any former christians have testimony to give-lol keep the peace old hippie
2006-06-06 15:28:59 · 22 answers · asked by bergice 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Speaking of shoes on the other foot, I got these cute little sandals today, just a spur of the moment buy. Now I have two pair of turquoise, one pink, oh, it is mind boggling, to count all the shoes. Havin' a great day!
2006-06-06 15:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 8⤊ 4⤋
I used to be a Christian. I even was a Christian missionary. I always had trouble with some of the teachings and beliefs of Christianity and worked to try to adjust my beliefs and experiences. I was often told that my experiences of God were 'invalid' or false. I started to notice the heavy emphasis on missionary work and on trying to convert people to Christianity (but not just Christianity, but to the denomination I was). There was a great deal of emphasis on the church and not on God. When I'd bring up issues that I was having regarding some of the teachings I was told not to question the teachings or just to have faith in God (whom was rarely talked about). I finally left Christianity and continued to follow God. I prayed and prayed and God showed me Hinduism. Here was a religion that already taught what I believed. Here was a religion that embraced my experiences and told me that my experiences were "valid for me" and explained why there were so many religions (because all of us experience God differently). Here was a religion that was tolerant. It also explained how God could incarnate into human form and yet still be beyond the universe. It also made it clear that God didn't just come that one time in that one place, but that God incarnates all the time. The more I learned the more I knew I wanted to practice Hinduism. Coincidently, Hinduism has no 'conversion' process. This is a religion that is so tolerant, it believes that all religions can lead people to the very same universal truth of the innate nature of the inner Self. Hindus say that you are a Hindu if you believe in the teachings and practice some form of Hinduism. That's me. It's a religion that condemns trying to convert someone and even makes it clear that trying to convert people can be spiritually damaging to both the person trying to be converted and the person doing the converting. So now I am a Hindu, not a Christian. Jesus (Yeshu) is still on my home altar and honored as a great guru and incarnation of God.
2006-06-07 01:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by gabriel_zachary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a former Catholic. When my faith was dying I did what everyone said and read the bible. The more I read it the more I was losing my belief as I could relate the stories to ancient myths I had learned. The more that happened the more I found it couldn't be true. Then it was gone. The end truly came during a George Carlin special believe it or not. When he did his routine about how God sounded a lot like Santa I sat there with my mouth hanging open because it clicked. That was the end.
2006-06-06 22:53:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sinthyia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to be Christian. I grew out of it in the 7th grade though. Before that, I was only Christian because that is what I was by "default." I go to a private school and I had pressure from my friends to be Christian. For a little while, I was very privately religious. I would read my Bible and say my prayers and all that jazz.
I don't know exactly why I realized it was all crap. I think I was disgusted by the hypocrisy I saw in religious people. I began seeking other truths. Five years later, I'm an agnostic and happy to debate anyone who tries to hand me Bible propoganda on the street.
2006-06-06 22:45:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jessica G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I was a Christian up until I started searching for answers. I read the Bible and realized that it was a load of fables and instructions on how to worship and remain servile. After realizing that I figured it must just be that the Jesus' teachings were perverted so I read a couple of the Gnostic Gospels and they didn't quite cut it either but they sounded like a lot of stuff Buddha had said so I read up on the Buddha. After reading up on the Buddha I started studying Eastern Philosophy which taught me that religion was made up for people with limited understanding.
The End.
I love Eastern Philosophy
2006-06-06 22:40:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as a former Christian. Former 'self fooled' or 'not serious' wanna be believers perhaps. This is where a lot of people miss it; A christian is a truly saved individual who would never go back to their old ways.
2006-06-06 22:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by bond_adambond 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope u’r serious. Cause I have one. My parents claimed to be Christians but they lied and they really weren’t. when I was 8 I went to a Christian school and became saved through the sermon in the chapel. My dad didn’t really think that he wasn’t saved. My parents got a divorce and my dad began to date my to- be step-mom. My step-mom was saved and was a true Christian. At my Christmas play in 5th grade my step-mom and my dad went to my performance. It was there that my dad got saved. Now I study the bible, gfo to a Christian school, got my best friend saved, and I’m a leader and mentor in my youth group. I have now been a Christian for 7 years and I’m Proud of it but i'm still one so sorry
2006-06-06 22:36:05 · answer #7 · answered by holygrail Kniggit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believed
i was told pick between jesus and evolution
i left
i tried this thing in may, theistic evolution,
then a study of the big bang,
what if there are multiple big bangs creating matter throughout the "outer space time"
now my thought in my head is what created the energy before the matter, gravity took place to create matter in this big bang,
so what scientifically started energy at the "in the beginning"
what created that "light"
how did the first photon pop into existence
and the instinct is telling me . . . . what scientific law or theory can explain . . . . a photon showing up out of non existence
2006-06-06 23:06:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am an old hippy and enjoy peace but asking for the evil to shine isnt to grand of an idea no one prays for peace more than the soldger for he bears the wounds and scars of combat in his body ,,, macarthur and i dont mean the park
2006-06-06 22:35:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess there are no former Christians that want to fess up to the fact that they were once Christians.
2006-06-06 22:31:58 · answer #10 · answered by legal&sane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
former christians?what did they go back to?untruth?
keep the faith-also an old hippie
2006-06-06 22:34:16 · answer #11 · answered by changeling 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋