First, thank you for your suggestions on the writer movie post. Tomorrow I’m going to head to Hollywood Video to pick up Shadowlands, Adaptation, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The others have been added to my “Movies To Watch” list.

Now, my question: why do Christians backslide?

If that seems to be too rhetorical, too loaded or too specific, maybe it would better serve you if I broke down the question like this: why would a religiously devout person leave behind or reject his faith? What motivations and circumstances would be behind a decision like that? Or, why would you switch from one religion to another?

In every religion there are hardliners, moderates, faithful, devout, liberals and conservatives, and I don’t mean in the political sense at all.

On a more personal level, if you’ve ever had faith in a deity or belief higher than yourself, have you ever wanted to turn away from it and not look back? Why?