Loss of faith

[The Busymind]

Hey Guys,

It has been a long time since I have submitted anything on this site. I doubt any of you remember me, but i was very active in the end of 2005, and early 2006. I was a christian for 7 years, and about 3 years ago, I stopped believing in Christianity. I've started a major project with some of my friends who also lost their faith basically intended to critique Christianity on behalf of people who were at one time religious. I feel that, since you guys were such a major support for my faith years ago, that It would be fair to share it with you so that you can provide feedback both for the site, and for its content.

I'll check back soon for your comments

--TBM

 

[Cornelius]

OK, I am new here and have never met you before.

You most probably will hear many things now from many people. I read your post and looked at your link and one thing I noticed in both was:

I stopped believing in Christianity.

(Something similar was written about anger against Christianity) In one way you have then made a step in the right direction. One should not believe in Christianity.Christians will and always have disappointed. So if you believed in what they do and say , then you have been setting yourself up for this situation.

I also have a friend who tells me the very same thing: I hate Christianity I think God in many ways agrees with her. He hates what we have done with it. There is very little in the modern church, that resembles the original church.

So let me be the first to ask your forgiveness. I want to ask your forgiveness for the hypocrisy. Also that we did not love you when we should have. I am asking you to forgive us for the lack of time we spent with you when you needed us.Also for the undue judgments. Forgive us, for not caring, when we should have.Forgive us for going after your money, when we should have been sharing ours with you when you were in need. Forgive us, for not being Jesus to you, when we cared more about our own image and wanted to be "right" instead of listening and hearing what you have to say. So please forgive us for total lack of Christlikeness to you.

Cornelius

 

[LostSoul]

Busymind,

Your post has really peaked my curiousity. Why did you stop being a Christian? Was it the organization of the religion itself? Perhaps the traditionalism, hypocrisy, etc?

Cornelius here truly shared with you something important here that I will admit....I have to agree with 100%. God did not intend for our faith in Him to become so much an organized practice of persecution, rejection, and things remotely close to hatred.

With that being said....if you seek insight, I will be happy to provide what I can. Though likely God's word would do far better than I ever could.

May God Bless You

Danielle

 

[shad]

Hi busymind, nice to meet you.

Ghandy(sp) once said he likes Jesus but he does not like His followers. Most of us are not living up to Jesus' standard, not even close. His followers should be looking at Jesus and not His followers. According to Jesus, most of us don't make His way(narrow road). Jesus says "narrow is the road that leads to life and only a few find it."

I pray that you re-read the Gospels and focusing on to Jesus instead of focusing on to so called "christians".

In Christ's love, shad

 

[francisdesales]

Hey Guys,

It has been a long time since I have submitted anything on this site. I doubt any of you remember me, but i was very active in the end of 2005, and early 2006. I was a christian for 7 years, and about 3 years ago, I stopped believing in Christianity. I've started a major project with some of my friends who also lost their faith basically intended to critique Christianity on behalf of people who were at one time religious. I feel that, since you guys were such a major support for my faith years ago, that It would be fair to share it with you so that you can provide feedback both for the site, and for its content.

I'll check back soon for your comments

--TBM

Interesting.

Something to contemplate for you:

Why did you become a Christian in the first place???

This might lead to why you fell away afterwards.

If one relies on a man (such as trusting a particular person, pastor, priest, nun or some other perceived holy person) and his acts, of, as some would say, the "religion", such a person is bound to fall, since man who places trust in man will eventually be disappointed. No priest, pastor, nun, etc., is perfect and they eventually will disappoint those who expect perfection. There simply is no perfect Christian in this world.

Regards

 

[Ret]

I've started a major project with some of my friends who also lost their faith basically intended to critique Christianity on behalf of people who were at one time religious.

I know what it is like to be 'religious' professing 'christianity'. While in this profession, I still came to 'hate God', ...all the 'chaos' of the world was HIS fault! In this frame of mind, I came face to face with death. Here things changed, now it's just me and God...the things I own, including property and money, even 'friends' didn't mean much. Here, my life came in review, and I saw myself, my 'professed religion', it was all so shallow. Like Jonah, I cried out for help.

As God gave me to improve, I began to study the Bible for myself...excluding ALL other books. The Bible became a new book. I became acquainted with the 'author' of the Bible, the ONE and only one, that loves those that 'hate Him', and is able to change the human heart from hate to love. The one and only one that is able to promise eternal life beyond the grave!

So, think about it....a life beyond the grave....awesome, OR, read
the Bible for yourself, and it will become 'new' to you as well!

Be Blessed.....Ret

 

[Blazin Bones]

While I agree those who practice the Christian faith never do it right, I do with to say that there is no Christian who ever did. The point of Christianity is to live our lives as closely resembling Christ as we can. It is quite a shame that more "Christians" do not strive for a Christ like life anymore.

That said, we do have rules about putting down the Christian faith. I do invite you to share what things have drawn you out of Christianity, but I also remind you that dislikes should be handled maturely.

 

[JMM]

I feel as though I am writing about an ex-love, one that has hurt me so deeply that it pains to even think about her. My relationship to Christianity is filled with malice, anger, frustration, hatred, fear, timidity and every other choke-in-the-throat emotion that people get after having their heart broken.

Busymind, if you don't mind my asking.....what happened? I visited your website, and you had this to say:

I loved Christianity. I loved Jesus. I remember the moments I felt warmly connected to god before I fell asleep. I remember the moments when I was weeping in my car driving around town listening to my favorite worship CD. Christianity was something that I invested myself in very deeply, and put as much effort into its success as I do into that of Postchristianity.

After I matured away from my religious beliefs.....

What happened in between "I loved Christianity and Jesus" and "after I matured away from my beliefs"? Your story doesn't sound like this was a natural maturing process that just happened on its own, where you naturally "grew out of your religious beliefs". This sounds like some specific thing(s) happened that, as you said, broke your heart and left you with strong feelings of anger. What happened?