(March 31, 2018 at 1:10 am)Godscreated Wrote:(March 30, 2018 at 11:37 pm)*Deidre* Wrote: I consider myself spiritual, I was a Christian for a while, and left then went back then left...it went on like this, and then I came to find that being spiritual, having beliefs in a higher power, but not holding to a religion, suits me best. Have you always been a Christian?
Thank you for asking, I've been a Christian and active in God's work for many years. I grew up going to church but it was later (mid twenties) that I came to Christ as my savior. It was even later that I took what I had committed to seriously and it was then that God changed my life in many wonderful ways. Living for Him gave me real purpose in life and God then gave me the personal evidence to know who He was and why he did the things recorded in the scriptures. Believe me this has brought a peace to my life that is unexplainable and gives me hope of a life eternally better.
Why have you left Christianity if you don't mind telling me?
GC
I've shared it here before, but the abbreviated version is that I just gradually turned away from prayer life, the Bible, and really believing what I had been indoctrinated to believe. I actually believe in Jesus' existence, and many spiritual values that can be found throughout different belief systems. I just don't follow ''religion'' anymore. I've come to my own understanding of God, and the universe. I have a lot of peace that I didn't have before as a Christian or as an atheist. That said, atheism makes logical sense to me. I was an atheist for a few years, that's when I first came to this site, shortly after I left Christianity.
So when you were a kid, you kind of just went through the motions?
