hi, I am Taylor. I am a 25 year old Christian man. And this is my testimony. (You are welcome to share it with others if you wish)
I can remember being around 10 years old and looking at the people outside of a church, and thinking to myself "These people are just scared to die, and thats why they go to church. It is obvious that no such thing as God exists!" And so I grew up living as an atheist, believing in evolution and creating my own morality. I was heavily influenced by popular culture and got heavy into drugs and sex, even into bisexuality. At around the age of 19 i got into bodybuilding and added steroid addiction to my drug and sex addictions. Around that time i stopped using drugs for partying and started using them to meditate and think about philosophy. In college, studying philosophy I came across the idea of "causality" being proof of the existence of God. At first the idea seemed circular to me, but a few days later a weight fell on my head and i understood the argument and I started to believe in God from that day onward (but it was not the God of the bible, but a god of my own imagination).. fast forward three years and I am neck deep in crystal meth addiction, steroid addiction, and paying for my drugs by selling gay sex (being a gay prostitute). Well, 9 months of sleeplessness and 6 felonies in 3 different counties later, i find myself in solitary confinement in county jail and in the midst of terrible hallucinations and demonic oppresion. For some reason I remember the Lord's prayer (which my upbringin in the Catholic church had engrained in me), and I prayed that prayer. Well, a bright light (literally) shone bright in my jail cell and I knew for certain that I had found something special. That was 13 months ago. Today I have 1 year clean of steroids, drugs, and homosexuality. I am happily married to a beautiful woman, and living for God on a daily basis. I have read the entire Bible, and I even go out street evangelising (with the help of Ray Comfort's youtube videos that teach about how to evangelise) 3-4 times a month.
I can remember being around 10 years old and looking at the people outside of a church, and thinking to myself "These people are just scared to die, and thats why they go to church. It is obvious that no such thing as God exists!" And so I grew up living as an atheist, believing in evolution and creating my own morality. I was heavily influenced by popular culture and got heavy into drugs and sex, even into bisexuality. At around the age of 19 i got into bodybuilding and added steroid addiction to my drug and sex addictions. Around that time i stopped using drugs for partying and started using them to meditate and think about philosophy. In college, studying philosophy I came across the idea of "causality" being proof of the existence of God. At first the idea seemed circular to me, but a few days later a weight fell on my head and i understood the argument and I started to believe in God from that day onward (but it was not the God of the bible, but a god of my own imagination).. fast forward three years and I am neck deep in crystal meth addiction, steroid addiction, and paying for my drugs by selling gay sex (being a gay prostitute). Well, 9 months of sleeplessness and 6 felonies in 3 different counties later, i find myself in solitary confinement in county jail and in the midst of terrible hallucinations and demonic oppresion. For some reason I remember the Lord's prayer (which my upbringin in the Catholic church had engrained in me), and I prayed that prayer. Well, a bright light (literally) shone bright in my jail cell and I knew for certain that I had found something special. That was 13 months ago. Today I have 1 year clean of steroids, drugs, and homosexuality. I am happily married to a beautiful woman, and living for God on a daily basis. I have read the entire Bible, and I even go out street evangelising (with the help of Ray Comfort's youtube videos that teach about how to evangelise) 3-4 times a month.
