Post by TianMing on Feb 20, 2005 20:09:25 GMT -5
Well, I'm a 17 year old guy from Canada. I was raised Anglican, though my parents have always given me a choice since I was a teenage. My grandparents are Baptist, and on my other side Lutheran. So basically, I'm from a devoutly Christian family.
So here I am, a hard rocking teenager living in the age of Science. Basically by the age of 15 I'd given up on faith, I figured it was all nonesense answers to questions older times couldn't answer. I was atheist for a good chunk of my life...did some stuff I'm not terrible proud of, but hey, we've all got our blemishes.
Spirituality came back into my life last year when I was 16 with my World Religions class. I was Buddhist for a while, and eventually converted to Islam. Somewhat dramatic shift, but neither really connected with me. I went into a "spiritual limbo" so to say, I believed in some sort of a God, but I didn't really know how or what...only that there was something beyond earth.
After lots of reflection and chilling in nature (islands), I "found Jesus". Sounds cheezy, i still get a little chuckle after saying it, but I did. So finally I figured it all out!
When I was a Christian I knew Christianity very well, but I didn't know Jesus. The one thing I never figured out about Christianity is that it was all about knowing Jesus! So there, I developed a relationship with Christ and merged my way back into a life of faith.
I'm still rough on the edges, I don't always refrain from vulgarity and do dumb stuff, I'm a teenage kid emerging from an atheist culture that has been engrained in me. I try earnestly, I pray each night and am usually truly sorry for my sins, and they are many. So ya...here I am! Devout Christian who still sins like crazy...don't know where that leaves me, but I've made serious progression since my conversion. Wish me luck I suppose....
So this is my story. Christian, raging atheist, spiritual limbo-stuff, counter-cultural Christian! C'est moi.
-Peace
So here I am, a hard rocking teenager living in the age of Science. Basically by the age of 15 I'd given up on faith, I figured it was all nonesense answers to questions older times couldn't answer. I was atheist for a good chunk of my life...did some stuff I'm not terrible proud of, but hey, we've all got our blemishes.
Spirituality came back into my life last year when I was 16 with my World Religions class. I was Buddhist for a while, and eventually converted to Islam. Somewhat dramatic shift, but neither really connected with me. I went into a "spiritual limbo" so to say, I believed in some sort of a God, but I didn't really know how or what...only that there was something beyond earth.
After lots of reflection and chilling in nature (islands), I "found Jesus". Sounds cheezy, i still get a little chuckle after saying it, but I did. So finally I figured it all out!
When I was a Christian I knew Christianity very well, but I didn't know Jesus. The one thing I never figured out about Christianity is that it was all about knowing Jesus! So there, I developed a relationship with Christ and merged my way back into a life of faith.
I'm still rough on the edges, I don't always refrain from vulgarity and do dumb stuff, I'm a teenage kid emerging from an atheist culture that has been engrained in me. I try earnestly, I pray each night and am usually truly sorry for my sins, and they are many. So ya...here I am! Devout Christian who still sins like crazy...don't know where that leaves me, but I've made serious progression since my conversion. Wish me luck I suppose....
So this is my story. Christian, raging atheist, spiritual limbo-stuff, counter-cultural Christian! C'est moi.
-Peace
Liang TianMing
