Gosh, I sure hope you harbor any resentment towards the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
 

 
(Arr!)

Vlog sounds foreign to me.

Nope...he's my favorite metaphorical stand in!

Everything to you sounds foreign.

Mooch4056
Everything to you sounds foreign.

C.

Vlog, the impaler??

Mooch, I admire your conviction and willingness to share it.  There are many great people that contribute to this forum.  Not many are Christian but they are tolerant and I believe would help those who need it in a heart beat.  I am a Christian and recognize that there are many in public forums that don't want to hear about it.  On the other hand, if your faith and conviction is true then it is hard to contain.  Hopefully your friends will understand how important faith is to a believer such as yourself.  
 
I also know that we need to respect the house where we share our faith and there are many forums and groups where that is welcomed.  
 
Best regards, 
 
Jimmy
 

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Mooch, I admire your conviction and willingness to share it.  There are many great people that contribute to this forum.  Not many are Christian but they are tolerant and I believe would help those who need it in a heart beat.  I am a Christian and recognize that there are many in public forums that don't want to hear about it.  On the other hand, if your faith and conviction is true then it is hard to contain.  Hopefully your friends will understand how important faith is to a believer such as yourself.   I also know that we need to respect the house where we share our faith and there are many forums and groups where that is welcomed.   Best regards,  Jimmy 

Thanks Jimmy I didn't know you were too. That's great. Were in good company with Lou Gram and Nicko McBrain among other rockers I am sure. Cool! And thanks! Made my day you saying that. :)

Paul

Mooch4056


Thanks Jimmy I didn't know you were too. That's great. Were in good company with Lou Gram and Nicko McBrain among other rockers I am sure. Cool! And thanks! Made my day you saying that. :)

Paul

 
Maybe it's my perspective that's skewed here, but aren't christians like a majority? I was raised as a christian (heck, I was even baptized "Christian", ironically enough) - a Catholic to be precise.
 
Catholicism was like the de facto/default religion back home in Quebec. In recent years, I've started seeing people who did not have their children baptized and pushed in the arms of the church. But it's still far from common, and a subject to much debate between people. 
 
Anyway, whether it's protestants, or baptists or catholics, or Jehovah's Witnesses, it seems that until very recently, the teachings of christianity were prevalent and still are in one form or another pretty much every where I go in America.
 
It's not like you guys are a minority or something. Even on these forums, I get the impression that there is a pretty important number of believers - I'd always figured that you guys outnumbered us atheists by a long shot. 
 
I could probably go on all day naming you christian rockers - even some of the most outrageous ones like Alice Cooper. If I'm not mistaken, he's a born again christian. Much like the rest of the population, musicians adhere to the teachings of christianity more or less loosely, in one way or another. 
 
There's even Christian music. Whoever has heard of Atheist music? (I'm not talking about shock rock musicians and alleged satanic music, because that's still feeding on the same "mythology"). 

Rain,


I was born and raised catholic and went to a catholic school and all that too. I used to think the same thing. Somewhere along the line from age 7 until my senior year in high school ... I just lost my belief. Felt similar to you in terms of there is a lot of Christians. I would say 1988 is when I just put "religion" to the side and just lived life.

Again felt like there are Christians everywhere and ehhhh it's junk.

Around 2003 I slowly got my faith back and by 2008 I was totally back into. This time with a non domininational church.

I've been coming to these forums since 2005 and hardly anyone knew I was a. Christian until a couple of days ago. The reason being .... Things like the forum policy ... It's every where in the United States. Politically correctness. In church I feel like ok ... I can talk openly ... Almost every where else from work to the forums anywhere ... To walking down the street .... Someone somewhere will be offended at my belief or the bible and the commandments or Jesus teachings .... Almost everywhere we can't openly say anything with out someone protesting my belief .

Yes I've taught in schools where Muslims are allowed time to go and pray but I can't teach a song for the holidays with Christ in it.

Maybe we are in the majority ... I don't know..... I don't have the stats....But we seem to not be able to even mention it with out .... Someone getting ticked off


So if you noticed I've stayed away from it in this forum for years. I made a blog which isn't really about Christianity but has an odd title for a Christian ... Cursing Christian .... Someone suggested a different name ... I told him why I chose that name .... And people were offended ..... I wasn't thinking ... I am going to come in here and convert people .... I just wanted to show some people a blog.... Not really thinking ....that I should have just showed the youtube channel and not the web site with the name .... I just wasn't thinking


On the other hand ...why can't I just explain why I chose the title of a blog web site without people being offended ?

I get not wanting to deal with Jesus been there myself .... But seriously .... It feels like.... No .... These days we are the minority .... And lest when we are the minority when it feels like other than church and my house .... Someone with in ear distance will be offended


Christianity is what is what it is. And I am a Christian. I have to be honest I don't get to tell people that too much with out worry of offending someone now a days.

Iif your a believer or not .... That isn't right in this country. I feel like the minority even if I am not the minority.