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Originally Posted by Og  Welcome friend, Sounds like an exciting experience.
Making that choice to give up your life founding religious stance for agnosticism is a hard one and one that takes a certain kind of person to do. I won't say that it's necessarily a good thing as I can think of many cases where making such a move could cost people their entire lives (too high a price in my opinion).
I have done similar work as part of mainstream denominational christianity (presbyterian/methodist), but not global.
I think there are plenty of people that go on living the life of evangelism when they know that what they profess to believe can not be true (i.e. Billy Graham).
I look forward to your contributions to our discussion. |
Making that choice to give up your life founding religious stance for agnosticism is a hard one and one that takes a certain kind of person to do. I won't say that it's necessarily a good thing as I can think of many cases where making such a move could cost people their entire lives (too high a price in my opinion).
Hdey Og! Thanks for the reply. Sorry I'm late responding. It's been a busy week and I just opened the forum for the first time since last weekend. Your quote above beckons me to reply. Yes, it WAS a difficult move, abandoning life as I knew it. Yes, it WAS a high price to pay. But what was in play was, in fact, my life. I was at a point where I had to choose between my own self-respect or creature comforts. That is, being honest with myself (integrity) or staying in the faith and the ministry simply because bailing was too uncomfortable. In the end, the shame and discomfort of encroaching hypocrisy made the choice both obvious and inevitable. It was either leave or die (if not physically then morally, intellectually, psychologically, emotionally, etc.) I've not regreted my choice for one minute, even as I now live with the difficulties it has created. While not the EASY way, it was the RIGHT thing to do.
I just thought I'd explain that. Take care!
Poincicco