(July 11, 2016 at 9:21 am)Lucifer Wrote:If this were true then why did you offer to answer any questions in the OP?(July 11, 2016 at 8:57 am)Drich Wrote: I don't want to poop on GC's line of questioning or steal his thunder, but I see.. A lot of "I's" in your account of what made you Christian..
No wonder your faith faultered when ever you stopped applying yourself.
Let me ask you.. Did you ever once ask God for proof or some sign/wonder to let you know He was really there?
Have you considered that your lost faith is an answer to that prayer?
As a 'christian' I'm sure you have heard of the wise and foolish builders. What if.. The "house" you built was your faith your religion/religious beliefs, and your prayer for 'proof' was actually a prayer for God to send the wind and the rain to test the house you built.
Undoubtedly your house collapsed as you did not build on a proper 'foundation.' Your 'foundation of "I's" failed and so your faith came down around you. Giving you an opportunity to rebuild.
In short no matter how well meaning your intentions were in your childhood efforts God (as in the God of the bible and not your religion/version of Christianity) could not directly support your view of him thus removing any foundation to your system of belief. So when properly tested your faith failed. just like the man who built his house on the sand. Giving you the opportunity to rebuild on the rock.
Can you imagine how strong your faith would be if you absolutly knew God was real and had your back? That is a faith or belief built on the rock. Which is possible, but you have to do and learn to see things God's way, and not your own/filter it through religion.
Just something to think about...
Wow you base all that analysis of my personality and my faith because I wrote one post in the first person? I can't take you serious. This is why I don't like answering this question, you can always expect to get replies like this one.
And.. it was two posts actually. Which is more than enough.
the first post described a religious experience totally devoid of God. the second described the what made you apart of the religion. Again it was totally devoid of God working with or through you. Meaning you never experienced God in a real way. (it's not something you forget to mention)
If God is not apart of your religious experience/life in a very real way then your faith will faulter and fail when tested. As it is only you and your will that keeps you apart of the religion.
However If and when God stepped up or into your life, then the tests become easier as you and what you know to be true is not being challenged alone.
...But again what do i know, Despite kinda already walked down that path, and never mind talking to people just like you for 9+ years.. Keep telling yourself you are a snow flake, (no two are a like) and an enigma all rolled up into one who @ your age has the whole world figured out, but no one or nothing in the world could possibly understand the complexities that is your specific life...
You will fit right into the snow bank you just flurried into. welcome to AF!
