From Andrew D I am sorry that the curch as we know it has failed so many people. Chritianity is about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, not a personal relationship with man although that is part of it. If there is no love, all other things are meaningless. I would like to encourage those who have been hurt, neglected or condemned by fellow man, there is a thing called unconditional love but you won't experience it from man. Man will fail each other time and time again. We have to look past the ills of man and hope for better things. I am a Christian and I understand why people have turned there back on God, I have come close but I realise that it has always been because man has let me down or because I can't see the resons for certain things happening in my life. Our understanding is so limited and if we would realise surrendering our lives completely and trusting in God we would see drastic changes in our lives for the better but we fear not been in control of our...

Dear sir/madam, I am writing to you out of concern, and i really hope that you might spend a short time to read this email. i dont write this email to try to stir or offend you but i was googling "christian forums" when i stumbled upon your website. I attend christian forums as a born again believer and i believe they are helpful for dicussion of hard topics and current affairs etc that might be causing a christian some struggles etc. The chrisitan forums websites are used to encourage each other - and to lift one another up. Your website however seems to only have the sole purpose of bringing people down. I;m not the smartest or most knowledgable person around but i do know that what you are doing is sin and i think it a real trajedy that you would encourage others to leave behind God and to not return to Him after trials. Life is hard, i will grant you. But what do we deserve?? nothing! We are sinners, all of us - and there is no denying that every single person on the...

Sent in by Jake O i am extremely disapointed in this web site. indeed athiesm is a belief and should be repected, indeed religion has flaws and can be challenged, but at no time should you ever critisize others and put them down, and to insult them because you dont agree. you think you are so sophisticated and intelligent over those who believe in a higher being. you think that religion is the source of all of what is bad in the world when really the worst people in history were athiest. ex. adolf hitler, napolean, stalin. not to mention how many people has religion given hope, comfort, and healing to? To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .