u/SubjectBeautiful7954

My boyfriend and I have been together for five years. A year and a half ago, he became an evangelical Christian after a difficult experience related to his father's health, and he found in his faith a sense of salvation and healing for his inner wounds.

For my part, I consider myself agnostic. I believe there's a greater, inexplicable "force" that governs the inexplicable and the unknown, but I don't adhere to any particular religion or spirituality; it's more of a personal matter. Tbh, I do consider that this inexplicable force might be what many believers in the world call God.

Since his conversion, I've become interested in his faith and the evangelical world. I sometimes go to church with him, and I've also started reading the Bible so I can understand for myself what's sometimes being discussed. I try to view all of this with a lot of perspective and without judgment.

Three of her very close friends are also evangelical Christians, so you could say I'm totally immersed in it 😅 Because of this, and with the sermons and pastoral talks, plus these people I'm around who always speak of it as if it were absolute truth, I've questioned myself a lot, even sometimes wondering if the reason I don't feel what they feel when they talk about the Holy Spirit is because of my pride or some other reason I'm unaware of. It's pushed me to introspect even more, but I feel like the more I go to church, the more I read the Bible, and the more I talk about it, the more it reinforces what I already think because I see a lot of human influence in all of this. I'm getting caught in a bit of a spiral where I think maybe I'm sinking into my pride, but I also can't question my entire way of thinking and my life experiences... When I see all these people worshipping in church, especially since evangelical services are very lively and noisy, with praise music, people falling, shouting, etc., it's hard not to have doubts. But I have this kind of inner "alarm" telling me to be mindful of the human influence in all of this.

Have any of you had similar experiences or questions? What is your general opinion on the evangelical movement?

My boyfriend and I have been together for five years. A year and a half ago, he became an evangelical Christian after a difficult experience related to his father's health, and he found in his faith a sense of salvation and healing for his inner wounds.

For my part, I consider myself agnostic. I believe there's a greater, inexplicable "force" that governs the inexplicable and the unknown, but I don't adhere to any particular religion or spirituality; it's more of a personal matter. Tbh, I do consider that this inexplicable force might be what many believers in the world call God.

Since his conversion, I've become interested in his faith and the evangelical world. I sometimes go to church with him, and I've also started reading the Bible so I can understand for myself what's sometimes being discussed. I try to view all of this with a lot of perspective and without judgment.

Three of her very close friends are also evangelical Christians, so you could say I'm totally immersed in it 😅 Because of this, and with the sermons and pastoral talks, plus these people I'm around who always speak of it as if it were absolute truth, I've questioned myself a lot, even sometimes wondering if the reason I don't feel what they feel when they talk about the Holy Spirit is because of my pride or some other reason I'm unaware of. It's pushed me to introspect even more, but I feel like the more I go to church, the more I read the Bible, and the more I talk about it, the more it reinforces what I already think because I see a lot of human influence in all of this. I'm getting caught in a bit of a spiral where I think maybe I'm sinking into my pride, but I also can't question my entire way of thinking and my life experiences... When I see all these people worshipping in church, especially since evangelical services are very lively and noisy, with praise music, people falling, shouting, etc., it's hard not to have doubts. But I have this kind of inner "alarm" telling me to be mindful of the human influence in all of this.

Have any of you had similar experiences or questions? What is your general opinion on the evangelical movement?