Silence is not golden, it's a cancer

[leeshadow]

Okay guys I have to warn you know I'm going through a lot of junk. I've been told all my life that if you vent all the time to other people about what is wrong in your life, you will loose friends (thanks mom) but now I feel like my life is simply one huge secret, I can't say anything to anyone,and it hurts. I'm tired of living a lie and telling

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[pacweebles]

god's a very personalized kind of entity, Heather. to mass produce that which one finds sacred is always going to end up being detrimental to someone else. i mean, i know you know i'm not a Christian and have no intent to converting [to any religion, though. remember that. it's organised religion i have problems with, not god], and i'm not seeking to change your faith in any way. in fact, i admire the way you're continuing to stand by a religion that is burdening your heart and soul so, when there are a LOT of religions that have similiar messages [good will to people, worship god, love thy neighbour like thyself, etcetera etcetera]. it's okay to be a faithful person without aligning yourself to the beuracratic nonsense of how other people see god.
ask Jade about her view of god. she's better at articulating her own beliefs than i am, but i suggest you do it in person. she's easier to talk to in person.
but heh. my problem with organised religion is the exclusion of people based on how they see god, or pettier things like

I will keep what you say in mind

[leeshadow]

Forgive me for not being bold enough, or rather too scared to test the water...This might become my undoing...I just need to find something different than what I'm seeing without turing my back on God. After all. it's not HIM that's the problem, it's His people that are bothering me.

Re: I will keep what you say in mind

[pacweebles]

a boy told me today that the worst way to judge a religion is by the people who practise it. ♥

Re: I will keep what you say in mind

[leeshadow]

It's true, sad, but true.