> > > As to the question of which is worse, I believe that going to church without believing is worse than not going to church at all. Of course, it is all the same to God, since He looks at what is in our hearts. However, Christians are charged to not be a stumbling block to non-believers. Just because you've stopped believing doesn't mean that other people aren't looking to you as an example of what a Christian life is.
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> > Point taken.
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> Well, maybe not. I think there is insufficient information to make a call. Certainly if you are being a hypocrite by professing to follow Christ but secretly not, that's a bad thing. This is not in itself a bad witness to others unless others see this hypocrisy.

I did mean when others saw... I do have a feeling sometimes we don't realize just how much other people are looking at our lives.

>On the other hand, how do we know this non-believer does not *want* to believe? Or at least what to find out what Christianity is all about? Or, in the case of a backslidden Christian that is no longer sure, to rebuild his or her faith?

That, to me, wouldn't be hypocritical.

Gahalia