This may come as controversial to some, but I feel that I need to get this off of my chest. I was raised a Christian, but now I'm a deist. This is my story.
Growing up in the tip of the Bible Belt, I was raised a Christian, specifically Southern Baptist. My grandfather was the pastor of the church that my family went to. As I got a little older, I grew to 爱情 the church. My grandmother was a Sunday School teacher, and 由 my early teens, I became one of her most dedicated students. However, one Christmas, something began to change.
In 2010, I almost 迷失 my mother to myocarditis. I still felt that my faith was strong, for my mother lived through it. Unfortunately, where my mother technically died twice, she was left with brain damage. A lot of things changed, but she was still my mother, which is why I did not turn my back on 基督教 at first. That Christmas, on our way back 首页 from my grandparents' house, my dad and sister started saying things that contradicted what I was taught to believe. Naturally, I got defensive. This only made the situation worse. That night, I looked out the window, shook my fist at the sky and said, "My whole life has been a lie." I became spiritually confused, and I felt hurt that my grandparents had lied to me my entire life. Then it hit me. That's what they were raised to believe. A few years later, I began calling myself a non-denominational Christian. I still went to the Baptist church, for it made my grandparents happy.
A few months ago, I began to realize something. My 查看 are 更多 of that of a deist. Seeing all of the hypocrisy and hatred in 基督教 was the stepping stone for me to say, "I'm done. I just don't understand it anymore." I just can't take the hypocrisy and they hatred. That's just one reason I became a deist. The other reason? I think religion is bullshit. I don't doubt the existence of God. I believe with all my 心 that something is out there, but there's no such thing as miracles. If 你 think 基督教 is for you, 由 all means, go for it, but it's not for me.
Growing up in the tip of the Bible Belt, I was raised a Christian, specifically Southern Baptist. My grandfather was the pastor of the church that my family went to. As I got a little older, I grew to 爱情 the church. My grandmother was a Sunday School teacher, and 由 my early teens, I became one of her most dedicated students. However, one Christmas, something began to change.
In 2010, I almost 迷失 my mother to myocarditis. I still felt that my faith was strong, for my mother lived through it. Unfortunately, where my mother technically died twice, she was left with brain damage. A lot of things changed, but she was still my mother, which is why I did not turn my back on 基督教 at first. That Christmas, on our way back 首页 from my grandparents' house, my dad and sister started saying things that contradicted what I was taught to believe. Naturally, I got defensive. This only made the situation worse. That night, I looked out the window, shook my fist at the sky and said, "My whole life has been a lie." I became spiritually confused, and I felt hurt that my grandparents had lied to me my entire life. Then it hit me. That's what they were raised to believe. A few years later, I began calling myself a non-denominational Christian. I still went to the Baptist church, for it made my grandparents happy.
A few months ago, I began to realize something. My 查看 are 更多 of that of a deist. Seeing all of the hypocrisy and hatred in 基督教 was the stepping stone for me to say, "I'm done. I just don't understand it anymore." I just can't take the hypocrisy and they hatred. That's just one reason I became a deist. The other reason? I think religion is bullshit. I don't doubt the existence of God. I believe with all my 心 that something is out there, but there's no such thing as miracles. If 你 think 基督教 is for you, 由 all means, go for it, but it's not for me.
