Everyone has a bias. I am no exception. I grew up in Christianity and I want it to be true. I've invested 32 years of my life into this faith system, I've laid out my life in a way that I thought would please God, and I've said no to a lifetime of sexual opportunities because I was waiting for Christian marriage like a good Christian girl should. I want Christianity to be true because I don't want to have built my entire life on a lie.
"You just need to repent," said a Christian acquaintance of mine recently. "You're just looking for an excuse to rebel and do things your own way." The accusation stung - because it couldn't be further from the truth. If ever there was a girl who was "sold out for Jesus", I used to be it. I was a full-on evangelizing, Bible memorizing, pleading/praying seeker of God.
Showing posts with label agnosticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agnosticism. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
AGNOSTIC
I'm an agnostic. I don't worship Satan and I'm not an atheist. There may be a God, or there may not be one. I don't see evidence of a loving omnipotent deity, but I won't rule out the possibility. "Agnostic" comes from two greek words: 'A' as in "Not" and 'Gnostis' as in "Knowledge". My faith creed is simply this: "I don't know".
I used to know. For more than two and a half decades I was a born-again and baptized, Bible quoting, evangelizing, theology debating, sex-saving, apologetics studying and sold-out believer in Jesus. I had all the answers, I knew I was going to heaven, and my goal was to get you there too.
I used to know. For more than two and a half decades I was a born-again and baptized, Bible quoting, evangelizing, theology debating, sex-saving, apologetics studying and sold-out believer in Jesus. I had all the answers, I knew I was going to heaven, and my goal was to get you there too.
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