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Originally Posted by Sheryl
Why can't a person change? It's not a crock! He was Christian before, he's still a Christian now. A person's religion is a personal thing, that other's should not judge.
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Wait Sheryl, I'm not talking specifically about Blair- I only mentioned him because his story put the thought into my head. I'm talking in general.
You seem offended? Is it because I said I thought it was a crock? That's my own view, not something that I said to make anyone mad. I agree religion is personal and for the most part we shouldn't judge but how about for the sake of conversation?
You ask why can't a person change, obviously they can but all I'm saying is that as a fairly religious person, I tend to see one's religious beliefs sort of like a marriage- as an institution you don't give up on without very good reason. I don't understand how say, one can be of a certain faith and then decide they believe something else.
If I can use my cousin again as an example, she had very specific and firm beliefs as a Lutheran. She grew up as one and even in adulthood she held to it so it must have had something to offer her. Then she met Jack and he said "I can't marry you unless you convert" so she did. She took on everything the LDS holds sacred; their God, their tenets, their teachings, all of it and claimed it for her own just so she could "be" a Mormon too. So Jack would/could marry her. I thought it was absolutely fake and that's why I think it's wrong. A person's faith is (or should be) deeply personal, something between them and their God. Something real and sacred. How real and sacred can it be when you renounce it and take on another one?
That's what I'm trying to say.
I know it's easy to get up in arms over religious talks, but I'm sorry I seem to have offended you.