(April 8, 2013 at 1:45 am)jrsm_10 Wrote: Like most Christians I know... I was brainwashed. My parents took me to church Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I "accepted God in my heart" when I was ten after hearing a sermon that got to me. I prayed every day for long periods of time (sigh), read the Bible all the time, even preached in church (and other churches).
I rejected faith after reading the Bible completely as an adult while doing a lot of thinking. I read... I thought. I read... thought some more. Then I knew. Or... stopped thinking I knew. Whichever makes more sense.
Thank you for sharing, I was interested. One thing you did not address in your statement, adults that come to Christ without the parents teaching them. Brainwashing does not seem to apply to them.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
