Belkira the Tulip wrote:
I sort of think that Kelvy chose Christianity because it says he will live forever (in heaven) and be happy when he dies.
At least, that's what I got from his response to Pigtails.
My prior Druidic belief was actually much more limitless.. essentially assuming that if I personally developed myself spiritually and psychically that I would essentially fully realize my God-like potential and and that at some point a great spiritual revolution/evolution would happen in the universe which I and others that were as spiritually adept as I was would really "shine". It is still quite a common believe..
Also my prior belief that that my Higher-Self existed outside of time and that I was just vacationing in human form right now and that when I died I would go back to my true higher-self state which exists outside of the realms of space/time... and that there was no death.. just the turning of many pages..
so no:
The thing that veered me toward Christianity was an honest exploration of what it meant vs what it was that I believed based on personal observation; unbiased personal observation. (if you can believe that).
What I hadn't realized is that the personal observations on which I based my spiritual beliefs could really not fully be trusted in the light of my own limitations vs the possible perfection that would eminate for the theorectical "Source of All Creation" that I now call God (YWVH); but the hardest part was shedding the old beliefs that I had so carefully concocted and based my views and philosphies on.. but that is part of the process is realizing and admitting that you are powerless like dust in a hurricane..
I believed that I had learned to swim and I thought that people like Christian were just weak fools who had no spiritual developmemnt of their own and so had to rely on rafts built by other people to stay spiritually afloat.. I would always shed the notion from my mind that at some point someone or something my pull the plug on the drain and then it didn't matter how well you could swim.. everyone sinks.. and that which pulls the plug is that which filled the pool in the first place.. so that it might be a good idea to pay attention.. I would think of that and it made me very nervous to concider that possibility to I would tuck it away and continue on my own personal swimming lessons..
but I also believe that no one can intellectually come to truly believe these things unless/until they are ready and prepared and at that point it really is "divine intervention" which kind of lubricates your minds eye and actually allows you to shed all of the presuppostions(resistance) that we develop over the years of our lives.