7 Questions for non-Christians

[Jenny A]

I'm looking for people to answer the following questions as a part of a survey I need to conduct. Could you share your answers to them?

1. How would you describe your religious background and church involvement?

Many of my early memories are church memories. I did Sunday school, Bible school, church camp, youth group and Confirmation classes. My parents had a Bible study group that ran until the wee hours at various houses and we children played until late and then fell asleep on the floor.

The very early years were Presbyterian. My father had a couple years of seminary with them and he occasionally preached. Later we went to a Lutheran church which is in keeping with my mother's background. That's were I did youth group and confirmation classes.

Can't say those are bad memories. I remember the people fondly.

I stopped going to church as soon as I left the house.

2. To you, what is God like? Describe God.

There's a problem. The descriptions I've heard are all over the map: wrathful, loving, powerful, unwilling to be tested. . .

3. To you, what is important in life?

Caring for others, making the best of what we have, and living life to the fullest. It's a balancing act.

4. What do you think is important and unimportant to God?

What god? Seriously, there are a bunch of invented ones and no real one in sight. I will assume you mean the Christian one. He seems to be most interested in faith without reason, followed shortly by obedience to arbitrary rules. He's needy.

5. What do you think is takes to be straightened out with God?

Got me. It's not a phrase I've heard. But I'd guess it would require his existence.


6. Describe what the term Jesus Christ means to you.

I picture the guy in the paintings with the long hair. I'm pretty sure he didn't look like that. I think he was a moral philosopher and he thought he was a prophet. Christians portray him as the new kinder gentler god. He's kinda passive aggressive if you ask me.

7. From your perspective, what are the major problems of churches today?

They're either getting more fundamentalist (stupid anti-science, bronze age moral); or have gone all new age and and decided that all the religions contradictions and all are true.