Posted by:
AKA Alma
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Date: January 23, 2011 03:12AM
Whenever DW and others talk about my decision to leave the church they say that I am “choosing not to believe the church is true”. I don’t know how to respond, I’ve tried to explain to them that it’s not really a choice for me, it is more of a conclusion after careful study. I can’t deny the verifiable facts and defend the un-Christ-like actions of those claiming to be his representatives on Earth.
If it’s really a choice then I don’t understand why anyone would choose dis-belief… I mean, why would someone like me (a sensitive and fairly nice guy) possibly choose to hurt the people I love, risk my marriage, and turn my life upside down when it would be so much easier to just believe?
Granted, I did make the choice to investigate and examine the evidence in an effort to seek truth, but if the church was true then the evidence would support that claim and my investigation would have resulted in even greater faith. It didn’t.
Has anyone else had to deal with the “you are choosing not to believe” rhetoric?