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Venting about the church, stop me if I'm wrong but it's been too long

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Keldude83

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Don't mean to be rude here but I grew up in the Episcopal church, and like many churches, i'm assuming, i was brainwashed horribly into believing everyone who wasn't Christian was a sinner. I was told I was evil for masturbating or engaging in any sexual action. I was told I was evil for having aggression and anger. I was told I was a heretic, a heathen and a liar simply for being myself.

The church has done plenty of damage, not just to me, but to millions. MILLIONS of people have suffered at the hands of poor leadership in the church. We have been REPRESSED and STARVED of anything remotely spiritual in nature.

I am sick of the church. I want it gone. I didn't deserve to be punished. I wasn't being insolent, rebellious, or standoffish. I was being myself. And I was hurt because of it. I was molested and sexually abused. I was beaten and bloodied. Who's going to pay for that?

Prayers and blessings,
Kelley
 
Keldude83 said:
Who's going to pay for that?

Prayers and blessings,
Kelley
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Hi Kelly , i want you to know that my heart cries for you and i want you to know that Jesus was punished for those sins. It was finished , it was payed already and in His name it is time for you to shine. Darkness will never win again in your life. Hold on to Jesus, ok? Welcome to CFnet:wave
 
=Keldude83;632176]Don't mean to be rude here but I grew up in the Episcopal church, and like many churches, i'm assuming, i was brainwashed horribly into believing everyone who wasn't Christian was a sinner. I was told I was evil for masturbating or engaging in any sexual action. I was told I was evil for having aggression and anger. I was told I was a heretic, a heathen and a liar simply for being myself.

The church has done plenty of damage, not just to me, but to millions. MILLIONS of people have suffered at the hands of poor leadership in the church. We have been REPRESSED and STARVED of anything remotely spiritual in nature.

I am sick of the church. I want it gone. I didn't deserve to be punished. I wasn't being insolent, rebellious, or standoffish. I was being myself. And I was hurt because of it. I was molested and sexually abused. I was beaten and bloodied. Who's going to pay for that?

Prayers and blessings,
Kelley
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Christ has already PAID the Price the entiltes you to MERIT [as in hear, then obey what he taught] and therefore join Him in heaven.

I am TRULY sorry about your abuse.

But my friend what is done; is DONE and can not be undone. So the question you ought to ask yourself is where do I go from here?

Perhaps a note on WHY God permits EVIL [God is "All GOOD THINGS" Perfected] is approiate here.

God in an absolute sense cannot CAUSE evil; but does permit it with the possibility of a GOOD comming from it. So it would seem you can continue to wallow in your abuse and allow it to CONSUME you; or you can do what Jesus Teaches us in HIS Prayer: "FORGIVE US out trasspasses [ONLY to the extent] as we FORGIVE ALL others for the abuses they have infilcted on us; for the deep pain they have caused us; becuase in doing so we ENABLE Christ to actually FORGIVE US and the wrongs we have or may have inflicted.

Both forgiveness and LOVE are OUR personal choice. One heals us the other consumes us. I will include you in my daily prayers,

May God guide you in humity to His Joy and His Peace. FORGIVING starts with forgiving ourselves. AMEN!

God Bless you my friend!:pray

Patrick68
 
Keldude83 said:
Don't mean to be rude here but I grew up in the Episcopal church, and like many churches, i'm assuming, i was brainwashed horribly into believing everyone who wasn't Christian was a sinner. I was told I was evil for masturbating or engaging in any sexual action. I was told I was evil for having aggression and anger. I was told I was a heretic, a heathen and a liar simply for being myself.

The church has done plenty of damage, not just to me, but to millions. MILLIONS of people have suffered at the hands of poor leadership in the church. We have been REPRESSED and STARVED of anything remotely spiritual in nature.

I am sick of the church. I want it gone. I didn't deserve to be punished. I wasn't being insolent, rebellious, or standoffish. I was being myself. And I was hurt because of it. I was molested and sexually abused. I was beaten and bloodied. Who's going to pay for that?

Prayers and blessings,
Kelley
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Well, welcome to the forum. :wave, and your right; The church has hurt some people.

The subject of "the church" has come up a few times here in the forum lately.

From a Christian perspective we are all sinful by nature. The nature of man is sin. However, the church is subordinate to Christ, but unfortunately sometimes "it" thinks it is Christ :lol....There was a famous theologian who once said, and this is the second time in this week I've felt the need to post this, ...."the church is a whore, but she is my mother." what this famous theologian meant by this, is that the church often institutionalizes itself so much in the culture that it forgets it's place, and does more damage than good, even though it's intention is good.

My advice is to follow Jesus Christ...not so much the church, but love the church. Be a part of the church for Christ sake, not for the churches sake. :)

That make sense?
 
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