*Waves Hello* My first post, I thought this would be most appropriate.
1) Do you consider yourself to be a progressive Christian? Why or why not?
It's very hard for me to call myself Christian at all. It is something I have newly come to. When I was younger I was shunned by my peers because my parents didn't attend church with me. After that experience I left the church and sought a spiritual home in other religions, but after a long (almost 5 years!) search I'm back home again. Since this is who I am, I'd say I identify most with "progressive" or "liberal" Christianity.
2) Where do you live? If you're under 18, please don't be any more specific than your city and do NOT give us your school or your last name. Its not safe
Right-out-side-Atlanta, Georgia
3) What do you do for a living? What do you do outside of your wage-earning job?
I'm a Student, so I don't have a perminent job, although I have been known to earn a buck by working in a head shop, as a memeber of an OSHA and EPA accredidation team, and as a free-lance writer. In my spare time I am the resident Properties Misstress with my school Theatre, I work with local charity organizations, am the president of G.O.D. (Gregarious Order of Dadaists), attend concerts when I can, and read (just about) everything on religion/spirituality I can get my hands on. (oh, and I write, too.)
4) How did you find out about these boards?
I was looking for a liberal church, or an alternative worship group in my home town. There aren't any, so I'll have to keep looking!
5) What are you looking for as you post here?
Open-mindedness. Living in the South I've been told SOOO many times that I'm going to Hell because I don't believe the Bible is perfect. It, like the people who wote it, is fallable. You must take everything it says with a grain of salt.
6) What on Earth do you think this icon means?
It looks like a scared little kid peeping through the mail slot on a door.
7) Tell us anything else you want to about yourself
I am a living history re-enactor (of the Pre-Civil War flavor), and I love history, art, religion and politics ( I have fun dinner conversations, maybe that's why I'm still single...). Both my parents are artists, so I have grown up in a fairly liberal household. I am a music Junkie and have diverse tastes, I like everything from goth/metal/punk (AFI) to Celtic ballads (Clannad and Clandestine). I am trained in Disaster and Terrorism Responce Management by the US Gov. (LONG story), and I hope to go to grad school...eventually! And, to forewarn, I am AWFUL at spelling, that whole spell-check generation, so just be aware.
Peace
Brekke