Serious What are the things you want to do before you die?

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Offspring and maybe leave a mark on the world ev&oe the former counts as that
 
istanbul said:
What do your parents and everyone else in your environment think about it? Did it influence anything about your daily life? Weren't you active in your local church?
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I don’t want to cause my family any trouble or concern, so I’ve hidden such beliefs from them. As far as they know regarding my relations with the faith, they seem to just think that I have an interest in studying Eastern Orthodoxy while still remaining Baptist. Not much of my daily life is different. I just want to find a parish once I move out so that I can actually become a catechumen and join the church, since without it, these beliefs are hardly ever put into action. In terms of what has changed, I guess I do the sign of the cross more often in private, starting and ending my prayers with it, and I also pray in front of an icon of Christ that my grandmother (she’s also Baptist but I asked for one for Christmas under the excuse of “holy room decoration”and she, being such a charitable and loving old lady, provided it to me gladly) gave me as a Christmas gift, but my public life has remained the same. I do still attend a Baptist church because I want to keep my parents happy, and I also don’t want to cause concern to the other old folk there who appreciate having me around.
 
baqqrih said:
I don’t want to cause my family any trouble or concern, so I’ve hidden such beliefs from them. As far as they know regarding my relations with the faith, they seem to just think that I have an interest in studying Eastern Orthodoxy while still remaining Baptist. Not much of my daily life is different. I just want to find a parish once I move out so that I can actually become a catechumen and join the church, since without it, these beliefs are hardly ever put into action. In terms of what has changed, I guess I do the sign of the cross more often in private, starting and ending my prayers with it, and I also pray in front of an icon of Christ that my grandmother (she’s also Baptist but I asked for one for Christmas under the excuse of “holy room decoration”and she, being such a charitable and loving old lady, provided it to me gladly) gave me as a Christmas gift, but my public life has remained the same. I do still attend a Baptist church because I want to keep my parents happy, and I also don’t want to cause concern to the other old folk there who appreciate having me around.
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Does your GF know
 
istanbul said:
Does your GF know
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She’s the only person I’ve talked to in my personal life about it, yes. She herself said the last time we spoke of it that she feels more hesitant about researching and diving into other denominations/branches than I’ve felt (since I’ve already chosen to “convert” to this, after all), but that she’d like to start reading some texts from the church fathers soon to do her own spiritual studies of the faith.
 
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