RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 18, 2017 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2017 at 2:53 pm by speedyj1992.)
(October 13, 2017 at 11:11 am)Whateverist Wrote:(October 12, 2017 at 11:36 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: You guys have the best screennames - I honestly should re-watch "Scrubs" at some point. There are a couple of reasons I'm here - first, I want to help people come to Christ, because having been on both sides, I can say this is the less miserable one. It's not always sunshine and rainbows, but the tough times are less tough, and there's way more direction. I understand not everyone will agree with me, and that's okay - but my other reason is I want greater humanization in the world, because that's a huge problem. People are so quick to dismiss others because they are different for whatever reason, and yet most of us would get along a whole lot more if we put aside our biases and just listened.
Just curious if you are as motivated to help people avoid eating dishes you can't stomach? Do you always assume that what suits you will suit others? Just because you've decided to live the xtian fantasy and like it says nothing about how it would suit me. Of course, from within that fantasy which it doesn't suit me to join you in, anyone who doesn't join you is in for one hell of a bad time. Bt hey, it was your decision to enter into that fantasy; if you're uncomfortable with your new beliefs why don't you consider doing something about it - something that doesn't annoy me.
I can't say for certain that you will be open to what I have to say, but I can say that, during my atheist period, it was more about rejecting a dogma than accepting a different one. Other former atheists will say similar things, and since I can't know whether you are in a similar place or not, whether or not you would be willing to hear more about what's actually in the Bible (the misconceptions are astounding, actually), I just want to provide a new viewpoint. I am fine listening to alternative perspectives and engaging in discussions about that, as nothing about my "new" (if you would call the last quarter of my life "new") beliefs is anything I am uncomfortable with.
And if this annoys you, feel free to unfollow and stay in your comfort zone. But the fact that you went out of your way to respond, that you're on these boards in the first place, tells me that you have emotion around this, and if you truly didn't care, then you wouldn't respond. The fact you're reading this tells me that part of you is invested, even if negatively so, and I'd love to know some of your reasoning behind that.
(October 13, 2017 at 5:42 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 7, 2017 at 12:24 pm)speedyj1992 Wrote: Hey all,
I'm a Christian, actually, still - well, I wasn't always. I'm a former atheist, and having now been on both sides, I can say I like this one a whole lot more. So, mine is more of a re-conversion story, in a sense, as a former Christian Scientist (blech) who became atheist and is now Christian. Go ahead, ask me questions and tell me about yourselves!
Do you live as Jesus told you to live?
As best I can - it's not always easy, but it's worth it. What more would you like to know about that? I ask because there's a lot that Jesus talked about in living for Him.
