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What is your biggest reason for not becoming a Christian??

Caladan

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
I grew up in central Israel. there is not a single church in my city back home, which is pretty large by Israeli standards.
if anything I would probably be more traditionally immersed in Jewish culture.

However, I do read the New Testament and read about early Christianity in general.
 
Majikthise

Majikthise

nude
Was raised christian, gave it up. Looked into Judaism ,agnostisism, and eventually settled on atheism as being the most correct and honest.
 
SageTree

SageTree

Spiritual Friend
Premium Member
Pretty much the same reason I wouldn't say ''I am a .........." to any religion,

It's limiting and restrictive to my High Self and the many languages of reverence in which I am able to Know that Supreme Being-ness.

This doesn't mean I don't engage in any specific forms of worship, as I mainly DO attend an Anglican Church, do to it's proximity.

My second home or perhaps the spiritual home that has helped me be able to access the Insight to experience this Way, is found at the Zen Centre downtown.

I access what is available to me, no matter than Tradition, but that is getting off into a tangent and not sticking to an answer.
Quickly on tangent... my Signature.... my Breath is ALWAYS available to me.... Breath/Spirit/Soul are translated into the same or similar derivative in several languages.

Hope this is the stuff you were looking for and that it helps create some understanding.

:namaste
SageTree
 
cablescavenger

cablescavenger

Well-Known Member
yourgraceisenough said:
No right or wrong answers on this one I just wondered how people felt....:D
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I was christened and raised a Christian, before I even knew what a Christian was. I was given a bible the moment I started stringing sentences together.

I read the bible and all the stories in it when I was younger, over the course of one summer, but disregarded it soon after, it just didn't have a ring of truth about it, and I didn't understand why people took it seriously.

I must have been 9 or 10 at the time, and I have not regretted leaving it behind.
 
YmirGF

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
What is your biggest reason for not becoming a Christian??
yourgraceisenough said:
No right or wrong answers on this one I just wondered how people felt....:D
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While I have no issues with Jesus Christ, I have serious concerns about many aspects of what has become Christian doctrine. My biggest issue is that I am not sold on the concept of worship. I don't consider it to be particularly meaningful. I doubt "god" is too impressed with many who are devoted to him. Besides which, I'm a friend of the "family", and it isn't healthy to worship your friends. :D
 
yourgraceisenough

yourgraceisenough

Active Member
cablescavenger said:
I was christened and raised a Christian, before I even knew what a Christian was. I was given a bible the moment I started stringing sentences together.

I read the bible and all the stories in it when I was younger, over the course of one summer, but disregarded it soon after, it just didn't have a ring of truth about it, and I didn't understand why people took it seriously.

I must have been 9 or 10 at the time, and I have not regretted leaving it behind.
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may I ask what bible it was??:)
 
yourgraceisenough

yourgraceisenough

Active Member
YmirGF said:
What is your biggest reason for not becoming a Christian??


While I have no issues with Jesus Christ, I have serious concerns about many aspects of what has become Christian doctrine. My biggest issue is that I am not sold on the concept of worship. I don't consider it to be particularly meaningful. I doubt "god" is too impressed with many who are devoted to him. Besides which, I'm a friend of the "family", and it isn't healthy to worship your friends. :D
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I actually agree, I think there are more than enough angels to worship God I think God is far more interested in where we spend eternity...:)
 
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