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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="mrscott1026" data-source="post: 68783353" data-attributes="member: 381765"><p>@<span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Gordon Wright:</strong></span> The reason I go to church is because my fiancee is Christian. We are raising our kids Christian. It gives my family structure on Sundays. Also I respect the teachings of Christianity and believe there is a lot of wisdom in them, even though I don't believe the main part.</p><p></p><p>[USER=365677]@grandvizier1006[/USER]: I'm not against becoming a Christian. If something moves me and finally makes me believe, fine. I am not closed to it.</p><p></p><p>Re: Buddhist gathering places. There are only a few close by me, and they are all at least a 30 minute drive. One of them is in another language, Vietnamese I think. As much as I would love to go, for reasons too lengthy and complex to explain here, I simply can't.</p><p></p><p>Re: Sunday School. No no, I just taught the one lesson on Buddhism since it was something I already knew about. I am not a regular teacher.</p><p></p><p>Re: Family. My Fiancee and I have known each other for 14 years, and she has known since week one that I am agnostic. She thinks me finding Buddhism was a good thing.</p><p></p><p>[USER=7722]@drstevej[/USER]: I talked once with the pastor about 5 years ago (he is the pastor for both churches), before one of my children was baptised, and let him know I was agnostic. It ended up that during the baptismal ceremony, I let my fiancee do all the talking so that I would not be lying when I said "Yes", etc. Not much else came from that talk, the pastor has not really ever approached me about it since then.</p><p></p><p>------</p><p></p><p>So far I have to be honest: Many of the replies here are not what I expected, especially after the welcoming/accepting response after I "came out of the closet" to my Sunday School class, which comprised mostly of people in their 70's. Though not explicitly stated, the message I'm feeling from most of you (correct me if I'm wrong) is "what the heck are you even doing there?". Nice. It definitely makes me question whether I should go in the first place.</p><p></p><p>It seems to me that I should be welcome, based on the premise that part of the purpose of the church is to Evangelize to non believers. What an opportunity, right, instead of having to go out to Africa to convert somebody, they've got somebody who willingly walked through the front door that they could be ministering to.</p><p></p><p>Whatever. Interested to hear more of your thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrscott1026, post: 68783353, member: 381765"] @[SIZE=4][B]Gordon Wright:[/B][/SIZE] The reason I go to church is because my fiancee is Christian. We are raising our kids Christian. It gives my family structure on Sundays. Also I respect the teachings of Christianity and believe there is a lot of wisdom in them, even though I don't believe the main part. [USER=365677]@grandvizier1006[/USER]: I'm not against becoming a Christian. If something moves me and finally makes me believe, fine. I am not closed to it. Re: Buddhist gathering places. There are only a few close by me, and they are all at least a 30 minute drive. One of them is in another language, Vietnamese I think. As much as I would love to go, for reasons too lengthy and complex to explain here, I simply can't. Re: Sunday School. No no, I just taught the one lesson on Buddhism since it was something I already knew about. I am not a regular teacher. Re: Family. My Fiancee and I have known each other for 14 years, and she has known since week one that I am agnostic. She thinks me finding Buddhism was a good thing. [USER=7722]@drstevej[/USER]: I talked once with the pastor about 5 years ago (he is the pastor for both churches), before one of my children was baptised, and let him know I was agnostic. It ended up that during the baptismal ceremony, I let my fiancee do all the talking so that I would not be lying when I said "Yes", etc. Not much else came from that talk, the pastor has not really ever approached me about it since then. ------ So far I have to be honest: Many of the replies here are not what I expected, especially after the welcoming/accepting response after I "came out of the closet" to my Sunday School class, which comprised mostly of people in their 70's. Though not explicitly stated, the message I'm feeling from most of you (correct me if I'm wrong) is "what the heck are you even doing there?". Nice. It definitely makes me question whether I should go in the first place. It seems to me that I should be welcome, based on the premise that part of the purpose of the church is to Evangelize to non believers. What an opportunity, right, instead of having to go out to Africa to convert somebody, they've got somebody who willingly walked through the front door that they could be ministering to. Whatever. Interested to hear more of your thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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