Yes it's normal. Some, actually a lot of people experience this in college - maybe not that extreme but you may wind up coming back towards your original viewpoints in time and find more of a middle ground. I still describe myself as Christian but I've had difficulty with my faith in certain areas over the last few years (while in college). I believe in God and pray fairly often but there's some things about the Bible and other Christian's views that I find disheartening - ex: would a loving God let people suffer for eternity for not accepting Jesus as their savior, in spite of how good they may be?
My sister is gay (or at least bisexual) and my parents are more conservative, anti-gay marriage Christians (not overly-conservative, thank God) so this has been a tense issue for my family. It's not like you HAVE to talk about this stuff with you friends and family, but you may find that some people (mostly friends) have become more 'liberal' as well, and might be able to relate to you. I have friends I went to church with that have become more liberal like me and it's very refreshing, because we're aware of the expectations of our parents & church, so it's kind of fun, because we're rebelling in a way :)
Anyway, don't worry about it, we're molded by our experiences and you have a lot left to experience, so you probably aren't through changing anyway!
Is it normal to change this much this fast?
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Yes it's normal. Some, actually a lot of people experience this in college - maybe not that extreme but you may wind up coming back towards your original viewpoints in time and find more of a middle ground. I still describe myself as Christian but I've had difficulty with my faith in certain areas over the last few years (while in college). I believe in God and pray fairly often but there's some things about the Bible and other Christian's views that I find disheartening - ex: would a loving God let people suffer for eternity for not accepting Jesus as their savior, in spite of how good they may be?
My sister is gay (or at least bisexual) and my parents are more conservative, anti-gay marriage Christians (not overly-conservative, thank God) so this has been a tense issue for my family. It's not like you HAVE to talk about this stuff with you friends and family, but you may find that some people (mostly friends) have become more 'liberal' as well, and might be able to relate to you. I have friends I went to church with that have become more liberal like me and it's very refreshing, because we're aware of the expectations of our parents & church, so it's kind of fun, because we're rebelling in a way :)
Anyway, don't worry about it, we're molded by our experiences and you have a lot left to experience, so you probably aren't through changing anyway!