Thank you for opening up....

Submitted by Celina (United States), Jun 30, 2006 at 16:07

Laura,

I can relate to what you say. I am sorry and I do apologize that you were treated so horribly by "Christians" when you were younger. I understand completely what it means to be slighted by those people who claim to have such superior religion affiliation. Being hispanic it was assumed that I was raised and brought up Catholic and that is not the case. Yes, I did get some looks and questions as to why I was not Catholic...I was raised primarly with a Baptist upbringing; however, I don't really prescribe to any religion today. I am a Chrisitian, which simply means that I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The church I do attend is evangelical free. I believe whole-heartedly in the Bible and believe it to be the literal word of God. What relegion, in my opinion, has done is skewed the thoughts and minds of many people. This world has become one of many relegions, all of whom fight amongst each other daily. I cannot refute what others believe, nor will I ever try.

What an honorable way that your parents have raised you. Such important qualities and traits that unfortunatly today are missing from many people, even so-called Christians. However, that alone is not an assurance of an afterlife. There is no certainty in works alone.

I have met many people who are agnostic. Again, I will not refute your beliefs as I believe you have every right to them. My only question would be. What assurance do you have of what happens to you when you die? What is is that you believe? Do you believe when you die that's it...you just die and cease existing. What do you hold hope on? When times get hard for you...whom or what do you turn to for help. And lastly, do you have faith in a higher power of any kind? What does lviing in this world all mean?

You don't have to answer me in this forum as these are highly personal questions. When i meet people, who are great and wonderful and nice etc, etc and they mention they are agnostic I just wonder how they explain things to themselves when things go well or go bad.

While I can relate to being ready to model good and honorable traits, like you, for my future children, I feel that the ultimate model is God's word and that is in the Bible. I pray that you will open the Bible and read how God loved you so much, that if you were the only person in the world, he would have died just for you. That, Laura, is love.

Sincerely,

Celina

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