love of god = religious or not?

maggiesxrevenge · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2007, 06:28 PM

I have a friend at school. She is a Christian but she believes that she is not religious but loves god. She says that she doesn't have to be apart of a religon to believe and have a relationship with jesus. In my opinion however if you pray to jesus you believe in that religion but she says no she isn't religious she just has a relationship with god.

what do you guys think?

**Twizt3d** · 10-25-2007, 06:33 PM

Ok...
Please explain this clearly..
"I have a friend at school. She is a Christian but she believes that she is not religious but loves god."
Seeing as she is obviously a christain(spelled wrong on purpose

) Why in the fuck would she say shes not religious..
I would do what wayne brady does best..
CHOKE A BITCH!!

maggiesxrevenge · 10-25-2007, 06:35 PM

haha thank you! atleast someone agrees with me. I didn't understand it either! she says she is christian but then says she isn't religious it blows my mind too! i just don't understand how she can be a christian, non-religious, and have a relationship with god all at the same time.

**Twizt3d** · 10-25-2007, 06:39 PM

Tell her that "God" said to kill herself..

maggiesxrevenge · 10-25-2007, 06:40 PM

haha well actually oddly enough she was supposed to graduate last year but she didn't. She OD on tylonal (sp?) and went to some rehab place for 2 months and had to stay back a year...but she claims she found god after that incident...ironic right?

**Brother of Yeshua** · 10-25-2007, 06:45 PM

I was at this stage once, moving out of the fundamentalist religion mindset into a mindset of spirituality (for lack of a better term).

She is struggling with losing her label as Christian, because it is most likely how she has defined herself for years. Also, she most likely sees the fallacies in organized religion, so instead of rationalizing them, she is branching off to make her own beliefs that she learns through personal experience, knowledge, and growth.

She uses "Jesus" because she feels comfortable with this anthropomorphication of aspects of God. She most likely sees the figure of Jesus as a role model, a standard for her to constantly strive for. She is not ready to let go of the concrete perception of Jesus presented by the church because that would cause her to break from any kind of spirituality, and imo that would not benefit her.

This is speculation, but perhaps if you want to know more from this person, you could talk to her more and try to find out what she thinks about life, the universe, and everything.

I would suggest not to judge, but seek to understand, even if you still think she's nuts

Edit: I just read your post about her "newfound" religion. In that case, she probably is grasping the positive message hidden in the craphole of organized Christianity, so she doesn't want to associate with the church, but likes the spiritual message she has ascertained from it.

Again, speculation. Go talk to her

**Twizt3d** · 10-25-2007, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brother of Yeshua

I was at this stage once, moving out of the fundamentalist religion mindset into a mindset of spirituality (for lack of a better term).

She is struggling with losing her label as Christian, because it is most likely how she has defined herself for years. Also, she most likely sees the fallacies in organized religion, so instead of rationalizing them, she is branching off to make her own beliefs that she learns through personal experience, knowledge, and growth.

She uses "Jesus" because she feels comfortable with this anthropomorphication of aspects of God. She most likely sees the figure of Jesus as a role model, a standard for her to constantly strive for. She is not ready to let go of the concrete perception of Jesus presented by the church because that would cause her to break from any kind of spirituality, and imo that would not benefit her.

This is speculation, but perhaps if you want to know more from this person, you could talk to her more and try to find out what she thinks about life, the universe, and everything.

I would suggest not to judge, but seek to understand, even if you still think she's nuts

Edit: I just read your post about her "newfound" religion. In that case, she probably is grasping the positive message hidden in the craphole of organized Christianity, so she doesn't want to associate with the church, but likes the spiritual message she has ascertained from it.

Again, speculation. Go talk to her