February 5, 2009
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What I Believe And Why: An Introduction
After participating in the 25 random things facebook survey, I received quite a bit of interest in item 15, which stated, “I was a Christian for 18 years. My senior year of high school I left the faith tired of feeling bound to one religion and its ideals. I hate being labeled and being told what to believe. I still believe in a god. But I believe above all in human goodness, decency and justice toward one another. I am more at peace and have more faith now than I ever did as a Christian. However, I still go to church and college group to support Randy, spend time with friends and to keep myself thinking and challenged.” It was honestly to be expected. But I also haven’t written about this topic in a while, and nor, quite honestly, have I actively thought about it. To answer the questions I’ve been asked, as well as to personally explore this area again in more depth, I’m going to be doing a series on what I believe and why.
What I Believe And Why
Examining stages of my life and what I’ve believed in each of them. Analyzing and understanding why those beliefs were there and how my beliefs have been shaped because of my life experiences.
Part I: Early Childhood
Part II: Middle School
Part III: High School
Part IV: Post-High School
Part V: What I Believe
I’m going to be working on Part I over the next couple of days and hope to have it up this week or next. If spirituality/religion is interesting to you, particularly as pertains to a “de-converted Christian”, please use the comments or the contact page to ask me specific questions about what I believe, why, etc. I ask for you to ask me questions in the honest hope that you will ask questions I haven’t yet considered. Also, I want this to be complete. I want this to be something I can point to when I’m asked about it again in the future, as I know I will be. Of course things will change, but this series will at least be a good starting point. If you haven’t read anything about my beliefs, check out this articles (in chronological order from oldest to newest):
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What I Believe And Why: Middle School
February 25, 2009 in Personal · One comment
If you’ve missed what this is about, check out the introduction and part one. Otherwise, I’ll be continuing where I left off from “Early Childhood” in this article.
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Life for Beginners Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 21:31
Interesting. I have often been asked what I am, as in what religion or faith do I profess to, and I’d wonder why a “I believe in the goodness of man, the kindness of strangers” would not suffice for most folks. Maybe it’s not just about us learning about ourselves but them learning about us and themselves too.
Here’s to sharing and understanding. :)
Elyse Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 21:38
The thing that I suppose is important to note is that the people who are most interested are those who knew me through Church when I was a Christian, and other Christians that I don’t personally know. There’s a general confusion over how someone who was a Christian could somehow stop believing.
But while I’m writing this to address those people, I’m also writing it for me to re-examine what I believe and why a little more. I think it’s important to keep that inner dialogue going, or else you become stagnant, which is what I felt like near the end of my time as a Christian. Stagnancy and complacency, more than anything else, frightens me.
Logan Leger Says:
February 5th, 2009 at 22:27
This looks to be a great series. It appears our thoughts on this matter are fairly congruent. I can’t wait to hear them!
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February 20th, 2009 at 10:26
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What I Believe And Why: Middle School | ElyseKufeldt.com Says:
February 25th, 2009 at 20:16
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Bruce Says:
May 19th, 2010 at 9:53
Interesting. I have often been asked what I am, as in what religion or faith do I profess to, and I’d wonder why a “I believe in the goodness of man, the kindness of strangers” would not suffice for most folks. Maybe it’s not just about us learning about ourselves but them learning about us and themselves too.
Here’s to sharing and understanding. :)