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Struggles by Non-Christians
I am an Agnostic/Buddhist who attends a Methodist church. If they found out, what would they think?
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<blockquote data-quote="grandvizier1006" data-source="post: 68780043" data-attributes="member: 365677"><p>Why have you been going to churches if you aren't a Christian, or never even were? There really isn't a need for you to be there, let alone "come out of the closet" (you don't need to use phrases like that to invoke sympathy). If you want to consider becoming a Christian, then you can certainly stay, but if you genuinely don't want to be a Christian and you are just going to make friends with people, then I don't see the point.</p><p></p><p>I don't say this to try and make you feel unwelcome. What I'm saying is that it doesn't make logical sense to want to be part of a explicitly religious group, and then be of a different religion as that group. The church is meant to be a gathering of Christian believers. I'm quite certain there are Budhist houses of worship to go to where you would be accepted even more socially, regardless of whether people are nice to you are not.</p><p></p><p>And frankly, I don't understand how a church would just be perfectly happy with a Budhist in their church, especially one teaching a Sunday School class. Was it just that one lesson, or have you set yourself up as a Sunday school teacher? If it's the latter than you seriously need to leave. Not because you're mean or everyone hates you, but just that it logically doesn't make sense for a person who identifies as a Budhist to be in a Christian church. forget "coming out of the closet".</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, have you said anything to your family? Do you go to church for them? You're going to need to have a serious discussion with your fiancée about this, especially if she is a Christian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grandvizier1006, post: 68780043, member: 365677"] Why have you been going to churches if you aren't a Christian, or never even were? There really isn't a need for you to be there, let alone "come out of the closet" (you don't need to use phrases like that to invoke sympathy). If you want to consider becoming a Christian, then you can certainly stay, but if you genuinely don't want to be a Christian and you are just going to make friends with people, then I don't see the point. I don't say this to try and make you feel unwelcome. What I'm saying is that it doesn't make logical sense to want to be part of a explicitly religious group, and then be of a different religion as that group. The church is meant to be a gathering of Christian believers. I'm quite certain there are Budhist houses of worship to go to where you would be accepted even more socially, regardless of whether people are nice to you are not. And frankly, I don't understand how a church would just be perfectly happy with a Budhist in their church, especially one teaching a Sunday School class. Was it just that one lesson, or have you set yourself up as a Sunday school teacher? If it's the latter than you seriously need to leave. Not because you're mean or everyone hates you, but just that it logically doesn't make sense for a person who identifies as a Budhist to be in a Christian church. forget "coming out of the closet". Furthermore, have you said anything to your family? Do you go to church for them? You're going to need to have a serious discussion with your fiancée about this, especially if she is a Christian. [/QUOTE]
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