If you weren't a Christian, what do you think you would be?
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I'd probably be agnostic if I wasn't a Christian. That would likely be my second choice after Christianity, to be honest.
So would you have a different religion? Or would you be atheist or agnostic or something along those lines?
Look forward to your answers.
So would you have a different religion? Or would you be atheist or agnostic or something along those lines?
Look forward to your answers.
Great question, GN!
I was practically born into Christianity (well, not really, but my parents had me in the pews the first Sunday after they adopted me), so I've never known anything different. Growing up, my parents insisted I go to Christian schools, and I always say that I probably needed the constant guardrails to keep me from flying off the handle! I was always someone who thought I wanted to rebel but hated getting in trouble, so I usually just obeyed the rules to avoid all the hassle.
I've gone through times of trying to walk away from God, but for some reason, could never do so entirely. I've known plenty of people who grew up in the church and walked away from it as soon as they got out on their own.
I always wonder if I would have ever found God if Christianity had not been so strongly imprinted on me from the beginning, or who I would be.
Most days, I'm thankful that (so far, at least), I've never had to find out.
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So would you have a different religion? Or would you be atheist or agnostic or something along those lines?
Look forward to your answers.
Look forward to your answers.
Without Christiamity: Well done.
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Well seoulsearch, I had Christianity imprinted on me also, but not strongly. I had cousins take me to church when I was little. My mother never did, but she was a traditional Christian. She put verses on our walls along with family pictures.
Like I pointed out in my bio, I sought fervently for God for two years. I was coming out of my PTSD, at age 12, from watching my brother burn to death at three. I started talking about it and started wanting to improve myself, because I was a mess.
At 14 I decided that 1. God did not exist or 2. He does exist but doesn't want me. You might say I became agnostic, I did want to really say God is not real. An amazing thing happened when I was immersed in God's word for two years, I was a changed boy. I no longer hated myself. I treated people kindly in the place of using them. It was later, when life and alcohol had me down, that I started really looking for Christ.
Like I pointed out in my bio, I sought fervently for God for two years. I was coming out of my PTSD, at age 12, from watching my brother burn to death at three. I started talking about it and started wanting to improve myself, because I was a mess.
At 14 I decided that 1. God did not exist or 2. He does exist but doesn't want me. You might say I became agnostic, I did want to really say God is not real. An amazing thing happened when I was immersed in God's word for two years, I was a changed boy. I no longer hated myself. I treated people kindly in the place of using them. It was later, when life and alcohol had me down, that I started really looking for Christ.
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Well seoulsearch, I had Christianity imprinted on me also, but not strongly. I had cousins take me to church when I was little. My mother never did, but she was a traditional Christian. She put verses on our walls along with family pictures.
Like I pointed out in my bio, I sought fervently for God for two years. I was coming out of my PTSD, at age 12, from watching my brother burn to death at three. I started talking about it and started wanting to improve myself, because I was a mess.
At 14 I decided that 1. God did not exist or 2. He does exist but doesn't want me. You might say I became agnostic, I did want to really say God is not real. An amazing thing happened when I was immersed in God's word for two years, I was a changed boy. I no longer hated myself. I treated people kindly in the place of using them. It was later, when life and alcohol had me down, that I started really looking for Christ.
Like I pointed out in my bio, I sought fervently for God for two years. I was coming out of my PTSD, at age 12, from watching my brother burn to death at three. I started talking about it and started wanting to improve myself, because I was a mess.
At 14 I decided that 1. God did not exist or 2. He does exist but doesn't want me. You might say I became agnostic, I did want to really say God is not real. An amazing thing happened when I was immersed in God's word for two years, I was a changed boy. I no longer hated myself. I treated people kindly in the place of using them. It was later, when life and alcohol had me down, that I started really looking for Christ.
I am so sorry about your brother, Deade. I can't even imagine trying to recover from that kind of trauma.
I'm always very interested in how people can grow up within the church/in the Word but yet each of our paths can turn out so differently.
I'm very sorry for the troubles you've been through, but it's awesome that God never stopped seeking you out and you were able to heed his call.
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I'd be delusional. Part of what fuels us is our search for meaning. Who are we and why are we here? I see this life as a short stop in which we have very little time to find our purpose. Without God it is madness. There is no hope, no truth and love is conditional. There is no forgiveness and no reason. In short, life without the hope offer by Christ, is hell.
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Any of the above choices wouldn't matter, because anything other than trusting in Christ as the One who provided salvation by the shedding of His blood, leads to certain condemnation when a person dies as an unbeliever.
Everyone who comes into the world and to an age of accountability, is already condemned, because all have sinned. It is not until a person believes in Christ that they make the transition from death to life.
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them."
Everyone who comes into the world and to an age of accountability, is already condemned, because all have sinned. It is not until a person believes in Christ that they make the transition from death to life.
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them."
