RE: My heart is breaking... I thought Christians are suppose to love "uncondition...
January 5, 2016 at 11:52 pm
(January 5, 2016 at 2:20 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(January 5, 2016 at 2:04 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I'm not really a Bible scholar, so there are passages that to me, don't fit with Jesus as a loving man who seemed peaceful and not forceful at all in how he approached people. Let me ask you though...why do you have any opinion of Jesus, if you don't believe he existed? When I left Christianity, and eventually identified as an atheist, I was indifferent to the idea of Jesus. I thought maybe he existed at some point in history, but didn't think he was an asshole, etc. Or are you just saying how he is characterized in the Bible, you feel he is depicted as an asshole? Just wondering ....because many Christians believe that atheists 'hate' God, etc...and my thought to that is why would anyone hate something he/she doesn't believe? It's more on an indifference for most atheists, as I once felt anyways.
I was raised Pentecostal. I had to quote newly-memorized Bible verses before dinner every night.
Really? Did your parents expected this of you, do you mean?
I was raised Catholic, and my parents were strict during my childhood with religion, but in a different way. Coming back to faith now, as best as I can explain it, it's different...it's my own. I'm not carrying around the indoctrinated type of faith I had during my childhood. Leaving faith and identifying as an atheist for a few years, also helped me think for myself. The problem with being raised in religion, is a child never feels comfortable questioning the world around him/her...and sadly, that mindset follow him/her into adulthood, too.
