How I changed my Mind

What did you believe about God before becoming a Christian?  Before believing in God, I was an atheist, I didn’t believe that God existed. At times I believed that there was a heaven and a hell. So maybe I accepted that there was a God as well, but only because I came from a Catholic family- supposedly. What was your opinion of Christians, and of the church? First, Christians didn’t even matter to me, because I didn’t know any. Later, I started to hear stories about tithes and offerings and all of that, so I thought that Christians were stupid for paying offerings to other people. And people, at least in my family and my crowd, always said bad things about Christians. Later, some of my friends from school became Christians, and they changed completely. Before, they drank a lot, and after they didn’t drink even one drop of alcohol. I started to think that church brainwashed them. So the idea I had about church still wasn’t good. Why did you change your mind? Tha...

Qu é creías con respeto a Dios antes? Antes de creer en Dios, era ateo, o sea, no creía que Dios existía. A veces creía que había un cielo y un infierno. Entonces capaz aceptaba que había un Dios, pero porque fui formado en una familia católica , mas o menos, ponele. Qué opinión tenías antes de los cristianos y de la iglesia? Primero, no me importaban, porque ni los conocía. Después, empece a escuchar historias de las ofrendas y todo eso. Entonces me parecía gente tonta que pagaba a otras personas. Y siempre, por lo menos en mi familia y en mi entorno, se hablaba mal de ellos, justamente por el tema del diezmo. Después algunos amigos míos del colegio se convirtieron al Señor, y cambiaron mucho. Antes tomaban muchísimo, y después no tomaban ni una gota de alcohol. Entonces empecé a pensar que la iglesia les lavaba el cerebro. Así que no tenía una buena imagen de la iglesia. Por qu é cambiaste tu opinión ? Pregunta complicada. Empecé a ir a la...