PEOPLE TELL ME THINGS I ALREADY KNOW

I Am Not a Good Person

I tell the good, the bad, and the downright ugly

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I have had several people lately tell me that I can’t be a Christian just by being a good person, because I need to be saved or born again or whatever the fuck. I know they say what they say because they believe themselves to be right, and they don’t want anyone to go to hell.

I used to be part of that crowd and while they are utterly obnoxious, I do have some compassion and understanding for them. I’ll try to be nice about it unless they try to save the souls of my kids by scaring the hell into them.

These people believe they are doing a loving thing by trying to school me in how to go to heaven when I die. One of the major problems with this is that I didn’t come to Jesus so that I could obtain a get out of hell free card. I don’t need an eternal fire insurance policy because for me, Christianity is about Jesus not about avoiding being burned to a crisp for all eternity.

When I say that I’ve been born again, and again, and again, and that it never did stick, they gaslight me by insisting that I was never truly saved because it’s a one time thing. Once you’re saved, you’re always saved, and it always works. So if it didn’t work, then I didn’t do it properly…