Good morning Santiago,
I have a deep sorrow for those that were subjected to religious teachings that have caused so much emotional suffering in their lives. I was brought up under the teachings of Pentacostal doctrine and when I was young they were especially cruel in their methods of programming a young mind.
I wonder if this is(was) a matter of culture or times? I have talked to people of many different denominations,ie Baptists, Church of Christs, Pentecostals, Catholics,and others and all basically can say the same thing. NOT to say all people feel that way in their denominations, cause many grow up perfectly happy, but you know what I mean? As I look back over my raising, I can see where most of my problems in "church" were caused by myself.
Its funny that even today, I can remember getting taught NOT to do many things or I was going to hell, but I don't remember getting taught GRACE. So instead of YES in the LORD I was always hearing(at least in my mind) NO or go straight to hell.
Anyway your comments caught my eye this morning so sorry if I got in your way there.
God Bless,
dan
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