11 year old christian (atheists welcome to share opinions)
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Hiya,
My names Ciara (kee-rah) and I've been a christian since i was six years old. And no. I was not forced to believe. I was not told about all that hell, fire and dammnation stuff. Not even forced to read the bible every night and pray before I went to bed. No. I believed because I knew it was right. Technically I became a proper, dedicated christian at the age of, what, 10 at the largest christian festival in Northern Ireland. Good old Summer Madness. ( www.summermadness.co.uk ) On the 3rd of July 2005 during the song, Glory by Johnny Parks, (Go Johnny) I was in floods of tears dancing in Kings Hall Belfast because of Gods prescence within that building. It was amazing. And the lyrics captured me really. heres part of the song,
"And I won't be ashamed when I lift up your name,To let all the world see, You are the King"
That now, Is how see life. I will not be ashamed to lift his name up. No matter how much criticism I get. check out this site from UCB, United Christian Broadcasters, www.thewordismusic.com .
If you have been to that site and are very traditional or an atheist you may be pretty shocked. Christians do have rock bands We have everything The group U2 are christians and on one of their albums, How to dismantle an atomic bomb, There is a song called Yaweh. Yaweh means Jesus in african. And in my church, Wells, in Moneyreagh/|Moneyrea, We have a band too. Ruthie on Keyboard, Rachel on base guitar, Ryan on acoustic guitar, Nelly on the electric guitar and finally Mark on the drums. So, being a christian is not all hallelujah and king James version. Thee's Thy's and how art's. nope. There are bibles like the message for young people that are like really, easy to understand. Instead of:
"thou shalt not use the lords name in vain."
It says:
" Don't diss God by using his name like a swear word ."
See the difference.
I believe:
Right. Now again I have not been forced into this way of believeing so listen up. I believe in intelligent design. Now thats like, God created the big bang and made all the planets and earth n all but not in the traditional 7 days. I think it could have been 7 years, 7 hundred years, 7 thousand years or maybe 7 million years. Genesis was a whole metaphore i think. Since we were not intelligent enough to understand hundreds of years yet. And that he created everything and set evolution off.
Technical stuff:
1. God could stop terroism if he felt like it. But he doesnt stop us doing things we feel is good or cool or whatever. He wont force us to not do something. Again He could stop free will but then we would all be the same. no longer unique.
2.He could destroy cancer and all but the world would be packed and then thered be millions of homeless people on the streets, animals would cease to exist because we destroyed their habitats to get living space. And so that would not work eh?
if you have anything you wanna ask or add or anything contact me by email at cooldoggiehotmail.co.uk
Thanks,
Ciara
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