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    [–]emilyprentiss[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Thanks for your response, it’s really thoughtful and I really enjoyed reading it.

    It is very true what you said about how being gay really forces you/anyone out of your/their ‘complacency’. I feel that way too, that I have more of a personal relationship with God and that it’s stronger because I’ve has to re-examine religion for a moment.

    Would you say you’re ‘spiritual’ and not ‘religious’? I hesitate to define myself this way, because I’m not too sure what the definitions are and if they overlap.

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      [–]emilyprentiss[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Thank you again! I have been looking for new ways to look at and interpret Christianity and the stuff in the Bible, because I am feeling suffocated by what I grew up with - which I suppose is a lot like what you call the 'surface-level Christianity' that takes everything quite literally, with little to no wriggle room.

      I like the comparison of a person to a kind of 'vessel' to conceive the mystery of Christ. I have heard that interpretation too at my church, but still, there is a great emphasis on the literal bits, which frustrates me too, to the point where I used to wonder if I was the problem because I was not really 'getting it' like everyone else was. I felt like there was not really a way for me to develop a better relationship with God because it was all rules and dogmas and none of it felt genuine to me.

      I like your little conclusion. I do agree that if there's no 'soul' involved in what your actions, you're missing the point.