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Originally Posted by intenebrislux
I'm a "church kid" .. who has in the past year begun questioning many of the LC practices and views. I stopped coming to meetings and keep in touch with very few of the "saints". Recently I've been getting calls and texts from concerned ones, inviting me over and asking how I'm doing ...I don't want to talk to them about why I left, and, without being extremely rude, I really want them to leave me alone. Any tips/pointers will be very welcome.
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This is probably a common situation: a young person with concerns/issues and wants to make space between themselves and this group. Understandable on many levels, and worth addressing.
But in order to answer the request for tips/pointers, one must make several assumptions, which should probably be made explicit.
1. Do you believe in the existence of God, or some otherwise-designated "higher power" that rules the universe?
2. Do you believe that this God is accessed through faith in Jesus, the Jewish Messiah (Christ), whom God so designated by the resurrection from among the dead?
3. Has this in some way been impressed on your consciousness by an otherworldly 'presence' whom we shall for the sake of this discussion call 'the holy spirit'?
If "yes" to the above, your separation from said group is different than if "no". And here's why: at the time, I was as 'sold out' as could be, and yet one day, the small voice within said, "go". I was flabbergasted. I was LC 24/7, 365. I was all in. But the voice said, "go", so I left, moving from an LC group house into a homeless shelter. At the time, I had no idea what was happening. This was pre-internet, and I'd never heard about Daystar or Philip Lee; never dreamed of being a critic, which was anathama. But I knew "the voice".
Do you see my point? At it's core, at the center of it all, is the question: Can you hear that voice? If you can, then listen to it. If not, then find it.
With God, there's always an open door. But in order to pass through the door, one must first hear the voice. ~Rev 4:1
"My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me" (NIV)