Hey anybody out there?

I still think I'm somehow connected to Christianity, even though I have become pretty agnostic and doubtful, I still believe Christianity is good and caring, and it teaches certain good morals, I truly believe that Jesus was an admirable person and leader, however, I don't agree with a lot of the things stated in the bible, and I'm afraid to have to have come to the conclusion that the bible has been severely revised and changed, that's why I think the bible should never be follow literally, and I think that for now it's best to just be caring, treat everyone with respect, and have some kind of hope for a God. I have an extreme hard time with radical Christians who claim certain things according to the bible, which has made me incredibly mad and separated from the church and the fact that so erroneous views are still being put in play in many christian churches, it's time to realize that times has change, everybody has more rights, and that is perfectly normal to do and be certain things that supposedly the bible condemns, when I hear high christian authorities express themselves in such a way that even contradicts the bible teaching of treat everyone with compassion and respect gets on my nerves.

 

the user "just me" is from what I have gathered. Other then that we don't have any other devoutees to my knowlage. We do have a handful of praticing christens here though.

 

I was a born-again Christian in 2004. Over the past two years though, I've been asking questions that warrant no answers: because it's based on faith. I just can't do the faith thing.

My skepticism has grown to agnosticism. Though, there are still those days I find myself apologizing to God for not believing. (Very strange.)

I have a soft spot for Jesus still.

Uberrogo is a Christian as well. In fact, I met him at a bible study years ago. He's some sort of Orthodox Christian. Not sure what denomination exactly.

 

yes, I truly do believe Jesus was a wonderful person and for that matter the son of God , things like the bishop thread make me doubt the purity of the bible though.

 

Yes, but very confused and trying to sort it all out at this point. I believe in God, but I don't believe in the church. I was raised in the typical southern baptist church stereotype, which now my family doesn't even support. I'm still visiting different churches of various denominations occasionally to see if maybe I just have a distaste for the Southern Baptist Convention. I consider myself non-denominational at this point. I really would just say that I'm confused. I believe in love. And I believe the life of Jesus embodies love. And I try to mold my life around that. I don't get it right, mostly. But like I said, I'm still very confused.

 

Can you show an example of this?

 

You're not alone, but you're among a lot of searchers and seekers, too - and it's not wrong to seek.

I consider myself to be pretty devout, but I'm really sensitive to the environment around me and I tend to keep it to myself unless it feels like I should speak. I'm a bit on the extreme fringe, though; I like to call myself a "Feminist Emergent Charismatic Calvinist" for lack of a better term.

But titles really are meaningless. Christianity comes down to two essential things: Loving the Lord God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength and loving your neighbor as much as you love yourself. Still...I don't think people ponder over those verses as much as they could. There's a lot of depth in them thar verses.

 

hmm, yes but there's a common view, you know that a certain sin is bad, for example you are aware that lying is bad, you are aware that hurting someone physically or verbally is bad, but what if the homosexual does not belief that the fact that they have feelings for the same sex, and find it perfectly normal to be attracted to the same sex, is that sin? would that make him a sinner in the eyes of God? so if we don't repent from our sins..what supposedly happens to us on judgement day? do we get send to hell? But wait....a homosexual never believed that the actions he or she was doing was sin, on the contrary, it's base don attraction, impulses, you can't help if your attracted to the same sex, however the person who committed the lie confesses with more ease since the person is aware that lying is bad and should be avoided, so if we don't repent what does that mean? what if a homosexual wants to continue leaving happy based on his/her attractions but lives a very good life, helps others in need etc, does that make him equal to a psychopath murder who feels no regret for what he or she has done? so a homosexual who also feels no regret for what he or she is attracted to is judged the same way? I find that very hard to believe, I think that homosexuality should not be considered a sin, as it's simply love for someone of the same sex as you, nothing wrong with that...why would loving someone else be a sin?, personally I would be terribly offended if I were asked to repent for something that I find perfectly normal and acceptable.

 

It took a while. I guess you could say I came full circle, and I'm truly beginning to understand what certain things mean; I'm no longer assuming I know. That whole "faith like a child" thing? Yep. I'm there. I don't mean that arrogantly. I mean to say that some of the things I'm learning are so profound, that I feel like a child when I hear it and experience it. I get to learn from scratch, and that's okay.

 

I am curious.

If you were gay, how would you manage the conflicting feelings you would have between your 'sinful' sexual orrientation, and your Christian beliefs?

 

I am a very devoted Christian. I love God more than life.

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or in other words, Mormon. Lots of people think that we aren't Christian, but I can tell you right now that my life is centered on Christ.

I most definitely believe that He is the risen Lord and my Savior. I don't know where I'd be without Him.