Deconstructing? Considering, in the process of or have deconstructed from faith?
Q: I am leaning towards deconstructing my faith because I realized there are bad people in the church, and I dont know how to understand that. Why arent they like Jesus. Can you give me some advice? ‐----------- A: Well, first I would note that we dont judge God by his followers. We know none of us humans are perfect and our sin in the world stains everything . Believers are all at different levels of growth in their walk with God, they fumble at times too. Just like you. I am sure these believers long to be perfect but know they're stuck in this body (that Paul himself lamented about & called wretched), until given a new one in eternity. Next, examine why youre looking at deconstructing. 1. For those who are false converts it is because of their love of sin . This is why "they depart from us for they arent of us". They leave behind the truth Scripture proclaims because they love sin. They may continue on with a false belief, idolatry, making u...