tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post3538309827371287299..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.... #CultClassicConfessionalAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38245964708083045362018-06-19T14:28:01.398-04:002018-06-19T14:28:01.398-04:00Like you, I experimented with different branches o...Like you, I experimented with different branches of Christianity. I was actually searching for answers, since both of my parents were atheists. Mom told me that she wasn't getting up early on a Sunday, so if I went to a church, I had to walk. The day I was supposed to be re-baptized as a bible-thumper, my Busia (Polish for gramma) died and I had to go to the wake and funeral. Mom said Busia stopped me from doing something dumb and unnecessary, since I'd been baptized Presbyterian when I was born. Then I joined a bible study group as a teenager, in order to try to get closer to God. What I found was that most of the other kids were like you, and sneaking off to drink and smoke in the woods. I figured if that's all I wanted to do, why bother lying about it, pretending to be seeking something else? I was really moved by the communion with wine and French bread, but bemused when notes were passed telling us where to meet afterwards, to sin. Sigh...<br /><br />So I stopped going and decided I didn't need God. Now after having been the conduit for 4 new lives, I've some to a different conclusion. I think what people think of as God is the life force that animates us all...including insects, plants, animals...everything that's alive has god in it.And when we die, the god in us goes back to being a part of God...until it gets reborn in another mound of matter that becomes animate and alive. Reincarnation is possible, but I don't think we retain consciousness. I'd hate to be a cockroach, remembering when I was a human!<br /><br />And we never had any of our kids baptized. We heard anecdotally, that my MIL baptized each of them Catholic the first time she babysat each of them. Husband wanted to fight with her over it when we found out, but I told him that it didn't hurt them, and they were infants, so unaware of why gramma was splashing holy water her sisters had brought back from Israel on them. Besides, if it helped her to sleep at night, fine. No harm done. She's often railed at us for not bringing them up in a religion, but husband tells her we chose our own religion to expose them to. Anything else will be their choice. They are all atheists, at this point.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46003390428645665012018-06-19T10:33:58.943-04:002018-06-19T10:33:58.943-04:00Hilarious! I love your explanation that your paren...Hilarious! I love your explanation that your parents were concerned about your interest in church, and where this could lead. :)Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-89200822577974357412018-06-19T09:22:04.642-04:002018-06-19T09:22:04.642-04:00This is so cleverly written! Though it might be bi...This is so cleverly written! Though it might be billed as "anti-cult".Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com