A strange thing happened when I left church and any form of Christianity that would be recognisable to proper Christians. I ceased to exist.
Note: this post is not about what you or I believe, it’s about the way humans associate and categorise
What happened was that I truly believed the things that Christians are supposed to believe. Then my beliefs changed and I didn’t.
Within Christianity there are explanations for people like me who leave.
They didn’t truly believe.
They just wanted have sex with people they aren’t supposed to.
They have unresolved bitterness.
Stuff like that.
But you’ll almost never hear: they became honestly convinced that something other than what we believe is true.
Outside Christianity, the narrative goes that I’m supposed to be a born-again atheist laughing at the backwards superstitious people I left behind.
No thank you. I know too many great Christians.
I don’t fit the categories of what is deemed possible, therefore I don’t exist.
This isn’t just about Christianity. It’s true for leaving any belief system – religious, political, philosophical.
Maybe you’ve discovered you don’t exist either. Welcome to the FFOREST.
‘Those who find themselves ridiculous / sit down next to me’
Grow slowly
Jeff
I am always excluded when I ask how do we know it’s all true? This doesn’t mean I love God any less…
Four years ago, I rv’d the states. I retired from pastoring at a shelter and met many very opposed to God. I listened to how I live in an illusion, a matrix, a portal, and gained perspective. My beliefs came alive in that climate and defined me. Real or not, I am content. I’m also pinching myself😉💥