I'm a Christian - converted from atheism/agnosticism when I first heard of then encountered God for myself as a friend and a father. Not even the love I felt in my first long term relationship compared to the love that God makes me feel. Denominationally I'm on a little island in the middle of the Tiber, not really touching either bank - for whom the reference means anything. I don't lose sleep over it any more.
I say though, there's an awful lot of bashing going on. By all means share your conversion story (to whatever you converted to that isn't Christianity); it is good to hear your experiences. But please understand that a person's conception of and relation to God is for many people an identity, on a level with their race or sexuality. I know that for some people there is a lot of pain but there is a difference between criticism and hatred and I'm seeing the two being confounded in this thread... if hatred is unacceptable from some, it is unacceptable from all.
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I'm a Christian - converted from atheism/agnosticism when I first heard of then encountered God for myself as a friend and a father. Not even the love I felt in my first long term relationship compared to the love that God makes me feel. Denominationally I'm on a little island in the middle of the Tiber, not really touching either bank - for whom the reference means anything. I don't lose sleep over it any more.
I say though, there's an awful lot of bashing going on. By all means share your conversion story (to whatever you converted to that isn't Christianity); it is good to hear your experiences. But please understand that a person's conception of and relation to God is for many people an identity, on a level with their race or sexuality. I know that for some people there is a lot of pain but there is a difference between criticism and hatred and I'm seeing the two being confounded in this thread... if hatred is unacceptable from some, it is unacceptable from all.