Jen and I were talking the other day, about our petrified feelings about someday having teenagers, and the possibility of them turning away from our beliefs. I had the thought that when kids are brought up going to church, and it's all they believe and have learned to believe, that once they get into teenage years and college years, and get exposed to other thoughts and beliefs, do they have more of a tendency to turn away than someone who wasn't brought up in the church? And what makes the difference between someone who grew up believing, and never stopped believing, but in the middle part kinda turned to their own ways for a little while, like she and I did, and someone who grew up believing, and then at some point decides not to believe? And how many people just decide to ignore their deep down beliefs because being a "church person" seems too scary because of what kind of a person they think they need to be? I guess basically it makes me sad to think that there are people who don't actually investigate and make an educated decision about their beliefs, that they just believe what they believe by what they've seen other people do, or how they act. I mean, either there is a heaven and hell, or there isn't. If there isn't, my life will be spent trying to better myself and better the lives of people around me, and trying not to only think of myself. If there is, than all I do is for something that is so much bigger than me, that I'll be rewarded for later.
Thoughts disorganized? That's me!
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