termyt wrote:I haven't been a teenager for 15 years, but I was a Christian then, too. In a word, I'd say "confusing," though I doubt I would have said so at the time.
I heard so many people say, "BUt I can't do this...I can't witness, I can't talk to others about Christ." And they are sort of right...but if we could do all that on our own...would we really need God?
termyt wrote:I haven't been a teenager for 15 years, but I was a Christian then, too. In a word, I'd say "confusing," though I doubt I would have said so at the time.
Anna Mae wrote:I would say that it largely depends on the type of Christian the teenager is.
The weird thing about high school is that everyone is at such different places on their spiritual journey. I attended a public high school that had a large number of... church attenders... in it. They find it easy to hang out with other generic church attenders without having to be serious about faith. But now, I shouldn't be speaking for them.
I found it difficult to form deep friendships because most of the Christians in my high school and youth group didn't want to have theological discussions, bother with modesty, or show God's love to the losers, and the atheists usually weren't mature enough for me to respect their position (I can respect thoughtful atheists). I befriended the social outcasts, but many of them had slight mental disabilities, so it just wasn't the same. The few real friends I did make among my peers were still much older than I and soon graduated. It's a funny thing how high schoolers are so isolated from the rest of society.
I'm certainly not saying I was/am perfect; I made myriad blunders. It just felt like I was the only one who actually wanted to change that.
In short, I couldn't wait to graduate so that my sphere would have a higher percentage of mature, serious Christians.
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