Do you ever see christians on here who's behavior reminds you of your own when you were a christian?
Do you ever find yourself saying, "I sure hope I didn't sound that bad" ?
2007-07-20 07:59:28 · 29 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
me too, bettie.. me too (((((bettierage))))
2007-07-20 08:02:30 · update #1
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2007-07-20 08:05:03 · update #2
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2007-07-20 08:30:45 · update #3
I know that when I was little I was a obnoxious fundie. I also told people not to smoke and sang Christian songs. As I got older I got better. I tried to be open-minded but I'm sure I was still saying things I would want to hide my head over now. By the end of High School I had become the person I am now and my doubts were well under way. I guess having a little insight into the Fundies allows us to better understand them. That why I try not to be to hard on anyone.
Thank you for the Q and for sharing.
Blessings.
2007-07-20 12:03:59 · answer #1 · answered by PaganPixiePrincessVT 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no. I was raised Catholic, but by the time I reached puberty I had recognized the Christian religion for what it is. I can remember being - or trying to be - a very devout 7 year old, and many of the people on here sound like they're about 7, but I still don't feel any particular identity with them in my inner 7 year old.
P.S. - Yogini - I really must beg to differ re: Father K. He's as nuts as anybody on here.
2007-07-20 15:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it happens all the time. More often, I find myself asking God for forgiveness because I know I misrepresented the Creator with my narrow, close-minded, judgemental attitude. As a prior Christian and Christian fundamentalist at that, I had to come to terms with the fact that I was using my relationship with God as a self-esteem crutch to judge my worth and superiority over others. Never a good idea. The word of God is best spread without speech...just merely actions.
2007-07-20 15:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tree of life 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was baptized a Catholic...but haven't ever been THAT way toward people! If anything, I took too much pleasure in pooking at the sides of Christians who thought they had all the answers. Now, I tend to be moderate, but still get an occasional rabid fundamentalist who feels that conversion is not only their responsibility, but their life's purpose...hmmm, please...no one 'gets to heaven' by converting others. Give me a frigging break!
...oooh, did that sound harsh...sorry! Hugs...:)
2007-07-20 15:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Rev Debi Brady 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not so much the behavior as the beliefs.
I spent many years exploring different beliefs and traditions, including going back to *different* variations of xianity from the fundyrollerism (AOG) I was raised with . . . tried the occult, tried Buddhism, tried atheism and paganism and mysticism, even tried being Methodist, lol.
Now, when I read literal interpretations of the bible, or the convoluted arguments people use to try to make science fit fable, or talk of sensual pleasures of ANY kind as "sin," or how we all need "redemption" . . . man. I just shake my head and remember how intellectually tormented all that crap made me. And I *was* the whole "born again, spirit-filled, moving in the gifts" at one time!
Weird to reflect on it now. Just too weird. Like crazy people talk or something. What was I thinking?
Such hard work, and such a bad fit.
2007-07-20 15:13:18 · answer #5 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, whan I was kid I used to say things like "Don't curse or you will go to hell", but when I came into my teens, I totally saw the truth. I am a bit surprised on how much parents and school can influence your free will. But I seem to be on the right track now. It is sometimes hard to see things differently exspecially when you have been brainwashed all those years. Here's hoping I stop having those doubts!!!!
2007-07-20 15:30:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only things I remember about being a Christian were: fig newtons and fuit punch Kool-Aid, Sunday school sucked, the main service was better, and I was afraid satan was taking over my soul.
I stopped going to church in about second grade. I really hope there's no one that young on here, but I do wonder about crimsonandclover sometimes.
(((KALLAN)))
2007-07-20 15:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by Kharm 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think I realized all along that my position, at that point in my life, was weakly defensible against logic and reason.
So my guess is "no", although I recognize a lot of the copy/paste statements (even most answers that aren't "Ctl-C; Ctl-V" were copied from a pastor somewhere and pasted back).
2007-07-20 15:08:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some of them do sound like six year olds... But since I was actually six, I figure I had an excuse for sounding dumb.
Oh, wait. I wasn't ever a "real" Christian. Apparently being forced to go to church as a child doesn't qualify me.
2007-07-20 15:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oh yes, though there were Christians that worried me even when I was one.
But I was much younger and more naive then.
(Now I'm just older and foolish?)
(edit) And BERT, "There is no such thing as an X Christian."
WAS one of the things I said when I was a Christian.
And I was, any way you slice it.
2007-07-20 15:08:52 · answer #10 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋