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celticcountess

An interesting morning.

Nov 28, 2004 11:38

I wrote this during a church service trying to keep myself entertained. I wrote as I thought. I'm afraid if I would have stopped writing I would have gone insane and all of the church members would attempt casting the devil out of me... anyways, here it is ( Read more... )

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hack_me November 28 2004, 11:04:54 UTC

You need to come up with your own belief system that makes those questions explainable to you. It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense to anyone else, as long as it is an answer to you.

I don't go to church for that reason. My belief is that we ALL make up the higher power. Each of us (including plants, animals, minerals, everything of nature) makes up a small piece of something larger. There for if there was a ultimate God, we are him, everything around us is him. Seems more real right?

It also gives a value to everything. Making every blade of grass important and purposefull.

That works for me. You just need to find something. Its better to believe something than believe nothing. Life begins to seem so pointless just thinking we're only here, we have no purpose, and theres nothing special or magical about our existance.

Yes, celticcountess November 28 2004, 11:09:53 UTC

I agree, I honestly can't imagine myself not believing in something. I'm hoping to search through more old religions and see which one I like best (I'm trying my best to get to that book "By Oak, Ash, and Thorne" that Sav mentioned.) If in the end, I can't find anything to my liking, I'll just create what I want.

.... rentedneversold November 28 2004, 12:38:13 UTC

If sin is torture...chain me to it's wall.

Re: .... celticcountess November 29 2004, 11:01:45 UTC

Word

organman77 December 19 2004, 19:49:27 UTC

perhaps your pastor's preaching style isn't meant for you...people get emotional about things and express things in ways that don't connect with other people....it's kindof like enya's music...it is true and pure...but doesn't connect with everyone, yet this still does not remove the trueness of the music itself.

Yes. celticcountess December 20 2004, 16:35:15 UTC

I understand what you mean, I've thought the same way and have traveled to over 10 different churches, and it always ends the same. I like how you used Enya as an example, her music is very important to me, I love her, but I've met people who were like "okay.. whatever" about her.

organman77 December 20 2004, 17:45:17 UTC

yeah...perhaps a church of the christian (disciples of Christ) or United Church of Christ...or even Episcopal would be more to your liking...a real formal Episcopal church is kewl with all the insense, candles, and chanting...I like the sort of other-worldly feeling it gives. And Enya's music is very important to me too...I don't think I know many people who don't like her music, though I'm sure they are out there.

Yeah.... celticcountess December 20 2004, 17:56:04 UTC

I've already tried it.. it was the last thing I tried before I just finally gave up on christianity all together. I don't feel connected to god. I look back, and I don't truely love god, I don't have a real relationship with him. I don't even know him. Whether I really believe in him or not or if he even truely exsist, I can't seem to ever love him enough, because I don't know him. Reading the bible isn't enough, and I'm not one to trust what others say about him. I don't judge unless I hear it from the source. And I can't continue with it anymore, and I don't think I can ever go back. I'm already involved in a irish based pagan religion, and I'm actually much happier, I feel at peace and my life has been running smoothly. Of course The questions on how things were created come back up, but I'm knew in what I'm studying and I can't just run crying the other way. for 16 years I've been studying Christianity, in the end I've found nothing and now it's time I search some where else. I'm worn, I'm tired, and I need to be revitalize from ( ... )

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