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Author Topic:   What is an "Ex Believer", anyway?
Asgara
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Message 34 of 123 (193764)
03-23-2005 7:20 PM
Reply to: Message 32 by Phat
03-23-2005 5:55 PM


Re: OK..you don't have to believe me. Now what?
Phat, I have a question regarding this. I use to be a believer. I tried for many, many years to continue my faith but I finally came to the realization that I was NOT feeling what others told me I should be feeling. There was nothing there despite all my prayer and all my serious and honest trying. When I tell ppl that, I am then told that "feeling" something isn't a given and if I only believed because I thought I would feel differently, then THAT was wrong.
Please tell me...was I suppose to feel something or wasn't I? This is just one more thing that the Xians I talk to about this can't keep straight.

Asgara
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Asgara
Member (Idle past 2302 days)
Posts: 1783
From: Wisconsin, USA
Joined: 05-10-2003


Message 45 of 123 (194223)
03-24-2005 7:46 PM
Reply to: Message 44 by mike the wiz
03-24-2005 7:38 PM


Thanks for reply
Thanks for the reply darlin',
I have always been confused on this issue. Some Xians tell me that if I didn't feel "something" I wasn't a real Xian. Some tell me that thinking I had to feel "something" was wrong. Just looking for some consistency.
Oh..and welcome back Mike

Asgara
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