Has anyone been raised in a religious environment then turned on it later because you felt it turned on you? I spent my childhood in Christian schools and the church was a huge part of my life. I've always reflected fondly on my experience up until the one time I asked for help (long story but basically my parents split, I moved away and when I moved back and wanted to resume my membership, I was told I'd have to prove I wanted it. They accused me of only wanting the membership so I could get a discount on the Christian High School I wanted to go to, which wasn't true) the church turned me away. I've tried to get back into it but it's been much of the same thing and I've become very anti-organized religion. My faith is in tact and I pray regularly. I even had my kids baptized and tried to go back for them, but it was horrible! Has anyone had an experience like this? Did you ever go back or do you just worship on your own, like I do?
2007-01-04 02:59:44 · 9 answers · asked by Shelley L 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When I was 12 years old (in a Christian school), there was a contest run by the Archdioscese where students would write and deliver religious themed speeches. I wrote a speech, I don't even remember what the topic was, that showed parallels between Jesus' teachings, Buddhist teachings and how the teachings were reflected in 20th Century literature. I was SO proud of myself, and excited that these parallels even existed! I was delighted with it, and felt, for the first real time, that the whole world was interconnected. I placed 1st in the parish. The judges were the principal, the English teacher and the parish priest, who was VERY open-minded. When I got to the next round, the judges were a bishop and 2 archdiocese workers. I delivered my 1st place speech. The Bishop shook his head. The other two sneered and frowned. I didn't even place in the second round, and later on, I learned my speech was deemed "unfit" for the contest. To put it mildly, I was devastated.
That's when I began to question who was "unfit".
2007-01-04 03:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by E D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised Christian family. Dad was an associate pastor. Church, church, church, all the time. I didn't pretend to be a saint like all the other people. I was myself and they didn't like that. The pastor would tell my mother she needed to come to services to help me because i was going in the wrond direction. I don't think i am. I have excepted christ as my savior and he is in my heart. I only go to church sunday morning now instead of the 5 times a week deal i was doing. So yeah, i know how you feel and i understand perfectly.
2007-01-04 03:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't turn on religion. I loved being a Christian. But education and common sense would not allow me to continue to believe in god, no matter how badly I wanted to.
I became an atheist quite against my will, to be sure. In fact, as my faith started slipping away, I prayed to god to give me the wisdom and/or spiritual strength to continue believing. But seeing as how god doesn't exist, "he" of course didn't answer.
2007-01-04 03:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My attitude to religion is shaped completely by the fact that I have lived all my life in a secular society hence I view extreme evangelical religionists as being morally degenerate low lifes. I have total contempt for them and their beliefs.
2007-01-04 03:03:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do not need any one or any where to pray or bless your pray. you and god . that is all you need. just think you sit with god. is it matter where you are ? or is it matter what you call yourself, only thing matter is , the things you tell him. you pray to him. God is everywhere and it is the god of everyone.thing if you were in island all alone what would you do? god says " ı am the best friend of you" so be with your best friend in every condition , in anywhere? nobody can tell you how much you can love him. you are the one who knows and do
2007-01-04 03:07:45 · answer #5 · answered by zubeyde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pray and ask God to come truly back in to you heart . and to heal you from the hurt and pain that you have been Thur. and keep your force on Jesus and not on man because man will fell you but JESUS won,t. Have been hurt many time in-the church but I realize that it was the enemies trying to turn me for GOD.so i made up my mind that no devil was going to run me away.from god house. because in God house there is love joy peace and healing. i pray that this testimony my be a help to you may God bless you.
2007-01-04 03:23:49 · answer #6 · answered by averylola 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
properly i think I on no account had a faith... my mum and dad on no account took me to any church or instructed me of something like that. yet as quickly as I found out what faith grew to become into i desperate to no longer connect a faith on the muse that the point of a faith is to respond to questions. maximum of our religions on the instant are very previous and the questions they answer would be responded extra properly by way of technology. yet one extra reason i did no longer boost into non secular is by way of the fact to me non secular human beings look very narrow minded, particularly religions with hierarchies such because of the fact the Christian or Jewish religions. while one speaks with a non secular individual, they have a tendency to talk like they understand each and every thing... properly, no longer that they themselves understand each and every thing yet that their faith is conscious each and every thing and is foolproof. properly the factor isn't any human or human creation is conscious each and every thing and is thoroughly foolproof. there are a number of many holes in our awareness, and to miss approximately those holes i've got faith makes one ignorant. the 1st step to turning out to be wiser is to settle for that one is ignorant and could continually be ignorant to 3 degree. i understand that i will on no account understand each and every thing, and that i will on no account understand 0.5 of the failings I choose i'd desire to understand, like what happens once I die... interior the top i do no longer think of faith could make my existence to any extent further useful on the 2d, and that i've got faith high quality merely believing that the unknown is the unknown and what i understand is what i understand. i could be thoroughly incorrect yet no longer something has proved to me any distinctive.
2016-10-06 10:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are really brave and forgiving :-) If any institution made life tough for me, I'd never forgive them! And perhaps burn their buildings down. I love my Zippo.
2007-01-05 11:01:30 · answer #8 · answered by rage997 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plz i cant read too much it gives me brain daminge dnt write too much
2007-01-04 03:04:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋