thank you, everyone
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:33 pm
I was raised Christian by my mother, but never understood it. I grew out of it in my teen years, as she had a very simple (not incorrect) faith that my strictly logically inclined brain couldn't comprehend. I had read plenty of philosophy books, articles, etc. and took a very naturalistic approach to things. Looking back I am sad that such a young person was exposed to a very one sided view of the world. I was, and have always been an intellectual, and I thought I was doing the intelligent thing by dismissing religion.
I came to this site when I was around 15 years old. I vividly remember taking that quiz involving how much of the knowledge of the universe I had. And frustrated as I was to admit it, many of the articles dismissing atheistic criticisms of Christianity made a lot of sense. I think this is the time where I became an honest seeker, I laid down my barriers and became an agnostic in search of truth. Maybe not completely, but an effort was made.
A couple years later I joined the forum. I asked a few questions, usually reserving myself to read what others had to say on a variety of topics. My respect grew for many members of this site, and the faith. I think Jac3510 was a big part of this, as I had never seen philosophical, logical material in defense of Christianity. It's unfortunate that he is not here to read this. I read material on other sites, and one time WLC was mentioned. Every once in a while I still go to reasonable faith to listen to a podcast.
More recently, a few weeks ago I had a discussion about Christianity with my grandfather. To this day he is still one of most intelligent people I've ever met. I found myself smiling as many of the things we talked about were topics I've seen addressed on this site. And I think I began to realise then that I may have been wrong this whole time. Sitting there, agreeing with him on many points was like a slap across the back of the head. What exactly was I objecting to?
Ever since then my mind and emotions have been in fast forward. Last night I feel like I jumped off a cliff, and before I hit the ground was embraced by something so far beyond myself that it' s flooded every aspect of my being. I feel happier than I have in a very long time, I feel like dark glasses have been removed from my eyes and I'm seeing unhindered.
I wanted just to say thank you to everyone. I may have disagreed with things you all have said in the past, and probably also the future. But as a new brother in Christ, I would feel privelaged to join the family, if you would have me
Thank you, I can't express how much these years have meant.
I came to this site when I was around 15 years old. I vividly remember taking that quiz involving how much of the knowledge of the universe I had. And frustrated as I was to admit it, many of the articles dismissing atheistic criticisms of Christianity made a lot of sense. I think this is the time where I became an honest seeker, I laid down my barriers and became an agnostic in search of truth. Maybe not completely, but an effort was made.
A couple years later I joined the forum. I asked a few questions, usually reserving myself to read what others had to say on a variety of topics. My respect grew for many members of this site, and the faith. I think Jac3510 was a big part of this, as I had never seen philosophical, logical material in defense of Christianity. It's unfortunate that he is not here to read this. I read material on other sites, and one time WLC was mentioned. Every once in a while I still go to reasonable faith to listen to a podcast.
More recently, a few weeks ago I had a discussion about Christianity with my grandfather. To this day he is still one of most intelligent people I've ever met. I found myself smiling as many of the things we talked about were topics I've seen addressed on this site. And I think I began to realise then that I may have been wrong this whole time. Sitting there, agreeing with him on many points was like a slap across the back of the head. What exactly was I objecting to?
Ever since then my mind and emotions have been in fast forward. Last night I feel like I jumped off a cliff, and before I hit the ground was embraced by something so far beyond myself that it' s flooded every aspect of my being. I feel happier than I have in a very long time, I feel like dark glasses have been removed from my eyes and I'm seeing unhindered.
I wanted just to say thank you to everyone. I may have disagreed with things you all have said in the past, and probably also the future. But as a new brother in Christ, I would feel privelaged to join the family, if you would have me
Thank you, I can't express how much these years have meant.
