I went to Church and was “born again” like all good evengelicals. Then for the next 45 years or so I would go to church, sing and shout, and go home and listen to Hank Williams gospel music and get drunk. I was a heathen in every sense of the word. But no one could tell me that because I would say I knew Jesus because “I was born again”,
and I could do what I wanted to do because me and Jesus had a good thing going and I didn’t need anybody to tell me what it was all about.
Well I didn’t know Jesus, and it was not until I became a Catholic in 2008 that I know how ignorant I really had been of our Lord and Savior. I became Catholic and finally knew I had found a home and after looking all my life for Jesus I had finally found him. And the precious Eucharist is where I find my strength. Praise God. I am finally at home in the loving arms of my savior. He strengths me and with him at my side all things are possible.
“I went to Church and was “born again” like all good evengelicals. “
Or perhaps you just are a “worst” fallen away Christian who wants to bash what he left... to turn your earlier phrase.
” Then for the next 45 years or so I would go to church, sing and shout, and go home and listen to Hank Williams gospel music and get drunk. “
So it sounds like there was no fruit to confirm you ever experienced salvation...
Well, then, no, you are not like most Evangelicals. You may have been like some, but those I know who are truly born again testify to it with a changed life.
No change = no born again experience.
You cannot not be changed if you are born again. If you didn't change, you weren't born again.