Were you ever a Christian?
Submitted by d on September 26 1999 at 22:42:54
In reply to Don't ask me why I'm hanging out here.. Submitted by honesty.. on September 26 1999 at 21:13:42
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What I mean by this is did you ever, with all of your heart, have an adult (or adult-enough) understanding of what it means to be a Christian AND buy into it? If you merely "inherited" your parent's faith and "went along with the ride", then, when you questioned it, did not buy into it, I would say the answer is no, you never were. I'm asking because I have a mental block at the concept of someone who really is a Christian then, at a later point in his life, is not. I just can't understand it. My brain just can't (or doesn't want to) think in those terms. By the way, thanks for hanging out here - threads (here or on RDC) which force me to question by religious beliefs help me weed out the remaining areas of my beliefs which I inherited from my parents but haven't "taken ownership of". Over the last 10-20 years, I've found that although I've bought into the same fundamental ideas that my parents gave me, I've rejected many of the non-fundamental ones in favor of my own understanding of God's word. -David ("d") |