Comments on: A Coming Out…..

By: annaldavis

annaldavis — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:21:06 +0000

athinkingman,
I don’t know why I’m telling you this, because I know that you will probably laugh at me and my delusions, perhaps even my audacity (arrogance?). But I’ve been lurking/commenting on this site for a while now and I just have strongly felt the need to pray for you in particular. I realize those are fighting words on this site, and I hope you know that I don’t mean this in a fighting way. I have a new compassion for deconverts that I didn’t have before reading your posts. It’s not a cut-and-dried issue for me anymore.
Your soul-searching honesty has been inspiring for me.
Anna

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:40:54 +0000

>I have also faced the “well maybe you never were a christian.”

That used to really bug me. My faith was a large enough part of my identity that this was a severe insult. It stopped bothering me once I separated the two different definitions. If a Christian is someone who sincerely believes Jesus rose from the dead to save them, then I was a Christian and no one can agree with that. I am the absolute authority on what I think.

If “Christian” means someone who had a relationship with God, was chosen by God, whose name is written in the book of life, etc. then for me to claim I was a Christian is ridiculous. Instead of arguing that I was this sort of Christian, I claim that there is no such thing as a Christian. Bing! The conversation is back to “but is it true?”

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:00:30 +0000

I recently “came out” as well… family is still having issues with it. I have also faced the “well maybe you never were a christian.” quite sad, slightly funny… and… well you know, you went through it, just as much (maybe more) than i did.

PS. i was an evangelical christian.

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By: John

John — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:50:27 +0000

Thoughtful believers might say that one tempts god in expecting that anything in its (purported) creation should accord with our expectations of what is fair, or right, or true, or logical, or justified. How dare anyone project words into a god’s mouth, and intentions into its mind! Yet that is exactly what all religious folk do, believers and doubters alike.

Sincere congratulations and genuine hope for your continued convalescence! Humanity does not require a (specious) religious context in order for us as individuals to continue to contribute to the common good of the one and the many.