================================================ Subject: Re: LOst Faith From: "Tara" To: Date: Wed 16 May 2001 21:37:33 -0400 ================================================ *looking around warily at the other list members* I'm not going to tell you what to believe, or what not to believe, but I will let you know what I've experienced in my own life, and see if that helps you any... it'll probably just add to your questions though. Up until I was 11 years old, I was a very devout Christian, to the point of preaching my beliefs to others and trying to talk people into visiting the "church" my family was part of. But as I got older, I started asking questions... and I wasn't getting answers to a lot of them. So I started questioning my beliefs... and as I got older, and my questions still weren't being answered satisfactorily, my doubt grew. I'd hear Christians tell me the correct way to behave, according to the Bible... and then I'd see them doing the exact opposite of what they were telling me to do. In the church I went to, if someone broke the rules, the rest of the congregation basically ostracized that person - wouldn't talk to them, even in church. The way they interpreted the Bible was that good Christians are not supposed to be part of the world... if you break the commandments (and they considered even smoking cigarettes to be bad), then you're part of the world, and therefore they can't talk to you until you prove yourself worthy again. (This was if you were baptized and broke the rules... if you weren't baptized, they'd try to help you... ) Anyway, it was a very odd branch of Christianity. But I started going to church with different friends, to see how their churches worked... and my questions still weren't being answered. To this day, I still have that wondering aspect. I neither believe wholeheartedly, nor disbelieve, in the Christian god. I just keep wondering, and asking questions, and trying to figure it out. I love debating religion, probably because I'm trying to figure it all out. If you ever want to talk about it, feel free to e-mail me privately. I have a lot more to say, but I know some people on the list are tired of the religious conversations. Tara ----- Original Message ----- From: matt bowers To: Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:35 AM Subject: LOst Faith > Has anyone ever lost their Faith in God????? > > Has anyone one ever wondered if there was a such thing as him or not or if > Jesus is just another person that someone wrote a book about? > > (i am just wonderin' becuase i thought stufff like that a while back and > stuff when i stoped going to church but i started back and stuff and now i > dont really questions my beliefs as much as i use to) > > But has anyone ? > > And there is this thing me and my friends have been wondering about ......ok > u know how people say that Fuck Shit Ass and Shit and Bitch are cuss words > and that they are sinful ? well i was wondering hoe are they Sinful? all i > have heard and read in the Bible has nothing in there about those words so i > dont know how they became known as sinful and stuff like that so i was just > wonderin if anyone knew an answer to that question > > Sincerly Matt, > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp