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- Mojo0
I am a Christian. I believe what the Bible says, and if I had to choose a flavour, I'd probably be a Pentecostal.
I've had a number of personal experiences that have solidified my belief in the existence of a God that is interested in people - which I believe to be the God of Israel, Yahweh.
However, in practice at the moment I live somewhat double-mindedly, as I have created distance in my personal faith due to letting my character weaken, becoming lazy and submitting to the influence of godless 'humanism' which I've found so saturated in modern culture.
Of course, I only blame myself for this, but at the same time can attribute some of this to the 'bubble'-like nature of the subculture of church, encourging people to not think for themselves, and implying that church culture experience = your faith. I see so many Christians in church who have forgotten what the point of it is.
I also understand that many people see Christianity as fat americans on TV, shouting at the cameras, pleading for your money. It does not compute, as far as the Bible is concerned - and I feel quite ashamed when I hear of these so-called christians in the news, abusing their influence for their own intents.
Haters gon' hate! :)
- it's not 'character weakness', mate - that's your mind growing up.mikotondria3