Hello everyone
First off, my mother tongue is German, so please excuse any mistakes that I might make. I can understand everything in english though, so feel free to respond like you would to a native speaker.
I am an eighteen year old girl and lately I've been wondering if I am practising my beliefs in the right way.
Here is what I think may be not quite right with what I'm doing:
I am baptised but I don't go to church.
My local church has a priest whose sermons I don't like, they are very dull and there is hardly any new and interesting content, so I chose to not go except for christmas and eastern. Is this already a mistake?
I do pray regularly, but I just tell God about my feelings, my situation, my worries, my wishes etc.
I did and do have premarital sex. Consensual of course, and with condoms.
I don't really see what's wrong here, to me the prohibition of it made sense when you could not controle if you are gonna have children or not, now that I can I don't find anything wrong with it, if everyone involved is having fun.
I do know that this is prohibited by the bible, so should I stop?
Another sexuality-related thing, I consider myself bisexual and I have made experiences with girls. I don't think I can change that part of myself. God made me to be who I am.
I do absolutely not consent with having a man (meaning a husband) order me around.
If I ever marry, which I hope I will, it will have to be someone who treats me like their equal partner. To me, there is nothing more unattractive than someone not respecting women as equals.
I know many christians think the man should be the head of a family, so should I reconsider my views?
I think these are the main things. Here are some reasons why I consider myself a good christian:
- I don't eat meat and only organic food to prevent animals and our environment being harmed
- I do respect and accept any kind of religion/origin/looks/sexual orientation/life choice of other people
- I work in a bookshop to earn my own money and not to burden my parents
- I offer free german lessons to refugees
- I am very helpful and honest
- I work hard in school because I want to become a human rights lawyer, to help people who are not as lucky as I am
- I sincerely believe in God and I have no doubts regarding his love for everything there is
Sorry for the long text.
What do you think?
Please let me know!
All the best,
Luna
First off, my mother tongue is German, so please excuse any mistakes that I might make. I can understand everything in english though, so feel free to respond like you would to a native speaker.
I am an eighteen year old girl and lately I've been wondering if I am practising my beliefs in the right way.
Here is what I think may be not quite right with what I'm doing:
I am baptised but I don't go to church.
My local church has a priest whose sermons I don't like, they are very dull and there is hardly any new and interesting content, so I chose to not go except for christmas and eastern. Is this already a mistake?
I do pray regularly, but I just tell God about my feelings, my situation, my worries, my wishes etc.
I did and do have premarital sex. Consensual of course, and with condoms.
I don't really see what's wrong here, to me the prohibition of it made sense when you could not controle if you are gonna have children or not, now that I can I don't find anything wrong with it, if everyone involved is having fun.
I do know that this is prohibited by the bible, so should I stop?
Another sexuality-related thing, I consider myself bisexual and I have made experiences with girls. I don't think I can change that part of myself. God made me to be who I am.
I do absolutely not consent with having a man (meaning a husband) order me around.
If I ever marry, which I hope I will, it will have to be someone who treats me like their equal partner. To me, there is nothing more unattractive than someone not respecting women as equals.
I know many christians think the man should be the head of a family, so should I reconsider my views?
I think these are the main things. Here are some reasons why I consider myself a good christian:
- I don't eat meat and only organic food to prevent animals and our environment being harmed
- I do respect and accept any kind of religion/origin/looks/sexual orientation/life choice of other people
- I work in a bookshop to earn my own money and not to burden my parents
- I offer free german lessons to refugees
- I am very helpful and honest
- I work hard in school because I want to become a human rights lawyer, to help people who are not as lucky as I am
- I sincerely believe in God and I have no doubts regarding his love for everything there is
Sorry for the long text.
What do you think?
Please let me know!
All the best,
Luna
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