I was raised Lutheran but have doubts about religion as a whole. I can't say I believe in God, but I can't say that he doesn't exist either, straddling the fence, so to speak. My son goes to church with his father and believes in God. To him it's black and white. I won't rock that faith. If he's got it, good for him. However, when he was 5 his stepmom told him that if you don't believe in Jesus you will go to hell. My son asked me if I believed and said that he didn't want me to go to hell. I couldn't lie to him, but I couldn't rock his faith either. So I went to my old church (hadn't been there in over 15 years) to ask the Pastor how to approach this situation. All he did was try to convince me that God exists. I told him I was not looking for a reason to believe myself, just how to handle my lack of faith with my son who has faith.
Why couldn't he help me objectively? I walked out the door in tears for the lack of compassion and understanding from a "man of God".
2007-02-25
03:51:39
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