Religion/denominations - what made you walk away?

[ISUKappa]

Originally posted by 33girl
In theory, ELCA is very similar to LCMS, except women are allowed to be pastors. In practice, that may be another story.

Meh. Y'all are a buncha long-haired hippy freaks with your women Pastors and your "we let everyone commune with us!" ideals. But you still rock the jell-o and the hot-dishes, so ELCA can't be all bad.

[pinkyphimu]

why i left the catholic church...

i went to catholic school grades k-8. i switched from one school to another in grade 7.

1. age 8- got in trouble on a monday for not attending church the day before. when i said that my parents didn't take me, the nun told me i should have walked.

2. age 10- we were discussing the israelites being called the chosen ones and i asked if they were the chosen ones, then why do we (as catholics) say that we are the only right religion and everyone else is going to hell. i got in trouble for asking.

3. somewhere before grade 7- we had a children's mass on the first friday of every month which was solely attended by the children of the school, the parents of the kids we were
readers and maybe a few little old ladies. the homily was all about how jesus wanted us to give more money to the church. the priest actually related it back to the bible.

4. age 13- i had already switched schools and was becoming a little more comfortable with this school's take on religion. then, a nun, who i totally respected until this incident, told us in health class that if a woman is raped and gets pregnant it is because she enjoyed it. i just about fell out of my chair. this was the last straw for me.

today, i am a "maria-ist." essentially, i believe in god and jesus. i believe that god is not in a building, but is always with you. i also believe that you have to be a good person 100% of the time, not just the 45 minutes you are in a church (as many people believe.) i have felt drawn to judaism, but have not done enough research to decide if i truly would be able to convert.

[Tom Earp]

So, does one wonder, is a Relegion a Communist, Pinko Prevert conspirsicy to under mine the relationship of of the Eveloution Movement as what is The Hot Topic for the Schools Systems in Kansas.

OOh My God, who said God did what he did in 6 days and rested on the 7 th.

Gentiles figure Sunday is the Day for rest.

OOH My god, who told God how long a day was?

OOH, is there really a boat on top of Arrafat? Or what ever!

Well, I guess it is all Bull Shit!

Beleive what you may, it is in the eye of the beholder!

[Imperial1]

I stopped calling myself a Christian/Baptist about 4 or 5 years ago and became a free spirit in search for another way. I still attended church and then I stopped attending a little while back. Since then, I've been doing research and finally found another religious path to take. My reason for leaving Christianity is because they aren't about God anymore and I realize they never were. They spend too much of their time criticizing and judging people for what that do and what they believe in, that it takes away the purpose of being a christian. And also, as I did my research I realized that there was something that I never did take within myself into believing that Jesus was the only way and never did I ever believe nor treat him as he was God himself. Therefore, the Holy Trinity never made sense to me and I realize that even as a Christian, I never believed in it. So that be the case, I now reject the Trinity. GOD is GOD, and any other being is not.

Imperial1