breathingwithair
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Hi everyone,I am new here and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Charlotte (Char) and I'm 24 years old. I have been looking lately for a religious forum to join where I can be myself and hope to learn from others and help myself grow.
I'm not really sure how to label myself, because I don't believe in labels anymore. I was raised as a Christian, went to church religiously (no pun intended lol) and grew up in church. My parents weren't even as religious as I was after awhile. Then I grew apart from church and God for a long time and finally went back to it a few years ago. God has always been a part of my life, I think I was just finally ready to fully accept him and grow up. Like with any religion, there always seems to be some parts of it you don't understand or believe. That is how Christianity is for me. I do believe in God, read my bible, live by the 10 commandments etc etc.. but I don't attend church and I don't think it's necessary. I think for the part in my life I didn't want to include God was because I felt like there were so many rules and Christians seem to be pretty strict about most of them. It took me a long time to realize, wow.. it's not about the "religion" of Christianity.. it's about me and God and our personal relationship. And that's where I started becoming happy again
I have felt closer to God in my own way than I ever did before.
That being said, I have more and more started to believe there aren't really religions just what you believe and live by. No one is right, you just have to do what you feel is right for your life. Recently, I have been looking into Buddhism. There are a few parts I don't agree with persay, but that's how it is with Christianity also. I am not as familiar and hope to learn more about it but I am hopefully going to take the title Christian Buddhist. Some might not agree that you can be both at the same time but I am taking what I believe from each of them and making my life amazing. The things I am learning from Buddhism are making myself better as a person which in turn makes me a better Christian and better with God. I don't need a special title or expect to live a certain way or I'm doomed. To be honest I just want to live my life as a good person and feel clean.
You might not agree but that's ok For the first time in my life, I get it. I get that it's not about how others think you should be, because I guarantee people on both sides think it can't be done. All I know is that I love God and I love my life right now and I want to live my life the way I'm supposed to.
Sorry for the novel, I guess there have been a lot of things I have needed to get off my chest for awhile now. I hope to make some new friends and learn a lot here.
<3 Char
I'm not really sure how to label myself, because I don't believe in labels anymore. I was raised as a Christian, went to church religiously (no pun intended lol) and grew up in church. My parents weren't even as religious as I was after awhile. Then I grew apart from church and God for a long time and finally went back to it a few years ago. God has always been a part of my life, I think I was just finally ready to fully accept him and grow up. Like with any religion, there always seems to be some parts of it you don't understand or believe. That is how Christianity is for me. I do believe in God, read my bible, live by the 10 commandments etc etc.. but I don't attend church and I don't think it's necessary. I think for the part in my life I didn't want to include God was because I felt like there were so many rules and Christians seem to be pretty strict about most of them. It took me a long time to realize, wow.. it's not about the "religion" of Christianity.. it's about me and God and our personal relationship. And that's where I started becoming happy again
I have felt closer to God in my own way than I ever did before. That being said, I have more and more started to believe there aren't really religions just what you believe and live by. No one is right, you just have to do what you feel is right for your life. Recently, I have been looking into Buddhism. There are a few parts I don't agree with persay, but that's how it is with Christianity also. I am not as familiar and hope to learn more about it but I am hopefully going to take the title Christian Buddhist. Some might not agree that you can be both at the same time but I am taking what I believe from each of them and making my life amazing. The things I am learning from Buddhism are making myself better as a person which in turn makes me a better Christian and better with God. I don't need a special title or expect to live a certain way or I'm doomed. To be honest I just want to live my life as a good person and feel clean.
You might not agree but that's ok
For the first time in my life, I get it. I get that it's not about how others think you should be, because I guarantee people on both sides think it can't be done. All I know is that I love God and I love my life right now and I want to live my life the way I'm supposed to.Sorry for the novel, I guess there have been a lot of things I have needed to get off my chest for awhile now. I hope to make some new friends and learn a lot here.
<3 Char
