Was I forced to be a Christian for 25+ years?

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If you have a better word than 'robot' to describe a person devoid of free will feel free to share it.

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Because you share the same humanity with them? Do you feel that you currently as a Christian have no free will?

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So you think FMF was predestined to be a Christian and then to loose his Christian faith without him being able to do anything about it? 🙄

Did the Christian God in your estimation 'predestine' this to happen?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Do you feel that you currently as a Christian have no free will?

He said this "I have said on many occasions in here that I cannot not believe. I believe that I have a god given faith which upholds me and maintains my belief in Christ. Many of you will believe the same I'm sure". Why ask him as if he hadn't said it? Why did you not address it?

Originally posted by @fmf
He said this "I have said on many occasions in here that I cannot not believe. I believe that I have a god given faith which upholds me and maintains my belief in Christ. Many of you will believe the same I'm sure". Why ask him as if he hadn't said it? Why did you not address it?

Ok so I will ask him then if he thinks you had a 'different faith' to his since you did end up not believing?

Originally posted by @dj2becker
Ok so I will ask him then if he thinks you had a 'different faith' to his since you did end up not believing?

Isn't every single instance of 'faith' going to be intensely personal and as unique as the each and every individual that has it?

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Do you think FMFs faith was also 'God given' as yours is?

Originally posted by @fmf
Isn't every single instance of 'faith' going to be intensely personal and as unique as the each and every individual that has it?

I think if faith is real and is God given it will have similar elements that people can relate to.

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As far as I can tell humans have the ability to reason even about supernatural things and they have the ability to decide what is credible and what isn't. Do you have that ability or not? Because I certainly believe I do.

Originally posted by @dj2becker
I think if faith is real and is God given it will have similar elements that people can relate to.

Can you relate to anything I said about my experience of having faith as described in the OP?