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Without a shred of sarcasm involved, I think I agree with you. It wasn't until I started looking 'inside' the church that I encountered more trouble than I care to describe. I don't know how anyone survives the expectations and the ocean of advice.
But the relationships that started not in a bar or a club, but in life, those are the ones that I can say were drama free, game free, and where I felt free.
There was no cause to fight for, no war to wage against this or that, no relationship status to update, no crowd to attend to. It was just US vs everything the world could throw at us. We didn't need to struggle to be something. We simply were there and that was enough.
There was peace, there was friendship, there was companionship, there was trust and there was love. Whether we had no money or lots of money, whether we were sick or well, depressed or euphoric, we were simply there for all of it.
"Starting from here, let's make a promise
You and me, let's just be honest
We're gonna run, nothing can stop us"
But the relationships that started not in a bar or a club, but in life, those are the ones that I can say were drama free, game free, and where I felt free.
There was no cause to fight for, no war to wage against this or that, no relationship status to update, no crowd to attend to. It was just US vs everything the world could throw at us. We didn't need to struggle to be something. We simply were there and that was enough.
There was peace, there was friendship, there was companionship, there was trust and there was love. Whether we had no money or lots of money, whether we were sick or well, depressed or euphoric, we were simply there for all of it.
"Starting from here, let's make a promise
You and me, let's just be honest
We're gonna run, nothing can stop us"
Even from a guy like me who barely has any faith this seems incredibly sad as to the state of christianity.
You would rather date a non christian woman? Because they would cause you less grief with their openness.
This makes me wonder if there are more facebook status christians ''i liked+1 the lord today'' , then there are those actually conforming to the likeness of christ.
I think it should be rather apparent to all of us looking at these forums posts there is more christians here living with the name of Christ, but their own set of guidelines then those that are being made into ''be holy as i am holy''.
I'm not even trying to put thiis on Liamson either. I see the MAJORITY of these threads started by the same people who say over and over they met some guy or girl who did one thing that sparked an interest but NO mention of that person two threads later.
Maybe it isn't them then? Maybe it IS YOU.
Maybe the whole ''i stopped searching and worked on myself'' response IS the answer to this all, after all.