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<blockquote data-quote="2PhiloVoid" data-source="post: 68562968" data-attributes="member: 167101"><p>That's good to hear, Dan.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I want to also let you know that there are many of us 'out here' in the real world who have also struggled with belief; you are not alone. I myself have had a couple of 'existential crises' over the years from which I bounced back from. Much of my the recovery of my faith has come from learning to not force the Biblical literature into frameworks for which it wasn't intended, as I alluded to previously (and to which Hedrick has also given some good explication of in his posts above). Some of my recovery also has come by way of being open to the study of various Christian viewpoints as they've been explored, re-articulated, and dealt out through the millennia. The result being that now, I don't take a specific stance on one's belonging to any particular Christian denomination, other than the traditional ones of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant; they are the ones to go with. I consider myself a 'Historic Christian,' open to the many things Christians of many stripes have pondered (and even conflicted over) through the years.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm not sharing this so that you'll do the same, but rather so that you'll know to be encouraged by the fact that there are others of us who have also had to re-encounter our faith.</p><p></p><p>All the best!</p><p>2PhiloVoid</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2PhiloVoid, post: 68562968, member: 167101"] That's good to hear, Dan. By the way, I want to also let you know that there are many of us 'out here' in the real world who have also struggled with belief; you are not alone. I myself have had a couple of 'existential crises' over the years from which I bounced back from. Much of my the recovery of my faith has come from learning to not force the Biblical literature into frameworks for which it wasn't intended, as I alluded to previously (and to which Hedrick has also given some good explication of in his posts above). Some of my recovery also has come by way of being open to the study of various Christian viewpoints as they've been explored, re-articulated, and dealt out through the millennia. The result being that now, I don't take a specific stance on one's belonging to any particular Christian denomination, other than the traditional ones of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant; they are the ones to go with. I consider myself a 'Historic Christian,' open to the many things Christians of many stripes have pondered (and even conflicted over) through the years. Anyway, I'm not sharing this so that you'll do the same, but rather so that you'll know to be encouraged by the fact that there are others of us who have also had to re-encounter our faith. All the best! 2PhiloVoid [/QUOTE]
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