Reply to For those who used to be aetheists or agnostics

Forum Index » Religion

Reply to "For those who used to be aetheists or agnostics - how did you find your faith?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Atheist here. If you feel like you would like to rediscover your faith, go attend some church service. Engage in the community. [b]All of the church-going friends I have are incredibly warm and inviting.[/b] Our family went to a couple of church events on their invitation and the people made me feel welcome. 
.[/quote]

I needed to read this today.[/quote]

Of course they're warm and inviting - until you get into in depth discussions with them.  "Warm and inviting" will bring you into the fold.[/quote]

not the case with all Christians.  Some are not proselytizing -  some really don't believe in all that stuff themselves.  THey just like church.[/quote]

So strange, that you need to find this sort or nonsensical outlet for all your negativity. There are so many ways to socialize if you want a community, why wake up early every Sunday unless you actually believe.[/quote]

Nothing negative or nonsensical about it.  Lots of people who don't go to church wake up early on Sundays anyhow, and making it to an 11AM service is not so hard.  Believing in certain things is the least of the reasons some people have for going to church -- there's the community, the singing, the coffee hour afterwards, the Sunday school to drop off the kids, etc.

People may believe some of it (e.g., Jesus as wise, compassionate first century teacher) but not all of it (rising from the dead, sending people to heaven or hell based on belief in him).  Those people are welcomed at many churches.  At other churches, they may not be so welcomed if people knew exactly what they believed, but as long as they keep quiet about their beliefs, they'll be OK.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics