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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that..... -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CharleyMike who wrote (2343)	9/15/1999 8:09:00 AM
From: truedog	Respond to of 6418

to: CharleyMike from:truedog Charley, Your questions are not easy but,on matters such as this,they never are. Any change must be taken in steps.Only in some cases are there sudden revelations that create sweeping changes. That happened to me but,I would not expect it to be expected. Probably the first step would be to overlook your scepticism.Judging from what you have told us about your previous encounter with Christianity,I know that this will,probably,be difficult. From thereI would hope that you get to know Christians that are not of the puritan ilk,and are not radicals that go about killing or assailing others in the name of Jesus. The Christians I know do not do such things. IMO,they are contrary to the teachings of Christ.That doesn't mean we will not defend our position if verbally attacked in an unreasonable manner. The only qualification I can site,meager though it may be, is that I once felt as you do now. Organized,traditional,denominational churches completely turned me off toward their way of thinking. At that time there was no alternative but to bail out of Faith and take another road.The road I took was a miserable journey that led me, literally to the brink of hell and death. I know that is hard to believe but,I did not imagine what I saw.I was sober at the time it happened.An unusual achievement for me.I was snatched back from this brink and guided back to where I belonged. By that I mean I was influenced,in some way,to contact my first wife who I had been married to for 14years,fathered two boys with,and was divorced from her for 24 years with both of us having spouses in between that turned out to be quite unsatisfactory.We have been very happy in our remarriage.So you might say that my only qualification is that i've "been there,done that". If you really believe you want help,I will do all I can to help. Forget what others say about needing. The first priority is to want it...TD