I attended church for 34 years, taught the Bible most of that. When I left last year, I actually became so much closer to God, and my health has even improved.
Why did I leave?
After asking God to help me see things from His perspective, I asked Him to direct me to find a church. I visited a men’s S/S class. They were overwhelming me with questions, it seemed so genuine that they wanted to get to know me… the niceness stopped and I was ignored after they saw that I didn’t have a KJV. I was then handed a voters guide to the candidates, and a flyer about abortion laws…
The pastor dropped in to openly rant about his displeasure of helping people who “don’t get salvation.” He decided to only help people who agree to get salvation. He switched gears to a story where he was on a mission trip in PI, he heard there were guns on the bus and he asked for one so he could shoot anyone who threatened him, and proceeded to brag about his gun expertise.
His sermon topic- homosexuality!
My walk with God is amazing! I’d never been taught in church how to have this kind of time with God. I was never told how to meet Him and engage with Him. Churches bury spirituality under piles of doctrine, social issues, politics, homophobia, entertainment, programs, activism, new choir robes, Easter egg hunts, and other stuff.
My doctors are stoked about the many measurable improvements to my health- especially my PTSD & BP (lowered 30-40 pts)
To go to church now, I would have to hide that I’m as close to God as I am- because no one is being taught how to walk with Him, learn from Him, or even find out if He knows them. Christians find it very strange that I talk with God, not just ‘to’ Him.
If you were 10% as "close to God" as you pretend, you'd have never written this post.
Transparently foolish nonsense.
Go move to California, take a few hits of Acid and find a guru that will talk gibberish about most anything other than stuff that effects your actual life like "doctrine, social issues, politics, homophobia, entertainment, etc..."
Either that, or wake up and realize that religion and politics is the same subject and that Christians and Homos cannot coexist in the same society for long. Indeed, homos cannot exist within any civilized society for long. It is precisely righteousness that makes a society civil to begin with, which is why God commanded that they be executed upon conviction of their crime.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown
it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible
attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify
Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.