Quade,
You don’t need to formally sever any ties with your family. What you carry in your heart is whats important. The creator knows the difference. You could ease into your new beliefs a little bit at a time…saying , “I’ve become interested in this belief and want to explore it…etc…and talk your family down. Maybe they would understand a need to search spiritually outside the church (maybe not too..I don’t know)…
There is more to the interpretation of Jesus and his life than the current and popular mythos. I found this article extremely enlightening. Jesus..the man in a historical perspective. Opposed to the popular mythic figure. Perhaps you can reconcile your new found beliefs with your old beliefs…an leave some wiggle room for your family to gradually accept the new you without imploding
http://virtualreligion.net/forum/leaven.html
The author of that article can be found here
http://www.westarinstitute.org/Fellows/smithm.html
Richard
You don’t need to formally sever any ties with your family. What you carry in your heart is whats important. The creator knows the difference. You could ease into your new beliefs a little bit at a time…saying , “I’ve become interested in this belief and want to explore it…etc…and talk your family down. Maybe they would understand a need to search spiritually outside the church (maybe not too..I don’t know)…
There is more to the interpretation of Jesus and his life than the current and popular mythos. I found this article extremely enlightening. Jesus..the man in a historical perspective. Opposed to the popular mythic figure. Perhaps you can reconcile your new found beliefs with your old beliefs…an leave some wiggle room for your family to gradually accept the new you without imploding
http://virtualreligion.net/forum/leaven.html
The author of that article can be found here
http://www.westarinstitute.org/Fellows/smithm.html
Richard