This isn't a bash thread, but sometimes I feel like I am in the Twilight's Zone.
This isn't the first or only forum that I have been a member of. I've been a member of several that have been dedicated to general spirituality and religion. I have been banned from forum sites several times. I don't fully understand why I am so misubderstood by people. People always seem to jump to the defense in my posts for some reason. Because I'm passionate about some things, it's often mistaken for being "negative"--even though I've never used profanity or called anyone out of their name. But because my points of view are sometimes out of the box, I get attacked, villainized, and cut off all together--most o the time, just for asking QUESTIONS.
It's almost understandable in other kinds of forums. But when it comes to christianity, you would think that people would be more willing to answer questions about a God who they claim to know so much about. Excuse me if I sound a little firey right now, but I posted the same thread title "What Really Is Prayer?" on anther Christan message board, and the thread was closed because I was apparently "teaching" without having enough experience wit christianity to do so. When I challenged the admin on his reasoning, I got banned, and "never" have the chance to post there again.
And people wonder why I seem so upset wth the church. This is exactly what I'm talking about. We are not allowed as "babes in Christ " to come to our teachers and ask certain questions, out of fear that we'll be ridiculed. But guess what, I have chosen to break out of this mold, because I realize that if hell is real, I don't want to go there (I dont believe anyone in their right mind wants to go there), and I also realize that deception is running rampant! And I refuse to be willfully deceived. I'm going to ask every question that comes to my mind that I feel concerns my eternal state. It's my eternity that I'm going to have to live, and no minister is going to take my place hell if I end up there. I am responsible for seeking God for myself. Even the rewards that I would receive in Heaven will depend on everything that I do here and now. So, I want to live the most effective life that I can here. If that means understanding things about eternity that people feel I shouldn't even want to know, then so be it. Ban me, cut me off. But one thing is cetain: when I stand before the Creator, He will not be able to say to me that I didn't seek after Him.
This isn't the first or only forum that I have been a member of. I've been a member of several that have been dedicated to general spirituality and religion. I have been banned from forum sites several times. I don't fully understand why I am so misubderstood by people. People always seem to jump to the defense in my posts for some reason. Because I'm passionate about some things, it's often mistaken for being "negative"--even though I've never used profanity or called anyone out of their name. But because my points of view are sometimes out of the box, I get attacked, villainized, and cut off all together--most o the time, just for asking QUESTIONS.
It's almost understandable in other kinds of forums. But when it comes to christianity, you would think that people would be more willing to answer questions about a God who they claim to know so much about. Excuse me if I sound a little firey right now, but I posted the same thread title "What Really Is Prayer?" on anther Christan message board, and the thread was closed because I was apparently "teaching" without having enough experience wit christianity to do so. When I challenged the admin on his reasoning, I got banned, and "never" have the chance to post there again.
And people wonder why I seem so upset wth the church. This is exactly what I'm talking about. We are not allowed as "babes in Christ " to come to our teachers and ask certain questions, out of fear that we'll be ridiculed. But guess what, I have chosen to break out of this mold, because I realize that if hell is real, I don't want to go there (I dont believe anyone in their right mind wants to go there), and I also realize that deception is running rampant! And I refuse to be willfully deceived. I'm going to ask every question that comes to my mind that I feel concerns my eternal state. It's my eternity that I'm going to have to live, and no minister is going to take my place hell if I end up there. I am responsible for seeking God for myself. Even the rewards that I would receive in Heaven will depend on everything that I do here and now. So, I want to live the most effective life that I can here. If that means understanding things about eternity that people feel I shouldn't even want to know, then so be it. Ban me, cut me off. But one thing is cetain: when I stand before the Creator, He will not be able to say to me that I didn't seek after Him.