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By: brinny

brinny — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:30:30 +0000

well thanks for responding…..and no, i’m not going to argue about “true Christians”…..just sharing some thoughts as i read your first post…..i value dialog, even when there’s disagreement, and i’m glad you responded…

By: Is There a God?

Is There a God? — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:59:11 +0000

“it’s like you or me doing the same…”

What makes you think I haven’t tried?

More importantly, why, looking at the kind of people that are on that absurd forum, would I want to associate myself with them? Look at them from the outside. What would you think of Christianity based on the actions of Christians? It’s not pretty.

But before you start on the “true Christian” argument or anything else that’s running through your head, stop. I don’t want to hear anything you have to say. It’s not new. It’s nothing I haven’t heard. Sure, Christianity is a “relationship, not a religion”. Whatever. It may be a relationship, but it’s a relationship with a figment of your imagination.

By: brinny

brinny — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:05:19 +0000

i have a comment that took shape as i was reading your opening statements and the rest of what you wrote….

I’m baffled…..mainly because one cannot get a sense of God nor know of Him or be intimate with Him based on what humans do or do not do. It’s like this…

me n’ God, eyeball to eyeball…me daring to ask Him Who He is, if He exists, and if so to meet me….it’s like when Jacob, in all his audaciousness actually wrestled with God with all that he had in him….it’s like Moses who sought God face to face….and God answered…it’s like you or me doing the same…

it’s not about looking us a pathetic human being, and from that look or observance, determining if there is a God. It’s having the guts to seek Him on our own, with everything in us, and making a determination from that….so you made your determination from a website? Made up of human beings?

By: S53

S53 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:26:39 +0000

Yeah, CF can be bitch. Sometimes the censorship is just too much.

By: Is There a God?

Is There a God? — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:07:14 +0000

No, I haven’t written much here lately. And I’m thinking that’s a good sign. This blog was put up originally as a place for me to anonymously write through my leaving Christianity. The less I feel the need to write here the more comfortable I am not being part of Christianity

And thanks for stopping by.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:48:33 +0000

Hi, I realize you haven’t written here in a long time but I came over from Lorena’s blog and had to say I love this post. It says so much. Thanks.

By: mathaytacechristou

mathaytacechristou — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:15:31 +0000

Many of my brothers are sad examples of Christ. I am a sad example of Christ.

We Christians are people after all.

By: Is There a God?

Is There a God? — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:56:23 +0000

I honestly think that a lot of Christian teaching is good and a lot of what lessons are attributed to Jesus are good. I just don’t think that He was the deity that He is made out to be. If there was a teacher named Jesus around that time, and odds are pretty good that there was as it seemed to be a pretty common name, then he was just that, a teacher. One with some good lessons, but not with divinity.

And thanks for your understanding. It’s nice to have someone who feels strongly about their beliefs willing to accept that not everyone believes the same.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:57:54 +0000

Thank-you for answering my questions politely and honestly.
I want to apologize for the hypocrite “Christians” on forums and such who turned you away from Christianity. I also want to apologize to you on behalf of your church who failed to answer your questions.
I find it very sad that Christians who are supposed to be converting the world with the power and love of Christ, played a part in your deconversion. I’m am sorry for that.
If you have any other questions about Christianity I would be happy to try and answer them, but from what I’ve read above you seem pretty set in your new beliefs.
Good luck with your teaching. I’m still only a student so I know the influence teachers have on kids. It’s a great purpose of life make the most of it.

By: Is There a God?

Is There a God? — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:24:27 +0000

Sounds like I may have misread you as well. As you can probably imagine I get a lot of comments here that are just angry diatribes against what I write without much thought. My apologies for making assumptions about you.

Truthfully, my morals lie pretty much in line with Christianity. I don’t do drugs. I drink very little. I’ve never cheated on my wife. Wanting to do things that Christianity teaches is wrong had nothing to do with my deconversion.

As far as purpose, I see it as all of our jobs to make the world a better place than it was when we got here. In my case I’m a teacher. I feel that getting kids ready for their future helps with mankind’s future. I also believe that we shouldn’t be treating the environment like we’re going to be raptured in the next few years and that people, and all animals, will need the planet for a long, long time and we should do our best to have it available for future generations.

And I think that the search for purpose is part of the purpose. As soon as you think you’ve arrived at your ideal location, it goes away.