I think it's important in this process of questioning to rigorously separate the label of a thing from its substance.
For example- to separate the label "Christian" or "Christianity" from what I was doing, and what I was being.
It is only clear that I was being Something, living out a certain set of rituals/practices/beliefs- but was that (living and being) really being a Christian?
By separating label from substance, I give myself a new freedom to question with abandon, without fear. ie. perhaps I'm not leaving Christianity- I'm just dismantling that particular framework of beliefs I've practiced for most of my life. Perhaps that wasn't "real" Christianity at all- if such a thing exists.
Can now freely ask: What do I think of what I practiced now that I'm looking at it without the sanctifying label of "Christianity?" Does it look good?
Or ie. questioning the god of my belief system vs. a "real" God, who may or may not be similar to the idea I had in my head.
Separating label from substance allows for subjectivity- "God" and "Christianity" might be Absolute in nature, but our knowledge of them will always be subjective and limited at best.
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