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Here is my very long answer. :)

I was raised fundamentalist Protestant (Southern Baptist) in a family that has become ever-increasingly conservative in worrying ways. The religious upbringing I grew up with racist, sexist, and ignorant. For example, I was told in Sunday school that women could go to college if they really wanted to, but then they should get down to the business of baby-making. My white Sunday's school teacher's son's best friend was a black boy. When he got into some trouble at home, this man told us that he wouldn't allow the best friend to sleep over at their house because he didn't believe white people and black people should sleep under the same roof. Nothing I was ever told about another religion or denomination of Christianity as a child is true, and as this was the pre-internet era, I didn't know any better. This church believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible--the earth is six thousand years old or whatever and science isn't real. The incessant focus on eschatology was also extremely off-putting to me; I don't want to die. I'm not ready for the world to end. I think we have to take care of the world we have now rather than use it up because The End is Near. Lots of focus on hell. I would pray the salvation prayer every night as a child just in case I didn't do it right and it didn't stick so I would go to hell. Also, the intersection of conservative politics (which IMHO espouse the exact opposite of Christianity) with protestant christianity was enough to make me back button out of there as soon as I could.

I become really disgusted really early only with Christianity. I remember being six years old and being super upset because I loved my stuffed animals but not an intangible god I couldn't see. I stayed after the service to talk to the pastor who dismissed my concerns naturally.

My husband is Catholic, and when I met his family I saw that being Christian doesn't automatically mean being a racist, sexist asshole. His parents were heavily involved in the Civil Rights movement in their youth. His mom worked in government for equality. When I went to church with them, I saw black people and Asian people and Indian people. There was a focus on community over individualism. PRIESTS HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE TO LEARN THEIR SHIT; NO DUMBASS IDIOT CAN JUST BE CALLED BY THE SPIRIT AND START PREACHING. Even though the track record on women and gay people in the Catholic church is shitty IMHO, I think that's changing too. yay new pope!!!!

Also wow that's a lot of typos.

LOL

Also, I can't get over the trauma of how I was raised to truly believe in anything. I feel bereft because I would like to have a spiritual anchor and I do not. I'm terribly afraid of dying, terribly afraid I'm going to hell, and unable to truly believe in Christianity even though we are raising our children in the Catholic church.

AYRT

Ouch, I'm sorry you went through all that. I won't lie, I haven't heard a whole lot of good things about the Southern Baptists [my mother's family was S.B. and I've heard some...interesting stories].

Yeah, the new pope seems pretty awesome! While I'll admit, that yeah. The church's current stance on gay rights/women sucks, and I'm looking forward to that changing, albeit slowly. I think Pope Francis is what the Church needs right now, if nothing else to bring it's focus back on to where it should be.

And, for whatever it's worth, you've always seemed like a awesome, good, person. And I think that'll count more for where you end up than following any strict "Do this, this and this!" rules will.

Awwwwww, thank you. *hugs* You are very kind to say that. I needed to hear it.

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