Comments | sparkledrop: letter to god

sparkledrop

letter to god

Jul 14, 2005 23:46

Dear God ( Read more... )

Comments 12

stikes July 15 2005, 05:52:17 UTC

define church
define religion

then

define spirituality (sp)

2 seperate things

one is conformist

one is personal

crazyfoolstubbs July 15 2005, 06:29:00 UTC

lame. what church?

sparkledrop July 18 2005, 02:49:21 UTC

The Church of Jesus Christ...did you just delete your livejournal?

crazyfoolstubbs July 18 2005, 20:07:20 UTC

yes i did momentarily i had someone copying and pasting things from my private entries and emailing them to people, lame right? but i decided to reactivate it because ive had this journal for over a year and dont feel like starting a new one

uncrtntyprncpl July 15 2005, 11:24:53 UTC

The Church of Satan welcomes every one, there can be no exclusions.

sparkledrop July 18 2005, 02:50:06 UTC

Are you a member?

I overreacted, and I'm still going to continue investigating this one...but I'd be open to checking out that Church as well.

uncrtntyprncpl July 18 2005, 03:24:10 UTC

I'm not a member, I have no particular religious affiliation. I hold all religions and all their followers in the same esteem. But the Church of Satan, despite being a little strange, is actually a pretty accepting church.

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sparkledrop July 18 2005, 02:52:24 UTC

No, but it was really disheartening listen to one of my best friends rip it to shreds when I said I thought about being baptised there. She sent me a bunch of links to information about things that have gone on in the church, not painting a great picture. And right now, I know I wouldn't be accepted if they knew all the things I disregarded as their rules.

But...they're not asking...and I'm not telling. And I'm not really sure about this, anyway.

Convoluted enough for you to follow? =)

xmorningxrosex July 15 2005, 12:44:15 UTC

mind if i ask which church it was (if it was in the madison area that is?) and what faith you're looking for? I might know of some more open-minded ones... :)

sparkledrop July 18 2005, 02:54:12 UTC

It was the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. But they didn't tell me I couldn't be a part, I just had a huge problem (and still somewhat do) with some of their church laws.

I'm not really looking for a type of faith, exactly. I guess I'm just looking for it to make sense, whatever "it" is.

If you have any ideas, I'd be glad to take them.

xmorningxrosex July 18 2005, 03:09:20 UTC

Perhaps Unitarian Universalism? I think that's probably the most open-minded church out there - some members are gay (which wouldn't have happened in my ex-church), pagan, agnostic, open-minded christians, etc. They seem to accept and welcome everyone to worship whatever it is that you worship together. So it wouldn't be strict, and you'd still get the same fellowship and faith-sharing that you would in other churches. Or if there's a particular faith you have in mind but want something more open-minded, check with the campus area churches...they have to be pretty open-minded I think to get college students to go. good luck!