tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post1866715855044901896..comments2024-01-12T12:39:47.241-08:00Comments on The Christian Monist: The Leftovers . . . Finding Meaning in the ContingentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-11883514829921097552012-06-05T13:11:24.971-07:002012-06-05T13:11:24.971-07:00Sounds like a cool book. Thanks for your insights...Sounds like a cool book. Thanks for your insights. <br /><br />Also, that's what I feel like about "Jesus is the answer" stickers as well. He is the ultimate answer to what we're looking for, but he's so much more as well. And he's not the answer in a quantifiable or safe sense. In Jesus, we meet a wildly passionate and loving God. Not simply an answer. And you're right it, probably ticks him off to be demoted to a bumper sticker religion.<br /><br />Thanks again!Philip Longhttp://www.philip-bloggled.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-21616193174644676602012-06-01T13:36:21.175-07:002012-06-01T13:36:21.175-07:00very true monist. I have to put alot of the blame ...very true monist. I have to put alot of the blame on the church. The real depth of what we believe is never discussed.tapjinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-45291602330717287522012-05-31T18:12:56.246-07:002012-05-31T18:12:56.246-07:00The sad thing is all he is talking about is bathwa...The sad thing is all he is talking about is bathwater. It has nothing to do with the baby. I find church very boring too. Most normal people do. I can't stand religion either. Somehow we must drive a wedge between simply being a Christian, and having to adopt religion. <br /><br />He still must slow-dance with Bigfoot, one way or another. Like I've posted before, there is no default position for why we are here, which is easier than all the others. They all are hard, ambivalence is the most absurd.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03457723022566193014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-84801633319402319662012-05-31T14:07:53.224-07:002012-05-31T14:07:53.224-07:00Actually i'll just write it here. I love for y...Actually i'll just write it here. I love for you to write a post about this perhaps?<br /><br />"It was in grade 8 when i became really christian. I'm not too sure exactly when it happened , but it did. I started going to church more frequently and attended church events. I even tried to stop swearing , but there was one problem. I didn't feel like i belonged. I still had my doubts and i felt awkward hanging around my non-christian friends. I just ignored it and said "God will help me through this". After about two years of going to camp , I really started thinking. I thought , what if there is no God? What if this is all fake? What if this God is just the same as any other diety? Halfway through grade 10 I dropped religion. I decided that i didn't want to subject my life to something i wasn't even certain exists. Why would I devote my life to something that has less evidence of existing than aliens or bigfoot? I thought that was insane! I never really liked going to small group either. I thought of it as a waste of time. I could be skateboarding with friends or biking , instead of sitting in some guys basement praying for someone i've only met once in my life. I never had to feel ashamed of myself for swearing or playing video games. And it feels good. More than half of the christian guys I used to talk to couldn't talk about video games or movies , because it was too secular or they were too busy doing devotions or praying. All they wanted to talk about was god , which was a topic I avoided because it was boring to me. Ever since I dropped religion , I felt more "free". I could play the video games I wanted to play and watch movies I liked without having to confess my sins at summer camp. I feel like i've broken out of restraints that were holding me back from things I like. I've learned that you don't need religion to be a good person. I know lots of good people who don't believe in religion."<br /><br />That is all. I would love to hear your take on it.Tapjinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-3967330826366886012012-05-31T13:46:13.550-07:002012-05-31T13:46:13.550-07:00Mike , is there anyway i can contact you? i have a...Mike , is there anyway i can contact you? i have a story i would like to send you. Its from one of my friends who has recently left christianity & has for the most part become a secular humanist.Tapjinoreply@blogger.com