I was, several times told that I was ordained by Christ as a minister. I have always kind of stepped away from the idea seeing as I do not see myself as any kind of rolemodel, nor do I wish to try to force my religious beliefs on anyone. I believe that as a Christian it is not my place to force my beliefs.
All of that having been said I was asked once what my ministry would be based upon when I got ordained in the church. ( that never happened I quit going before it did) and I thought long and hard about it.. My ministry would be that sometimes you have to walk into the darkness to bring the light. It's so true and so simplistic. In my down time I sit, sometimes for hours in the pagan chat rooms on Yahoo. I have found that most of the people there have given up on Christianity because their belief in God did not outweigh their belief that they should a) not judge and b) not have to financially support God.
It's real simple folks God doesn't need my money. He has streets paved with gold as the old baptist preachers say. I believe in the idea of the tithe, but not the practice of it as it is today.. I believe in the idea of bringing the message of God to the world, but not as it is done in most places today.. I believe that some of what the bible says has been muddled down and changed through out the years as Man has tainted it with his own take on things.
Let us take for example in Exodus 22:18 where the King James version of the bible reads clearly "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" it is pretty evident there that the bible speaks out against witchcraft.. Appearantly, but it is my understanding that in actual understanding of the bible it does not speak of a witch as we know today, or even of the 'pagans" of old it speaks of soothsayers and false prophets.. Now come on.. didn't we all want to stone Miss Cleo?
As far as a Christian Goth church goes.. Anytime you guys want you can come to my house, We'll sit about talk about the bible and have a good old time in church.. Because the bible says "where two are gathered in my name, there I shall be also" It doesn't matter what day of the week it is on.. The scripture reads "remember the sabbath to keep it holy" the Sabbath supposedly to mean the seventh day, when God rested.. The Scripture also speaks of time and God, saying that to god a day was like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a Day.. So perhaps we are only supposed to rest after 7000 years.. The Sabbath has came to mean Sunday, but I do not believe that it has to be Sunday, I believe that any day that you can set aside, gather with your friends or family, those who share your faith, have a good talk about the bible and come to a bit better of an understanding is just that.. a Holy day.. A sabbath Day....
Truth be told, I believe we have the makings of something phenominal here. Keep up with the ideas, I check this thread often. I'll be back to check it even more often now that I have posted.
