Dear Youth 84 - Youth Magazine Staff - September 1984

Youth Magazine Staff

Question: I am a 17-year-old girl who attends the Worldwide Church of God with my parents, and have since I was 12, I am wondering the best way to answer people who ask what my religion is, I usually tell them I am a Christian, but that rarely satisfies them. Answer: This is a good question, and you will be better able to answer people when you realize why they are confused. We humans just naturally like to understand things and people by slotting them into known categories in our minds. When it comes to religion, this means people want to put us into one of the large religions, such as Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism or one of the two great divisions of professing Christianity - Catholicism and Protestantism. Therefore even when you say that we are Christians, this does not narrow the field enough for many people. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library