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Brian "Head" Welch goes from a life of drugs, sex and money... to quitting the band Korn, quitting drugs, quitting drinking, living a moral life and did a complete 180 based on the Bible.
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
A complete 180: Famous evangelical preacher to agnostic.
"When finally I shook free of Christianity, it was like being born again. I began to see all of life differently. The things that had once seemed important now seemed trivial. And things I'd never seen the meaning of or the essence of I began to appreciate for the first time."
-Charles Templeton
A complete 180: Famous evangelical preacher to agnostic.
"When finally I shook free of Christianity, it was like being born again. I began to see all of life differently. The things that had once seemed important now seemed trivial. And things I'd never seen the meaning of or the essence of I began to appreciate for the first time."
-Charles Templeton
....so what is your point?
Charles Templeton never had a true relationship with Christ. He had a false relationship with religion.
The problem was "head" was in a rock band (Korn) that was bringing him down spiritually. His life was in ruins until he gave it ALL up.
The lives that rock-stars live are much different than those of ordinary individuals. Most of the time, the lives of celebrities are in ruins. the fact that they tend to use a lot of drugs doesn't help their situation either. So getting off the drugs and removing himself from the rocker lifestyle is going to do quite a bit of good for quality of life.
And lastly, this is the nature of bands. There is always a problem member, or one that doesn't fit in with the others. These guys made a band when they were still picking zits and they all grew up and took different paths as individuals.
All in all, what works for one person isn't going to be the solve all for everyone. There are very few of us on here (if any) that could relate or identify with the life and situation of this man.
all he did was trade one addiction for another. i see it all the time, person goes from drugs and finds god and follows it fanaticly, untill the drugs call them back.
all he did was trade one addiction for another. i see it all the time, person goes from drugs and finds god and follows it fanaticly, untill the drugs call them back.
Indeed! That's a lot like what I was thinking. There are people who have a religion, and then there are those who get addicted to it. The ones who are the most frantic about their religion I think fall into the addicted category.
And yes, this guy has been clean and sober for a few years now, I'm curious to see how long this lasts. And just like with the drugs, I wonder how much he has to bend his life to satisfy his newfound religion. I'm sure it all costs about the same too!
Charles Templeton never had a true relationship with Christ. He had a false relationship with religion.
Did you have a microscope in his head?
Granted I don't believe in the "once saved always saved doctrine" so it's easier for me to accept that people can go from Christian to agnostic or agnostic to Christian. (Yes weirdly enough I've seen atheist/agnostics who basically have a "once liberated, always liberated" philosophy. If you mention well-attested cases of atheists who became Jewish or Christian they'll just insist they were never "a real atheist." I created http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._and_agnostics with the intent all names be thoroughly sourced, but it's nevertheless been blanked a few times by some snotty atheist insisting "no such person can exist!" or "It's ridiculous we're all born atheist!") I don't know whether Templeton had a true relationship or not, but I know that he occasionally expressed sadness about not being able to believe in Christ anymore. I think he felt it was "worth it" but he did feel a loss. That would seem to indicate he may have had something.
Anyway I'm glad for this guy in Korn. I hope his life is good and well from now on. I'm not going to poo-poo him if he's becoming a better person even if it turns out it's a denomination I disagree with in strong terms. Although I think a person can say that "good for him" without joining his church or even any church.
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