tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012825.post2259303940725910512..comments2023-12-31T05:03:18.350-08:00Comments on Confessions of a Quirky Christian Artist: A different kind of faith?Josh Foremanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05522491775240272109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012825.post-71587476251843466902010-03-18T01:42:56.685-07:002010-03-18T01:42:56.685-07:00I'm sure most of us have gone through this in ...I'm sure most of us have gone through this in life and yeah we 'smarter' brains introspect a tad more or as you say 'with intensity'.Everything stands and I am here to say this is my kind of faith too. And you've written down your soul searching beautifully! Congratulations on that. :)Rukhiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897939481017216825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012825.post-67459158843082195662008-03-02T18:25:00.000-08:002008-03-02T18:25:00.000-08:00Did I ever tell you that when I took the test TIME...Did I ever tell you that when I took the test TIME had in it's issue on the brain and belief, the results said that I should be an agnostic or atheist and that Frank should be a definite atheist? I laughed. I used to be bothered that I spent 95% of my time feeling doubt, and very little time, usually crucial times, feeling belief. I finally figured out that I'm wired not to FEEL belief, so I live by FAITH. That is not the same thing as turning my brain off. I still study and think through things, as I have the books and Scripture you have given me.<BR/>Let me think now, surely I told you, but I can't remember, there was such a big gap in my study of hell when I concentrated on trying to learn Ikirwanda instead, but if I didn't, I should tell you that the material you gave me did convert me: to, to, aaargh! this stupid aphasia-like brain glitch, to a long word that means that I now believe that the ones on the narrow road go to heaven, and the ones that reject God go to hell to be burned up and disappear. I would like to add the poetry that those people suffer the same amount of suffering they gave to those around them before they disappear, but nothing in Scripture says. I would like to be a universalist, but I can't see it proved yet. <BR/>You said that you can't be certain of (everything? almost everything?). Here is what I am certain of: I need grace. I depend on grace. (And I really, really don't want to suffer as much as I have given suffering) And I love you in whatever faltering, imperfect way I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012825.post-79493328790654729372008-03-01T12:52:00.000-08:002008-03-01T12:52:00.000-08:00Great blog, I've been thinking a lot about this to...Great blog, I've been thinking a lot about this topic lately.<BR/><BR/>It's hard for me to understand why people are so afraid of not being completely right all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com