Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Inseret R.E.M. song title here

You might as well know this now:

I doubt God’s Existence.

This is contrary to the way I raised. This is contrary to what most of America believes.*

I should know better: I was raised in the church. I went to youth group. I attended a Christian college. (By choice even!) I should be making films about answers pointing people to God’s truth instead of spreading the gospel of doubt. So what happened?

I’ve done mission trips and service camps. I used to be able to recite Bible verses verbatim. As a young boy I used to walk up to total strangers to tell them about Christ. So, what the hell happened?

That’s a long story.

It’s one I hope to retell here, but that isn’t the purpose of Hellbound (The Film). I am looking for other people’s stories. Maybe you grew up in the church like me or you came to be born-again in your teens. Then doubt happened.

My film is about you. What did you do? Did let your believer friends know? Your pastor? What did they say? More importantly what did you do? Do you still believe in God? Are you an agnostic? Atheist?

I’d love to talk to you about being a part of this film and you can contact us at: Hellboundfilm@gmail.com

I called the movie Hellbound because I’ve been told that I am, on several occasions. When you stop believing or start questioning to a certain point, does faith die? Does it collapse? What does it become?

Plenty of people have worked through this type of doubt and I hope to talk to them as well.

Part of this blog is to encourage conversation. I will post more on my lack of faith here, and I welcome your feedback positive or negative.