After seeing the many questions on G@G, I see that a lot of Christians are all stereotyped into one big group. I guess you can say Im my own-kind-of-Christian... the Not-So-Traditional one.
#1 I Believe In God. Do you?
I honestly dont care if you believe in God or not. We’re all our own person. Just know that I believe in God. I wouldn't be here without him. And I know I’ll make it to Heaven one day.
#2 Not All My Friends Believe
Not sure what you’ve heard from other believers, but I still have non-Christian friends. And I will still pray for them, even if they dont want me to. We can be friends as long as we keep our opinions to ourselves. They dont question me and I dont question them. We respect eachothers beliefs. But if they do judge me, I won't be surprised because most Christians judge in return. We’re all judgmental af. And some of us lie too. Mostly white lies though...
#3 Don’t Forget, I’m Christian Too
Most people who hear the word Christian assume Catholic or Protestant. But Im actually Baptist. I can hardly tell you the difference. I just know my teacher was Catholic and they had 30 minute church service with little choir singing. My church on the other hand was 2 hours long with like an hour and a half of choir singing and 30 minutes of preaching. Also, Baptists are known for being Baptized. Its basically our way of becoming “saved” among some other things like walking down the aisle to the Pastor and professing our love for Jesus and God.
#4 I’ll Pray For You
I try to pray every night before bed. I dont get down on my knees bt I do sit up in bed. If for some reason I fall asleep before praying, I ask for forgiveness when I wake up and get to praying immediately. I pray about health, career, family, forgiveness for my cussing/white lies and more.
#5 The Music I Like
Not all Christians listen to church music 24/7. When at Church, thats probably the most church music I’ve heard. I listen to Gospel on occasion, probably 5 days out of the month, but for the most part, I listen to rap, country, pop, EDM, r&b, hiphop, oldies, etc. I know my grandpa was raised to not even dance to these kinds of music. But I’ve been dancing like crazy to em all my life.
#6 I Cuss Too
Just about everyone cusses these days. Sometimes I do it if im being too freaky, and sometimes I do it if im pissed. But I know one thing... Everytime I do, I immediately pray for forgivness. I hate cussing and often do it offguard. Yet, I could hardly watch Deadpool because all the cusswords were killing me. I often try to use substitute words like crap, freak, ish, hoe, trick, wench, etc. I will NEVER say the GD cussword. Thats utterly disrespectful to the Lord.
#7 How I Dress/Eat
Someone mentioned that Christian women should wear dresses/skirts (I think thats Jehovah Witness or something) and that we can't eat pork. Mmm, I don't know what these other Christians do, but I dont like skirts. I wear pants and almost every Sunday, I go to church in jeans and a graphic tee. Also, i love pork, and I think my church even cooks it for our occasional Sunday meals. I honestly dont know what we’re “not supposed to eat” aside from other people (cannibalism) lol. But I mean on 1st Sundays we do have the Holy Communion (crackers and wine). And this is random, but I also dressup for Halloween although I hear we’re not supposed to.
#8 I Was Raised This Way
I was born in the Bible Belt. My mother raised my sister and I as Christians. We didn't have a choice and Im glad we didn't. We never even knew a choice existed. I love believing in God. I wouldn't be this far in life without him. However, we attended Public Schools so they didn't teach about Christian beliefs like private schools do.
#9 Do I Read Bible/Attend Church
I can’t tell you a verse by heart and I can hardly even read the pronounce John 13:21-30. I honestly have never read an actual Bible, and yet i still believe. I mean if you count the kids bible, yea I have read some stories out of there which kind of scared me. Yet they taught me a lot. Most Baptists attend church on Wednesdays and Sundays. I dont attend Wednesday bible study service and I dont attend Sunday school. But I do go to Sunday church service like 3 Sundays out of the month. As you can see, Im not at church today though.
#10 What I Give to the Church
So we have tithes and offerings. I think We’re supposed to give 10% of our checks to the church. Its hard to trust the people these days cause some preachers steal. If I have the money, I will give it, but if not, I usually drop $1-20 in the basket. I remember when our church used to do 3 different offerings in 1 service. It was hard to believe all that money was going where it was supposed to.
#11 Vegas, anyone?
My friend is of a different denomination and she told me that Christians aren’t supposed to go to Sin City and that we’re not supposed to gamble. I don't know about this bt i’m still tryna get to Vegas and I already gamble. Shoot, my fam used to go to the casino at least once a month. We even pray while we gamble, “Lord, please help me win big.” I think its okay to gamble as long as you dont become addicted to it.
#12 Who’s A Born-Again Virgin
My mom was shocked when I told her that I wanted to wait til marriage because she and my dad didn't. They were also Baptist Christians. I think its mostly Catholics who wait, I don't know. But anyways, I messed up and gave into pressure/temptation when I was 15 and in love with my 1st boyfriend. I still regret that time so much that I repented. I’ve since returned to celibacy and have been celibate for 8 years now. I know I can never be a virgin again, so I dont consider myself to be a born-again virgin. But some people told me that “celibate” isn't the correct word to use... that im actually “abstinent”. I don't know which it is, but I know my current boyfriend and I are waiting til marriage. However, we just began practicing oral sex, so I don't know if that along with masturbation kinda interrupts the cycle. I just know that we dont do vaginal and will never do disgusting anal sex.
#13 If You’ve Been Bad, Repent
We often repent and ask for forgiveness for our sins when we’ve done a major wrong. This is part of why Jesus died for our sins. With a little forgiveness, we can still be on the path to Heaven. Sincerely trying to obey God, follow the 10 Commandments, and change our actions will bring us closer to God.
Clearly, I don’t know everything about being a Christian, but as long as I know I’m a believer, thats all I’m worried about.
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