Religiously speaking, of course.
2007-10-30 02:02:58 · 22 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Religiously speaking, I found what I expected or less than that. Spiritually speaking, 99 time out of 100, what I find is different from what I expected and inexpressibly better.
2007-10-30 02:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From ages 12 to 36 years old, (1952-1976) I was searching for Absolute, Infinite Reality; at first in the sciences, which was a failure. Then I was suddenly given, in an ontological search, full soul identity which was much more real and profound than I had anticipated. That started my true spiritual search, which fully answered all of my deep questions and much more !
The Infinite and Absolute I AM Primal and Final-Father-Force is also Infinite Volition and Personality and Spirit as well as the seven Absolutes and Trinity of Infinite Reality ! And He/They are fully here in/as our Sovereign Creator Father-Son Jesus Christ and our Holy Creative Spirit as One Combined Spirit of ALL Truth: GOD See John 16:7-16
These Truths live and burn brightly inside of me as soul; and thus I am a divinely beloved son of God in Jesus ! And so are YOU my Brother or Sister in the Family of God ! Here and now, just as you are !
Seek some truth --some reality -- and you will be given much more, when the "Godspeed" "time in eternity" is right for you. If you found nothing and then gave up the good search, you were a failure. Today, you can resume the good, soul-satisfying search and also realize the perfect Paradise peace of and in Jesus Christ here with us !
Peace and progress,
Brother Dave, a Jesusonian Christian Truthist
http://www.PureChristians.org/ Gospel enlarging website,
proclaiming worldwide the True Religion
OF JESUS and ABOUT JESUS and IN JESUS
Come and share !
2007-10-30 09:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found exactly what i wanted to find, however it was such a suprise on where i found it. I went to private Christian school 1st- 10th grade and went to church Sunday morn, even and wed evening. I did bible studies, church choir, puppet ministry, backyard bible clubs in our comunity, mission tours, outreach to the elderly comunity... i did all i could. It was wonderful, and i would not have changed it for the world. I was constantly thirsting and Christianity provided me a fix every time i needed it. Problem was, i needed it often. It was never the long term joy and peace i desired.
Now i am pagan, and have been for near twenty years. I have never felt so connected to the Creator or the Creation. I truely feel the love of the Spirit that i craved, and i don't have to get a shot of it every week. It is in me, so it always quenches my thirst.
I am happy.
2007-10-30 09:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by willodrgn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well i guess first you have to be looking for something. A question perhaps you have been dying to know the answer. Or an idea you so desire to know more about. That's how I started. Religiously speaking, I just started asking questions, seeking proofs to all my questions, playing on ideas, challenging my intellectual capacity... As I find one answer, another question would pop up and I would push on...searching. Until one day I finally decided, alright this is now what I am going to believe in and live with for the rest of my life.
Your question, did I find what I wanted to find? Yes.
Did I find something different? Yes again.
I was looking for God. I was questioning all the religious traditions if it was relevant to my salvation. I was asking myself if there is such a thing as "salvation". If it was, then salvation from what. I was questioning the very foundation of Christianity, its history, its teachings. I was questioning the authenticity of the Bible...but all this i did because I was looking for God... the one true God. The creator of all things, the very reason why I exist...and I found Jesus.
Yes, I know how to pray. I know there is a God. I know there are things I should do or not do for my religion...but why and for what it is, was unclear to me. I know Jesus is the son of God, I learn that from Sunday school, but what is his significance in my life? Why is there so much fuzz about his life, his death and eventually his resurrection?
Jesus said "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." ....this is not about material things, or favors we ask to satisfy our lust for this world...this is about our soul, wanting to have a connection back to where we really came from in the first place.. I asked Him the questions, he leads me to the answers, I seeked His face, He showed me his love, mercy and grace, I knocked on His door by repenting for my sins and He opened it for me, accepting me, renewed by the blood of my Lord Jesus Christ.
So did I found what I was looking for? YES, and much much more.
To God be all the glory!
2007-10-30 09:49:09 · answer #4 · answered by Reese 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't certain exactly what I wanted to find, only that it wasn't what I had.
What I found was peace and love and freedom with the Goddess. And nearly everyday, it seems I find or learn something new as well. But those three things are always present.
2007-10-30 09:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jewel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never really went searching. For a long time - I just chose to whine and complain about things - and talk about how screwed up religion was.
My life got to the point where it was downright pitiful - and in need of change. A spiritual path just kind of showed up.
2007-10-30 09:13:37 · answer #6 · answered by liddabet 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found that it's not so much the thing that I search for, but the search that is the most rewarding.
2007-10-30 09:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you dont really search. there is just dsomething missing and God will let you know when you are ready to begin your walk with Him. i definitly get what i needed. if you search you wont be filled. he will find you, i guaruntee and if you dont think so it is usually because you werent prepared, your eyes werent open, or your not open minded/not willing to listen
2007-10-30 09:13:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was more or less dragged into Christianity kicking and screaming. My life would have been (and would be) considerably easier without it. Intellectual honesty means a lot to me, though, and I was forced to accept it.
Yeah, I know. Let the down-thumbing commence.
2007-10-30 09:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I dated a Catholic girls and I pretended to be religious. As it turned out, that wasn't what she was interested in.
2007-10-30 09:10:39 · answer #10 · answered by 2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋