Popular Post Moxie Posted February 10, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hello everyone. I used to be classified as a believer on this site. I swung back and forth in and out of Christianity for years, like returning to an addiction. The last time I seriously believed the dogma was in early 2013, when I was attending an evangelical church. Since then, I have explored New Thought, Science of Mind, Unity, and Unitarian Universalism. Looking back on my whole life, I notice that I keep coming back to earth-based spirituality. That's me. Yesterday, I came back to the site for a dose of sanity after some believers said I was going to burn in hell forever for choosing to be a unitarian universalist. I had forgotten that I had believer status here! Thanks to TrueFreedom, that status has changed. I'm glad to be back. P.S. If you want to know what I believed when I was a Christian, I'll share that. Otherwise, I am moving on. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llwellyn Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Welcome back, this time as a human, full-stop. If you want to adopt another religion or spiritually, that's fine too. Hopefully Version 2 will be limbered up and happier than the brittle Version 1. Once a person realizes that beliefs are subject to free choice, and are true just as far as they are instruments in our growth, then you can be free to choose any religion you want. Free-thinking unstiffens our religions. And if you will be going to hell, please visit me. I'll be the one whistling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymistake Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nothing wrong with moving on. Welcome back and welcome to the rest of your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbit Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator buffettphan Posted February 10, 2015 Super Moderator Share Posted February 10, 2015 That's great that you saw through and escaped from the evangelicals! Glad you're back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Furball Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Welcome back, enjoy your freedom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinas Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Welcome. Glad you've found your way to sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Welcome back! I spent years, decades, flip-flopping all over the place but my questions just wouldn't stop! So here I am! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StJeffTheIncomprehensible Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Good to meet you, JoJo, It looks as if you've done quite a bit of serious searching around for your place in this thing we call spirituality. Good luck on your continued journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Margee Posted February 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2015 So glad you're back JoJo!! And it's so wonderful that you've seen the light!! Looking forward to hearing more from you!! Hug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabbyKitty Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I've gone back and forth too and think it's common to do so. I wanted to believe my mental illness was a moral failure because then i means it would have a cure. What I believe now is based on the Golden Rule, which appears in most, if not all religious/sacred texts. If I love others as I want to be loved then I believe everything else comes together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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