Retro Foods Making A Come Back
Food & Drink5 mins ago
Words from the cross by Christ. Can I add a tilt to them. They are supposed to be a fulfillment of the OT, but what if, when Christ uttered them from the cross, that they were more than that and utterly true, i.e. God the Father had momentarily forsaken his son ? Imagine for a moment that Christ in hanging there did indeed take all the badness of all time on his shoulders ? Can you imagine a pain any worse and a love any higher ? Just a thought, but by heck it sticks with me.
No best answer has yet been selected by mfewell. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I wonder if someone had been bought up by scientific parents and had been groomed into a life of science and reason and never been allowed to explore an emotional/spiritual aspect to life; I wonder if they would embrace religion at the first opportunity of freedom?
I'm NOT mocking anyone's problems or upbringings and have the deepest sympathy for those who have had difficult childhoods whether damage by religious behaviour or otherwise; I indeed have my own baggage as I'm sure we all do to a lesser or greater extent.
I'm merely trying to be advocate; just because one set of people have portrayed something in a particular way and have displayed poor choices and behaviours, doesn't meant we are all like that. Indeed, if parents are going to emothionally abuse their children, or abuse them in any other way, I would think they would probably do so whether religious or not. If it were not religion, it would be something else.
A few rotten apples and all that, doesn't make us all abusive parents. And my heart goes out to all who have had a suffering childhood. I hope they can overcome their sufferings and not let parental behaviours force their ways of thinking.
I agree with you too Mib. you should never have had the experience you had. I'm really sorry that you did. If anything, it has made me think very hard about how I am presenting the faith that is a deep part of my life and the way I choose to live (with a husband who is a scientist incidentally!) to my own children. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us, it never hurts us to be reminded that sometimes in our quest to share God, we could be hurtful.
The threat of damnation is never a good way to present a God of Love.
I sincerely hope you can overcome your experiences, for no reason other than you to be able to stop hurting.
Love MimiXX
Ahhhh, Mib: Although we have fundamental differences of opinions about some things, I think you are a little star. Thank you for your post. It was really nice to read. In a forum where debate can be heated it is difficult not take some things personally sometimes, but, it is lovely to find out that we can still see the positive in each other.
You are such a sweetie. Thankyou.