Im a new Christian and Im feeling increasingly troubled about my church. In many ways they are a lovely bunch and a great community and Im grateful that this church provided me an entry into Christianity. But..Im uncomfortable with a lot of their interpretations of the Bible. Its often/always (?) the narrowest one and I feel other Christian views are seen as immediately getting relativist and not adhereing to central and requiste tenets for Christianity.
I am only just coming to grips with this, previously the whole thing was so new and so alien to me that I couldnt really engage intellectually with any of it. Until recently I sort of accepted that if this was what I wanted then I had to accept things I didnt much like the sound of otherwise Im not really worshipping God just some sort of universalised version of myself- I felt the pull towards God and Jesus very strongly and faith was just bubbling up in me and I didnt know where to go or what to do with it. (I have an atheist upbringing and while Im v well educated my education is entirely secular).
But now Im starting to question whether some of the beliefs/doctrine of my church are really necessary and the more I read more widely (and I dont really know well how to do that - I find it hard to orient myself within the literature on offer) the more I feel what Im being offered at my church is too narrow.
It feels awful - I want to be part of a church and a church family and now I am having increasing doubts about whether I can genuinely do that were I am now. Its devastating Ive put a lot of time and energy into becoming part of this church and wouldnt really know where else to look. I would like to have conversations about this but find Im a bit scared about what happens if I disagree.
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Firsttimer7259 · 02/06/2015 09:56
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