So we don't clutter the thread about Baptism, I started this thread. Feel free to post your thoughts
Some people believe that genuine Christians can never become non-Christians, because there is an irreversible change when the person becomes a Christian. I suppose this is what people call "once saved always saved" OSAS.
As an ex-Christian, I know that I certainly believed in Christianity in the past and made an effort to follow Jesus. However, I never had a conversion experience, so I always wondered if God didn't like me and had predestined me to go to hell for some reason. I became skeptical of Christianity due to the absence of any evidence. A few years ago I had psychotic breakdown and became very religious in the Eastern Orthodox church. The hallucinations and delusions seemed like the evidence that I had been seeking so long. Then I recovered and became an atheist again. So OSAS would say I was never a Christian.
Some people believe that genuine Christians can never become non-Christians, because there is an irreversible change when the person becomes a Christian. I suppose this is what people call "once saved always saved" OSAS.
As an ex-Christian, I know that I certainly believed in Christianity in the past and made an effort to follow Jesus. However, I never had a conversion experience, so I always wondered if God didn't like me and had predestined me to go to hell for some reason. I became skeptical of Christianity due to the absence of any evidence. A few years ago I had psychotic breakdown and became very religious in the Eastern Orthodox church. The hallucinations and delusions seemed like the evidence that I had been seeking so long. Then I recovered and became an atheist again. So OSAS would say I was never a Christian.