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November 2009 
...my religious upbringing...
Posted on Feb 4th, 2008
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Will
Will
...I *accepted Jesus as my personal savior* at age 5...I understood what it was about and it *felt* right...this was in a Prebs. church...after this I was raised Baptist...we went to church like 4 or5 times a week...I sang in the choir...vacation bible school...summer camp...the whole 9 yards...I memorised a Lot of bible verses...
...by age 12...I looked around and could see that something was Very wrong with this picture...on one hand I was taught that ...Jesus loves the little children ...All the children of the world...on the other hand I was taught that those that did not have Jesus as their savior were going to burn in hell for eternity...this was scitophrenic...what kind of God would do that to little children (we all are children) that had never even heard the name Jesus ?...the church used this as a guilt trip saying that if you have the love of Jesus then you will spread the word to save all these others...well how many souls did God dump down the firey garbage disposal because we didn't get the word to them in time ?...
...by age 12 God came to my rescue and started giving me my *wake-up triggers*...one of the first was seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show...I saw the Sun dawn a New Day as I watched them sing,"I want to hold your hand"...sounds funny...but things changed then...
...I started being aware of Eastern religions and exploring different ways of thinking...I can see that Spirit had a hold of my developement then...
...by age 12...I looked around and could see that something was Very wrong with this picture...on one hand I was taught that ...Jesus loves the little children ...All the children of the world...on the other hand I was taught that those that did not have Jesus as their savior were going to burn in hell for eternity...this was scitophrenic...what kind of God would do that to little children (we all are children) that had never even heard the name Jesus ?...the church used this as a guilt trip saying that if you have the love of Jesus then you will spread the word to save all these others...well how many souls did God dump down the firey garbage disposal because we didn't get the word to them in time ?...
...by age 12 God came to my rescue and started giving me my *wake-up triggers*...one of the first was seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show...I saw the Sun dawn a New Day as I watched them sing,"I want to hold your hand"...sounds funny...but things changed then...
...I started being aware of Eastern religions and exploring different ways of thinking...I can see that Spirit had a hold of my developement then...
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Thanks for sharing this, Will! So many of us relate. For me it was a later scenario that played out as I grew up in “church”,but was not indoctrinated until I was 18 and in my search for “truth” became involved in fundamentalism that took me on a very arduous path that proved to be very traumatic…it was after too many years to count that my “spiritual awakening” occurred…one of those fast and furious awakenings. However, being a Scorpio, once I get it I get it and it was not long until I was pursuing a much needed and much different path of TRUE love and light…
We all have our “wake up call”…mine was more like a galactic event in which there was no denying and no turning back.
Being true to myself took on an entirely new meaning…
So glad to have met friends here who relate.
LLL,
Starseed
yes, we all have our stories. I was raised catholic and was very religious as a child…the catholic trinity, being Irish, Italian and Polish. By the time I made my communion, I was sure I wanted to be a nun. I wouldn't speak to anyone all day. I just prayed. Of course, by the time I made my confirmation, I started seeing some of the hypocrisy of the church..and then…there were the boys and I decided, maybe not a nun….confirmation was the end of my organized commitment to God and the beginning of my personal spiritual journey.
I relate…”Imagine.” I think this will be an excellent point for collective gathering in the future. Many folks can identify with this type of journey. Thanks for bringing yours to our awareness Will.
I am finding it fascinating how important this topic is for people in the new pod, is_there_a_god?,
where will and I and about 50 others are discussing all kinds of topics. Michele, Glynnda, and Starseed, you are most welcome to join.
Love,
Nicole