If it helps, I was always Christian by identity, and most of my life in belief, but I came to faith through, initially through Stefan Molyneux’s wrestling with it from an atheist perspective, which got me thinking about the practical aspects of it, rationally, through a philosophical lens.
The traditional Christian conflation of “belief” with “faith” is very harmful to showing things to a lot of people. “Faith”, aside from possibly being the name of a pagan god, whoops, is intended to mean “obedient action”. I did not learn it through the church, but through studying and listening to the scriptures like a child and asking “why” all the time when things did not make sense. Everything should be grounded in the Word, while seeking context and understanding.
A lot of people would, and do, tell me that I am misinterpreting things, but let each man be convinced in his own mind. It is definitely a wrestling match, against false assertions, twisted meanings, mistranslations, lost context, and more, but the Truth can, and will, eventually prevail. By my estimate, the commandments are just, not burdensome, produce good fruit when followed, and a can be found to lead to prophetic fulfillment.
As for my belief, that came long before my faith, and was bolstered as a result of having witnessed and experienced and heard of several miracles, but it might be possible to find it through faith, and faith and grace (also might be the name of a pagan god) are available to everyone.
If it helps, I was always Christian by identity, and most of my life in belief, but I came to faith through, initially through Stefan Molyneux’s wrestling with it from an atheist perspective, which got me thinking about the practical aspects of it, rationally, through a philosophical lens.
The traditional Christian conflation of “belief” with “faith” is very harmful to showing things to a lot of people. “Faith”, aside from possibly being the name of a pagan god, whoops, is intended to mean “obedient action”. I did not learn it through the church, but through studying and listening to the scriptures like a child and asking “why” all the time when things did not make sense. Everything should be grounded in the Word, while seeking context and understanding.
A lot of people would, and do, tell me that I am misinterpreting things, but let each man be convinced in his own mind. It is definitely a wrestling match, against false assertions, twisted meanings, mistranslations, lost context, and more, but the Truth can, and will, eventually prevail. By my estimate, the commandments are just, not burdensome, produce good fruit when followed, and a can be found to lead to prophetic fulfillment.
As for my belief, that came long before my faith, and was bolstered as a result of having witnessed and experienced and heard of several miracles, but it might be possible to find it through faith, and faith and grace are available to everyone.
If it helps, I was always Christian by identity, and most of my life in belief, but I came to faith through, initially through Stefan Molyneux’s wrestling with it from an atheist perspective, which got me thinking about the practical aspects of it, rationally, through a philosophical lens.
The traditional Christian conflation of “belief” with “faith” is very harmful to showing things to a lot of people. “Faith”, aside from possibly being the name of a pagan god, whoops, is intended to mean “obedient action”. I did not learn it through the church, but through studying and listening to the scriptures like a child and asking “why” all the time when things did not make sense.
A lot of people would, and do, tell me that I am misinterpreting things, but let each man be convinced in his own mind. By my estimate, the commandments are just, not burdensome, produce good fruit when followed, and a can be found to lead to prophetic fulfillment.
As for my belief, that came long before my faith, and was bolstered as a result of having witnessed and experienced and heard of several miracles, but it might be possible to find it through faith, and faith and grace are available to everyone.