| | I felt a fire in my heart
thought I knew
thought I was belonging
thought I believed
thought that it was the one and only way
so I thought
but my eyes were closed
my naivety shameful
raised at church
told of jesus and his miracles
how he helped moses part the red sea
how he turned the grapes into wine
raised from the dead
all that jazz
and all those stories that people thought of and thought to tell the children
all the sayings and things I heard
people talked so much of his strength
his power
Jesus loves us indeed
well
people grow up and learn someday
to make decisions on their own
most people anyway
I know I certainly did
I knew something was wrong
changed my look
physically and emotionally
I knew something was not what I wanted it to be
partially a rebellion
partially a need to know the other things in the world
mostly a realization that there are so many other options
I realized that it was not myself that had been making the decision to be "christian"
I was told that from day 1
because that's how my parents were raised
their parent's parents
and so on and so forth
religion is not something you should pass down
it is a personal choice
to practice or not practice
whatever the person choses you respect
regardless of whether you agree with them is a different story
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People should not raise their children with a certain religion growing up. It is not fair to the child, especially when the child does not know to think for his/her self. It is like brainwash from the very beginning and who would have the nerve to brainwash a child?
This is not meant to offend anyone, it is just how I feel
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| | Posted 6/19/2008 1:40 PM - 21 views - 2 comments
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