Hi all. Just stopping by. Lot's goin' on in my life. Actually considering that maybe not everything in the Bible is to be taken so literally, maybe it has a deeper meaning. Yet some view such a way of thinking like blasphemy!
I need advice, 'cause right now I'm in deep.
I've started exploring Islam and the Bahai Faith a little more. Still not sure, but it's driving the wife paranoid. For the sake of stability, I promissed I wouldn't associate with any Muslims or bahais. Yet I refused to sensor myself from their books. I can't help it. As for the kids, well, we married Christian, and so I agreed to raise them Christian as promissed. I now realise that our faith community is actually dominionist. Those of you who'd read my previous posts know where I'm comming from.
So what to do? I think I'm being reasonable. No association with other religious communities, raising the kids Christian. But I still need to reserve the right to explore for myself. I just fear divorce if it ever comes to that. But I couldn't live a lie and pretend my Faith either. I'll go to church every Sunday, but i won't say I profess the Christian Faith if I don't. I could try to profess it, but it seems beyond my choice right now. I'm trying hard to believe in this old dominionist thing I was brought up in, but I can't. Any advice for my sanity here? i just want the freedom to explore my own spirituality without devorce hanging over my head.
Any ideas whatsoever?
I need advice, 'cause right now I'm in deep.
I've started exploring Islam and the Bahai Faith a little more. Still not sure, but it's driving the wife paranoid. For the sake of stability, I promissed I wouldn't associate with any Muslims or bahais. Yet I refused to sensor myself from their books. I can't help it. As for the kids, well, we married Christian, and so I agreed to raise them Christian as promissed. I now realise that our faith community is actually dominionist. Those of you who'd read my previous posts know where I'm comming from.
So what to do? I think I'm being reasonable. No association with other religious communities, raising the kids Christian. But I still need to reserve the right to explore for myself. I just fear divorce if it ever comes to that. But I couldn't live a lie and pretend my Faith either. I'll go to church every Sunday, but i won't say I profess the Christian Faith if I don't. I could try to profess it, but it seems beyond my choice right now. I'm trying hard to believe in this old dominionist thing I was brought up in, but I can't. Any advice for my sanity here? i just want the freedom to explore my own spirituality without devorce hanging over my head.
Any ideas whatsoever?