WessleWoggle said:
mrs.nordlead said:
do i like or agree with the add...no. am i offended by it...no. i am secure enough in what i believe and i realize that people who have never experienced a relationship with Jesus Christ, are not going to just understand or accept what i believe. i am a born again/bible believing christian(or what ever label you want to put on it). i think that so many people get hung up on "religion" and what they are going to have to give up and the rituals and regulations that they are going to have to follow....i am so sick of religion and religious people who are so hypocritical and so hung up on religion and rituals that they forget about people. they get up on their pious high horse and condemn people who have never been taught any different, instead of loving them and showing them the grace and freedom that Jesus has to offer. the idea that people who believe in god are not living their life may be very true, and if it is i am very said for those people. but i am free to live my life and do as i please. i am not bound by rules and regulations i am under grace and with that comes freedom. i do what the bible says because of my love for God.
i also get not too happy when people lump everyone who believes in "god/gods" in the same category. i dont believe in just any god, i believe in Jesus Christ, not because it was crammed down my throat or because it was the belief of my family. i believe in God because i have experienced a real, true relationship with him. i dont expect others to fully understand my belief or even accept it. there are many people who claim to believe in god or gods that i wish would keep their mouths shut because of the fact the so many people just assume that everyone who says "i believe in god" are all the same. and i wouldnt trust some of those people as far as i could throw them.
if God is not real and does not exist then i have nothing to loses...if however He is real and does exist(and i am talking about Jesus Christ, not just some random god)then unfortunately some of you would have a lot to lose. i heard someone pose this question once..."do you know everything there is to know" no "do you know half of everything there is to know" no "well lets just say that you know half of everything there is to know, is it possible that God exists in the half that you dont know".....just something to think about
one of my favorite quotes that i think is so true is "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."
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About the quote I bolded, it's possible that all gods may exist in the information that we don't know... That's why I'm agnostic towards all gods. It's possible that they all may be influencial spirit beings... Who knows? I can't see the past or the afterlife, i'll make no assumtions, since I have nothing to base those assumtions on.
Something I like to ask christians is what was there personal experience with jesus like. Do you mind if I ask you that?
It could be possible that there's a positive force that people get in touch with, and you're in touch with it, but you just choose to call it Jesus Christ. It also might be possible you're crazy. Either way you seem like a nice person overall. You sound christ-like rather than christian. I like that. :) Too many christians come off as hateful.
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my personal experience started when i was young, about 6. i am not one of these christians who was really messed up and gave my life to Christ and had a complete turn around, although i know many people like that. however my faith and experience with jesus has grown and changed with time. he has shown himself to me in so many ways. i have a peace even when i go through crappy things. i have a freedom that i cant really even explain and a strength to get through things that i know i couldnt get through without him. just for example, my husband and i had been trying for over a year and a half to have a baby. it was so hard for me, but i had a peace. god kept putting people in my path who would share things with me and encourage me just when i needed it and had been asking him for it. if it wasnt for my faith in him and his love toward me im sure i would have gotten into a depression and just given up. it is hard for me to explain sometimes other than to say that he has held my family together through some hard times, he has remained faithful to me and i dont know where i would be or how messed up my life would be by now if i did not know him. however it is something that you would have to experience for yourself in order to truly know what i mean.
i am glad that you think i sound more "christ-like rather than christian". there are indeed many christians who come off as hateful and that is either because they are not truly christians or they are so caught up in their religion and are so legalistic that they cant see past their traditions and how pleased they are with themselves that they follow aaalllllll the rules and somehow that is what matters most. jesus actually broke a lot of the "religious" rules of that time bacause he was about people not religion.
