tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post3594476140314390241..comments2023-04-03T09:33:55.039-06:00Comments on Ramblings of Sheldon: Doubts and IndecisionSheldon Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-27084335045648945512013-01-30T12:05:48.161-06:002013-01-30T12:05:48.161-06:00It was a relief for me too. Sometimes tragedies ma...It was a relief for me too. Sometimes tragedies make us go even deeper into our beliefs, sometimes they make us question everything.Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-61505463442453021412013-01-30T00:07:50.195-06:002013-01-30T00:07:50.195-06:00Very poignant. I reminds me of my struggle. I surr...Very poignant. I reminds me of my struggle. I surrendered to Jesus in 1985, went through a long period of accommodation from creationist to a more moderate view of how God might work mysteriously in the world, and encountered a brick wall of sorts when my wife died in 2002. That's when I realized that God doesn't answer prayers, but it took me another ten years to abandon supernaturalism altogether. It was a tremendous relief.Chiefyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857188784335241513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-49474613193173537102013-01-28T11:40:30.031-06:002013-01-28T11:40:30.031-06:00I'm glad you gave it up much faster than most ...I'm glad you gave it up much faster than most people. :)<br /><br />Most aren't so lucky. Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-24942297217519310772013-01-26T15:57:19.239-06:002013-01-26T15:57:19.239-06:00Thank you for an extremely interesting post, Sheld...Thank you for an extremely interesting post, Sheldon! Indeed, you ask some dangerous questions about God's compassion and morals!<br /><br />Those questions put me in mind of an episode in my life some years ago. I was raised more or less as an agnostic, and I pretty much stuck to that except for a brief episode in middle school when I converted wholeheartedly to Evangelical Christianity. <br /><br />It didn't last long -- only about a month -- but my devotion was feverish. I made every effort to live as I imagined Jesus lived. Towards the end, however, I realized that my family was going to hell. <br /><br />That I simply could not accept, so I de-converted one night. I recall praying to God, saying I did not want to be saved if it meant spending eternity apart from my family. Instead, I would prefer hell to heaven then, and thus I could no longer be a Christian. I ended up apologizing to Him while asking Him to make sure I ended up with my mother and brothers.<br /><br /><br /><br />Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.com