Comments on: My Stumble into Agnosticism

By: Lyra's Alias

Lyra's Alias — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:55:42 +0000

Lovely story. It’s hard for me to label myself at this stage as well. It’s good to be reminded that many people have faced a similar experience.

Yurka, you are turning me from Christianity more quickly than anyone else on this site. Good hustle, sport.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:22:10 +0000

The problem with Deism is that you’re free to suppose anything you like about God.

From my perspective, that’s just a problem with any religion that proposes a deity, not just deism.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:00:39 +0000

I apologize if I repeat something in this post that was already said, I didn’t exactly read all 24 comments.
You seem to me to be something of a Deist. You believe in some sort of God, but you don’t believe that any of the big 3 religions are right. The problem with Deism is that you’re free to suppose anything you like about God. Why not believe that God created people so that they can kill each other, or that God watches us with some sort of scientific fascination, but doesn’t really care about us at all.

By: Modern Girl

Modern Girl — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:22:00 +0000

Thanks so much for all the comments on my rant. Jeremy, I especially enjoy your comment about a good agnostic reaches their hand into the darkness in search. It definitely rings true for me.

I just wanted to clarify a small detail. I’m currently writng a blog to attempt to track my spiritual development. However, given that I started the blog at age 24, I’ve been writing “back chapters” to record all the development I’m accomplished before I started blogging. This entry was one of those back chapters. I still have several back chapters yet to write, but the next one (Buddhism) is up on my blog page now.

By: andrew Kenny

andrew Kenny — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:32:32 +0000

I appreciate your disillusionment with the Church and Christianity. I couldn’t wait to leave the Church when I was about 13 years old even though I had nothing against Jesus as such.I never expected to return. But I did I don’t really know why. I

On my return I did experience the presence of God and his love for me. I was less impressed with some of the Christians I met, some where proud, selfish , hypocritical, self righteous. Some on the other hand were what you would expect Christ to be like-
inclusive, kind, sacrificial.

It was seeing Christ in THese people that drew me back. I’m not a Christian because of the promise of everkasting life but because of knowing God on a day to day basis, of living to reach out to the lonely, the sad, the
disillusioned in a winsome manner.

Many I have known who have discovered the reality of God despite the negative impact of those who call themselves Christians yet are not Christlike. ( See what Jesus call the religious of his day).

Thanks anyway fand I appreciate you letting me comment on your most honest blog.

Peace and Grace
Andy

By: jeremy

jeremy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:59:22 +0000

Oh God I created a monster by leaving a comment. Yes I am familiar with the book of Romans. sin is sin is sin. I don’t sin, at least that I am aware of. So I don’t need to have anything. but thanks for the suggestion.

Go and sin no more … let the first man without sin cast the first stone? Oh there are none left to condemn you? Well, neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more…

By: ArchangelChuck

ArchangelChuck — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:01:47 +0000

At least we have someone like Yurka to remind us why we left Christianity…

By: Yurka

Yurka — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:29:41 +0000

Jeremy, have you decided on the ‘questioning’ approach because your sins are more important to you than anything? Jeremy, you can triumph over sin. Please don’t condemn yourself and lie to yourself that your enslavement to sin is set in stone, that it is part of your identity. I suppose that makes me a bigot, but I hope you will consider that viewpoint, since you are into questioning things.
That is not my sin. Mine are perhaps worse, but what is unimaginable to me now would be the possibility of loving my sins. Please pray that God will give you the gift of hating your sins (Romans 7).

By: jeremy

jeremy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:55:19 +0000

When I come here to read, and to comment I leave my religious views at the door. Questions are like the fuel that fires the mind and heart. If we stop asking questions, that fuel dies and so does the fire that burns within us.

I enjoy the process of learning. I don’t press my beliefs here, I am just enjoying the ride, living vicariously through someone else’s eyes when I come here. You can come by my site and see where my allegiance lies.

Jeremy

By: Ubi Dubium

Ubi Dubium — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:18:55 +0000

Jeremy, just ignore Yurka. Keep on questioning everything!