[John 6:29]

Originally Posted by DeadlySin

Soooo...

In advance, to any christians, or others that I may offend. I'm sorry. It's just my views. I don't mean to judge your God or anything like that. Since I will admit I don't pay attention in church or read the bible, so my insight may not be accurate. So just, sorry if I do.

Quick background:

• My entire family is hardcore christian.
• All my friends except my best friends are christians.
• I grew up going to church and sunday school and loving it.
• Eventually thought I was being forced into a religion, and questioned everything so eventually rebelled against it.
• Because I am into vampires, and tend to wear black, my parents sometimes call me "the anti christ" "the devils spawn" but jokingly. Yet sometimes I wonder if they arn't.

Now what I believe/how I am:

• I believe there is a "God", just not sure who or what it is. So mostly I believe there is a higher power.
• If God is God and their is a higher power, I just chose not to go with it and worship it.
• I don't really find the bible false, but I don't exactly read it and take it all in.
• I tend to get easily annoyed when people seem to pressure their religion onto me.
• I think there has to be another explaination for everything. Like all the creation theories.
• I find some things wrong about the christian "God". Like, is he sexist? He never got married, and most of the higher powers in heaven are men. Also women have babies, and go through all the reproductive pain and all that. Also in the old testiment it is mentioned that the wife should honor her husband? Nothing about the husband honoring his wife. I found that ehhh. Then...with the gay and bi sexual stand point. I have heard that God is not so happy about all that. Since in the bible it states a man will marry a woman or something. Just little things like that bother me.

SO! Question time!

1. Just your opinion. What do you think my religion is? If I had to label it. Agnostic? Atheist? Christian? Or just my own thing?
I got by Agnostic, but people keep telling me i'm something else.
2. If there is the christian "God" and I still believe the bible and he died for our sins and all that stuff, but just don't worship him. Am I going to "hell"?

Anyway, I know that was kinda long.

But any opinions or responses are appreciated. =)

Sounds to me like you want to believe in a god as you see God and not believe in what God is. It's like someone believing I have purple hair and pink eyes because they like the colors pink and purple. Just because you want God to be a certain way and fit in to your beliefs doesn't mean that is who God is. Somethings are hard to accept that I read in the Bible, but none the less I have to realize it is God and it is His universe, it is not up to me to define God but to find out who He is, not what I'd like Him to be.

Anyways to answer your questions:

1) You're not Christian because Christian is not a religion but a relationship with Christ. If you had a relationship with Christ, I believe you would feel differently about Him than you do... so more of your own thing.

2) Examine the ten commandments:

Is the God of the Bible your God?

Have you had any idols before God? Have you enjoyed searching pleasures for yourself more than seeking God? (we all are guilty of idolatry of self)

Have you taken His name in vain?

Have you kept the sabbath day holy? (another that I can guarantee almost everyone is guilty of)

Have you honored your father and mother? (another)

Have you murdered (if you've hated someone, you've committed murder in your heart -- we've all been angry with someone)?

Have you committed adultery (if you've lusted after anyone, you've committed adultery in your heart -- we've all lusted after a celebrity)?

Have you stolen? (we steal His air every breath with no intention of giving it back and we do not thank him for it)

Have you lied? (if you say no then congratulations on lying)

Have you coveted? (wanted anything really bad that your friend has -- goes hand in hand with stealing)

These are going to be your judge and if you've stumbled at one point you are guilty of all of them according to the book of James. Personally, I've broken every single commandment individually multiple times.

However, if you repent and put your faith in Jesus Christ trusting that He has inputted His righteousness into you and washed away all your sins and that now you are able to stand holy in front of God, and in your repentance produce more repentance for sins because you know that your sins have put to death God incarnate, then because of these things you will go to Heaven, if not hell is your destination and instead of being a Child of God you are a Child of God's wrath and need His forgiveness.

If you realized you've sinned and are going to hell because of this and in faith turn in repentance God will save you and when you experience this salvation you will not want to reject God. It's something that supernaturally happens at the point of salvation and just reading briefly about what you believe I would say that you have yet to experience this salvation. Read through 2 Peter and 1 John there are evidences of a believer.

You do not EARN your salvation by faithful attendance or worship. It is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and by your faith you will WANT to repent of your sins and be faithful to the Lord and worship Him.