Believers: Whats the most rebellious thought/perception you've had regarding religion?

Question

or do you completely agree with your preacher?

hahahaha universal :)

Answer 1

Ok... nightmare material...
(no rebellious christians...)

Answer 2

I've thought about blowing up abortion clinics and capital buildings when liberal politicians were voting to expand abortion rights or gay rights or some other anti-Christian and stupid policy. It would be so much fun. Unfortunately, the Bible says, "Thou shalt not murder" (Exodus 20), "Love your enemies" (Matthew 5), and forgive others or God won't forgive you (paraphrase Matthew 6), so I've never acted on these impulses. I do not completely agree with my preacher. He thinks the initial evidence of being baptized in the Holy Spirit is speaking in tongues and I don't agree with that. He's my dad actually. However, it's not an issue significant enough to leave the church over, even though Assemblies of God makes a big stink over that whole tongues issue and that's a little annoying sometimes because I still don't have that gift and there's a real possibility I'll never get it. In the Bible, that's a gray area. There's room for debate and there will always be debate about that issue. We'll know for sure in heaven. Not every single issue about religion is black and white. However, many issues are black and white, like basic morality, the deity of Christ, virgin birth, death and resurrection of Christ, Trinity, etc. I think I've answered your question, so I'll shut up now. God bless.

Answer 3

That the Churches, every religion has deceived all the people, Jesus told us the truth, but many will not believe it.
Jesus told us all that the God of Moses is Satan. Jesus told us this in John 1:17, John 3:14, John 6:32, John :10:7 Luke 4:6 and 4:9 and finally in Rev 13:10-18, but you will not even consider this, because you believe that all the Bible is inspired by God the Father. Jesus said Moses gave you not that bread from heaven, but My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. The bread is the Words Jesus spoke, not a wafer

Answer 4

Oh my, I rebelled against so many of the things I was taught in church that I couldn't begin to list them all here...suffice it to say that I've tested a whole bunch of God's instructions in my life. Thankfully, he stuck with me through it all and in many cases, I discovered the truth in those teachings through my own experiences. Not to say that I haven't been taught things by a pastor/preacher that I thought, and still think, are outright wrong...but when I disobey those instructions, I don't think of it as rebellion since I reject the notion that the person who gave me bad advice has any authority over me.

I've been blessed in the past year to have the benefit of a pastor that thinks a lot like I do. I've only rarely disagreed with something he says and the points are minor enough for us to agree to disagree. I'm thankful that I have the freedom to question him and even point out inconsistencies in his messages and I'd like to think that, in some cases at least, he has taken my comments to heart.

Answer 5

My most rebellious thought or perception regarding religion is for someone to act like they know what they are talking about and don't know enough reasoning to pour crap out of a boot if the directions are written on the heel. The fool is frustrating when he says everyone else is a fool.

hey midnight, men wore dresses (tunics) in Bible times.

Answer 6

I suppose my greatest "rebellion" was to convert from Christianity to Judaism. I didn't see it as a rebellion (and still don't), however; I just see it as having found something that was right for me. It's not a move I'd expect anyone else to make unless they believe that it's right for THEM. Agreeing (or disagreeing) with a minister/preacher had little, if anything, to do with it; I simply disagreed with the whole notion that Jesus was some sort of deity, but still believed in God, so Judaism seemed to me to be the logical direction to travel.

Answer 7

I'm pretty anti-authority-----and that has crossed over into religious practice also. I never took the preacher, or anyone else's word, to be infallible. I read the Bible for myself and came to my own conclusions as to what God's message was. Sometimes that put me at cross-purposes to the church's teachings.

Answer 8

I'm a Heretic so by definition I'm a solo practitioner.

The first perception that knocked me over was that when people accuse others of things they are always guilty of the thing they accuse. Which should tell all the folks accusing others of not being true believers to be on their toes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-1JVctSOY
♥Agape♥
♥Blessed Be♥
♥=∞

Answer 9

I used to think it was OK for women to wear pants. But now I see that God wants women and men to dress differently.

Deu 22:5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

I don't follow my preacher, I follow the Bible. But God has blessed me with a Preacher who preaches nothing but the Bible and I have not found one thing that I can argue with him about. He doesn't preach his opinion, he preaches the book and you just can't argue with the book.

Answer 10

The politicts involved in many decisions. Human greed affects churches tremendously, specially in a capitalist society. I do not idealize any human (including myself). Jesus Christ is my only ideal.

Answer 11

I was raised christian, going to church and ccd every week, but now I'm atheist. I guess thats rebellious even though I'm really not a believer.