thread: 2005-08-05 : Going Home
On 2005-08-06, Chris wrote:
Neither of my parents were religious. But one of my very closest friends was a child of a born-again family, complete with fears that videogames with "ninja magic" were really there to tempt people into devil worship... It affected me deeply. At 7, I would cry myself to sleep fearing that I was going to hell.
I couldn't tell you exactly how over the years, the fear of judgement, sin, hell, and the Judeo-Christian God evaporated for me, but it did. It wasn't necessarily a matter of a new religion taking it's place, as much as it was my own maturation and thinking/feeling out about life.
As it stands now, I have an incredible faith in the existence of the Creator, which was strengthened by letting go of the promises others had made in God's name. My logic was that as I learn more, I do more of what is necessary, more efficiently- so if God is all-knowing, then everything here is a result of necessity. While people talk about purifying souls, or testing for judgement, I have no clue as to the final reason for it all. All I know is that I'm seeing and learning a lot on the way.
For me, I had stopped listening to other people to tell me about God, and just started listening to life itself.
I seem to be more at peace and happier for it.
This makes NinJ go "Judaeo-Christian is a term used by Christians"
... who want to sound inclusive. Don't confuse my inhuman hyperintelligence for your Jesus.
