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Struggles by Non-Christians
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<blockquote data-quote="ViaCrucis" data-source="post: 72313729" data-attributes="member: 293637"><p>Looking for certainty in faith is, I'd argue, something that's not going to happen. </p><p></p><p>I'm not a Christian because I know it's true. I have faith in Jesus Christ and in the historic confession of the Christian Church; a deep and abiding faith, a conviction, and a profound confidence--but not a certainty or some sort of empirical knowledge.</p><p></p><p>If you are interested in pursuing Christianity, if only as a seeker, I would recommend both regularly visiting a church and taking some form of basic catechesis; most traditional, mainstream churches welcome visitors and provide catechesis in some form for people either wanting to learn more or planning on converting (there's no obligation of receiving Baptism and converting in most mainstream catechesis programs). But the best thing I can think of is simply exposing yourself to the Christian religion in a Christian setting.</p><p></p><p>I won't tell you precisely what church to visit, though as a Lutheran I obviously have my own bias here. But I would suggest a mainstream, traditional church so that you will receive exposure to the historic teaching and practices of the Christian religion.</p><p></p><p>-CryptoLutheran</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ViaCrucis, post: 72313729, member: 293637"] Looking for certainty in faith is, I'd argue, something that's not going to happen. I'm not a Christian because I know it's true. I have faith in Jesus Christ and in the historic confession of the Christian Church; a deep and abiding faith, a conviction, and a profound confidence--but not a certainty or some sort of empirical knowledge. If you are interested in pursuing Christianity, if only as a seeker, I would recommend both regularly visiting a church and taking some form of basic catechesis; most traditional, mainstream churches welcome visitors and provide catechesis in some form for people either wanting to learn more or planning on converting (there's no obligation of receiving Baptism and converting in most mainstream catechesis programs). But the best thing I can think of is simply exposing yourself to the Christian religion in a Christian setting. I won't tell you precisely what church to visit, though as a Lutheran I obviously have my own bias here. But I would suggest a mainstream, traditional church so that you will receive exposure to the historic teaching and practices of the Christian religion. -CryptoLutheran [/QUOTE]
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