Question for those who say they used to be a Christian?

Question

Ok please explane to me how you used to be a Christian and now your not!! I really dont get it. To be a Christian you must have a personal relationship with God.. ( To be born again.) So you started a relationship with God, then you decided you didnt want one with him? Im serious please explane it to me! Because when I started a relationship with God it was totally awesome, and it still is. Or is it you just went to church and stuff and listened to your mom and dad rattle on about Jesus, but you really didnt start a real relationship with him? Or are you just makeing it up? I just dont understand some people's concept of being a Christian. If you dont know God, ( Jesus Christ ) on a personal level, you are not a Christian. And from what I have learned from God, there is no mistake who he is. So you people who say you used to be a Christian and now your not, I would dare say you are either a lier, or you just simply dont have any idea what you are talking about. Please explane!

corrosio... I dont need to read a book I want an answer from some one who had a relationship with God then decided they didnt want one..

Ok I see most of you dont really know God. This is just to funny...

fifimsp3 WHO CARES this aint a spelling BBBBBB

LJAY2000 read the answer above

Jason M thanks for explaining that to me

Paul Ding doesnt matter if i like the answers. I just wanna know how you can have a relationship with God and then you dont?

meissen9... Im not judging anyone, if you say you have a relationship with God and you really dont, you are a lier. And Jesus Christ is Lord. So I dont know what to tell you.

Marooned on Earth who was you asking these questions to?

AngFlowr you have alot of anger, I wonder if you know God's true Love?

♫ Denii ♫ so you never had a personal relationship with God either?

LJAY2000 look up!

Happy Man your saddly mistaken, he is in my heart!

Elaine M read question again

kc do you really think i need to go to a website to see if God is real or not?? Make me laugh some more k.

AuroraDa... BOOO HUUUU I didnt get everything I wanted so God isnt real.

I done everything and he didnt do anything for me... YOU GET REAL AND YOU GET OVER YOURSELF

paganmom so what Bible do you believe in. Or should I say what part of the Bible. Sorry but I believe in every word of it, not just the parts i like.

by bodhidav HUH?

Daniel D to have a relationship with the true and living God you do. And Jesus did exist, and he still does..

Answer 1

i was raised by a mediocre christian family, who never really stressed the ideas of christ. at age 10, i decided to attend church weekly, to really get the deal of being a christian with my mother. when i listen to the pastor, i cant help but question supernatural events that he explains. i could never get why people would get so pepped up just by hearing His name! so i must say, ive never had a connection. god just may be as fake as santa claus, which christians are raised learning about. is this all a set up really? i do not know anymore. how can u have a personal level with something that u can only have faith in? wheres the proof that some guy walked over water? and why doesnt this happen now? where are these supernatural events created by God? exactly, you cant tell me. so for now, im not saying im fully atheist, but i reallly do have my doubts.

Answer 2

Really it was more a break for the religion and it's structure than anything to do with God. I learned a lot about the history of the Bible and just couldn't stomach it anymore. How can I follow a book when I know that a group of Roman politicians got to decide what goes in it and what gets left out? How much are we missing out on because of that? How much was destroyed? What if what is gone would have put a whole different perspective on the whole thing and we're going about it all wrong? Add to that the number of times the Bible has been translated just to make it to English (and the number of PROVEN errors they've found in the currently available translations) and how can you believe you're getting anything near the origional message? Let alone base an entire faith on it! Also, there are many instances in Christian history of Popes and other officials adding or changing things within the writings and traditions of the religion to suit their own ambitions or what they felt was needed at the time. Such as the timing of Christmas and Easter to coincide with pagan holidays and feasts in order to win them over. I thought such things were sacred, not to be bandied about to win favor with the heathens. Obviously not. But when I asked about these things and more (the proven inaccuracies regarding the age and shape of the earth in the Bible, why some things the Bible says are ok are ignored ie slavery, spousal abuse, child abuse, human and animal sacrifice, while one vague mention of a man raping another man means all homosexuality is wrong, etc) at my church I was told I don't believe deeply enough. I don't think that's the answer Jesus would have given me. Hiding a lack of knowledge by degrading another lack of faith is just a smokescreen to disguise your own uneasiness with your faith. Faith based on NO EVIDENCE whatsoever is folly. But when I ask for this evidence, I get nothing but "you must believe." If that's the case, why should I believe Christianity over any other faith? They all have recordings of miricles, most have ancient sacred writings, and they all say they're just as right as you. So why should I believe a church that knowing follows a religious writing that is full of misinformation, gaps, and a few proven out and out lies? Believing in God and Jesus Christ is one thing, being a Christian is quite another. You're question is how can I not, my question is how can you?

Answer 3

Hey, this one is directed towards me! I feel important :D

Ok, honest answer time.

I did used to be Christian. I did have a personal relationship with God. However....

I found flaws with the religion itself, within the Bible, within the teachings. Some logic flaws, some inconsistancies... and some things that just didn't feel right. For instance, I believed (and still believe) God is loving, merciful and just. I cannot believe that if God "Always was, is, and will be" that he could have intentionally done some of the things listed in the Bible.

Also, I felt that if He truly is omnipotent, then why would he "need" the sacrifice of Jesus to be "able" to save us from our sins? That just didn't follow. Maybe Jesus was sent as a way to get humans to finally accept the forgiveness he'd been offering all along... that was the best I could think of.

Finally, I realized... while God does exist, in many respects what Christians hold him to be, He is not limited to the Christian view. He is greater and better than anything within the Christian faith. So I decided to cast off the faith and follow God directly. I don't follow/worship Jesus, because I question if he ever existed as claimed. Just God.

I feel much happier this way, not being bound to Christian theology. I don't feel like a hypocrite, claiming to be Christian which implies support of the all too flawed and internally inconsistant Bible. And I'm able to be moral and be good as I feel God truly intended.

Also, as a Christian, I was told never to research other faiths/beliefs, as it would "corrupt my soul and pull me away from the Truth." It always seemed that they were kind of afraid I'd find the flaws in the faith. Now I do research them, and while I disagree with them on many, even most points, I still am able to learn some things about myself, the world, the human mind, and the spirit.

Answer 4

I was once an anti religionist. Not precisely an atheist. I knew there needed to be anything however faith was once all filled with ****. Every time i noticed a faith i could ask a couple of questions and none would provide an reply that made any experience. Then i met the Mormon church. They would provide solutions to any query i had and there was once undoubtedly that what i had believed on my possess was once the equal as what they taught. God does make experience and if no longer the retard the opposite religions make him out to be. I had no option however to become a member of in view that i knew it to be real and i've in no way been happier. PS we best have one spouse and don't sleep round.

Answer 5

Your definition of Christianity is limited to the denomination you are practicing in. Not all Christians define Christianity as a personal relationship to Jesus. Some Christians believe that to be Christian is to believe in the Trinity and to mold your life around the life of Jesus. Not everyone believes in being "born again" many denominations celebrate infant baptism and do not require another commitment later in life.

I was baptized as a baby, I grew up in a Christian household. I would have considered myself a Christian up until I was 12, then I started questioning everything, not just religion. I did not turn away from God or Jesus, my thoughts simply changed about their nature when I started looking at things.

Peace

Answer 6

Okay huh, if you really want a serious answer and not just another reason to preach here it is.

I was raised baptist and fell for all the stuff that they tried to shuve down my throught when I was young but the older I got the more I started thinking for myself. In the church I was raised in, women aren;t supposed to think too much or have there own voice. I tried to be a part of the church for I had known those people all of my life. I was actually told by theold bitties who thought they ran things to sit down, shut up and let the men handle things.

Now, I learned very early on that men cant handle anything or do anything without a woman holding his hand and telling him what to do. Please excuse me if you are a man. Well, I let that go but I started asking too many questions about the bible. Boy, that was a sin and I was more or less through out.

Left on my own to ask god myself and think for myself without smeone trying to tell me the very act of breathing is a mortal sin, I started talking to god. After I was in a fatal wreck two years ago, I came to the truth.

Yes, I say fatal. I died and came back more times than I can count. The last time I died and was brought back this dic came in and tried her best to talk me into giving up. She told me to think about it and I closed my eyes. It was shown to me that if I give up and go on my husband would do the same. He wouldn't stay without me so I opened my eyes and told her I was staying. Within a month I was fully recovered.

I know full well that was my daddy who showed me that. I was in the hospital nine months and out of my head most of that time. It took a few months for me to get completely well. For my head to clear up. When it did, I was changed. I new more than I did before. Here are a few of the things that was revieled to me on my journey into wherever you want to call it, whether it be the nether world or what.

One, god is a woman! Yes, and I have a personal relationship with her. I always have. Just bacause I didn't allow myself to be brainwashed into being a lamb for the slaughter and doing whatever I was told like a good little girl, don't mean I didn't know god.

It was also confermed to me that we are all reincarnated. I and my husband have found each other in every lifetime and will always until we assend. We have been mated since the beginning of time and always will be.

When we met it was like a jolt of lightning. We were married within nine days and have been together nine years. We are best friends and soal mates. We are also exactly a week apart and I truly believe that when our time comes we will die within a month of each other so we can remain together in every incarnatioin.

Most paths will converge in the end. We are all headed to the same place. Its just that some of us understand the trip a little more than others. Try looking into your soal and thinking for yourself. Ask god some of those tuff wuestions and really listen for the answer and you will be very suprised.

Blessed Be
Nightshadetn

Answer 7

I had a very personal relationship to what I thought was God. I bargained with it and it was the only thing I could hold on to during my depression. After a few years, I realized it was all in my mind. I was practically possessed by Christianity during my teen years. I gave up on it because it didn't make sense. I became Buddhist for a while, and then gave up on the whole god and spirit thing. It wasn't logical. I was rational in every aspect of my life except for this little "god box" in the corner of my brain.
I'm not a "lier" nor a liar, and I know precisely what I'm talking about.

Answer 8

Its very simple. At one point I believed I had a "personal relationship" with Jesus/God, but I eventually realized I was simply deluding myself and so were all the other Christians. Any special feelings that result from such a "personal relationship" are entirely due to wishful thinking and self-deception.

When I allowed myself to take an honest look at my beliefs, I realized that the "personal relationships" Christians are supposed to be having with Jesus are simply pure bunk. However, you will never be able to come to that realization as long as you are not willing to be honest with yourself.

I doubt you will be likely to ever allow yourself to truly examine your own "relationship with Jesus". I get a strong impression that a good deal of your sense of self-worth may be intertwined in the concept that you are "loved by God", that you are "saved", and that God cares about you personally.

A lot of people that don't have anything about themselves that would allow them to feel good about themselves cling desperately to their beliefs. Its simply a coping mechanism for people who are bereft of any tangible positive traits.

At any rate, the same feelings that make you so sure that you are a real Christian can be produced by many other religions. You may think your feelings mean something special, but they don't.

Answer 9

Belief in God is not limited to Christians. Christians believe in Jesus Christ. Many religions believe in God.

I believe in the Trinity, but that is because I believe God has limitless, unfathomable, infinite power and can be the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all at once. Christ had human limitations while he was among us; God never did.

Where religion is concerned, everyone chooses what to believe. Don't work yourself into a lather because someone says they used to believe in Christ but don't anymore. Maybe they still believe in God and find solace in that. Maybe they have no spiritual beliefs. Maybe some no longer do because so many "Christians" are judgmental - and that is God's domain, not man's.

Answer 10

The "personal relationship" was identified (in me) as a simple feeling. There is no "personal relationship" because there is nothing physically tangible about the relationship; it is a relationship with a feeling.

These same feelings are in evidence in many religious paths. Mormons refer to a "burning in the bosom. Many aboriginals have definite spiritual experiences as do other faiths.

You might claim that your "personal relationship" is more than a feeling, but if you are unable to describe it as such, how can it be otherwise? Have you seen a physical god? Have you (as Jesus offered Thomas) touched Christ?

I now follow a faith that places emphasis on things that can be known. It places importance in study and reason. While feelings are important, they are not to be trusted in a vacuum.