Kaytee

Very true, and lol about the Baptists I have heard that too. I know its just a joke, so no baptists come attack me now lol

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.:Kalli Rae:.

I was baptised at about the age of 7-8. I went to church every Sunday and Wednesday for years but then when I was a teen I stopped going, I didn't want to do it 1/2 way. There were so many people I went to class with and they would go to church and be "good little kids" but then would go out and party and sleep around. I thought my soul would be in better shape if I just did whatever I was going to do and not go to church than be so completely 2 faced about it.

My dad scared me really bad for a lot of years about my baptism and I don't want that to happen to my kids so I am not going to baptise them unless they are ready and want to. My dad told me that if I get baptised and then sin its worse than just sinning. If I sin after the baptism I will go to hell, there is no saving after that. When I realized that I sinned I gave up on it, figured I was going to hell no matter what. Now I don't go to church and I don't know if I believe in the All-Knowing All-Powerful God. I am a good person and keep my karma in check because I believe there is Something, I just don't know what it is. I am pretty sure there is a "Heaven/Hell" but again I don't know what it is. I don't believe it is paved in gold behind a pearly gate but thats just me.

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Amber

Tell yer dad that after you've been saved, God sees no sin, only the Blood of Jesus.

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Aunt

it is strange. I was baptised and raised nominally catholic. I stopped going to mass years ago and have explored a number of faiths and ideologies. My niece was raised catholic and taken to mass regularly and sent to catholic school. in the interests of continuity i take her to mass from time to time because it is what her mom would want (around once a month) As an adult i have found a certain beauty in the ritual of church going and often feel a sort of peace from going. This has surprised me. Especially since I really dont agree with much of what the catholic faith teaches. But faith is a deeply personal thing. dont think anyone can tell another what do do here.

Kaytee

great post! I am the same way. Right now I go to an Episcapal church, we are breaking away though. For whatever reason, its not my concern. I love the services and the people. We worship God and his son. That is what is important. People who are Christians but don't go to church are not bad people or whatever, that is not what I want to say. But when they say they don't go because of organized religion, need to step back and fsearch out a church home. There is one out there for them. You don't have to be involved in church politics to have a church home, but the peace you will feel when you go is magiacal

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budnkota

hhmmm.. some food for thought on here. I am not sure how to describe what I mean and am a little concerned that it's going to come out in a way that I don't mean...
First off, I am not and I won't for my son. We are not a member of a church, but when he's old enough, he will select for himself what he wants to do.

I am not one for wearing of religion on the coat sleeve. I don't follow any specific religion (because I think there are elements of truth in all, but no one will ever get it all right), but I do not beleive that God wants people cheaply advertising their faith (bumper stickers, license plates). And there is a lot of that. I believe that it is the most personal thing in the world, and is not meant to be a public performance. To me, that's what things like baptism are. Just a show. That doesn't mean that people can't share their beleifs- we have a Meals on Wheels friend whose husband in a pastor. We've participated in several events at her church to which she has invited us. She is really the poster woman for sharing her faith in an appropriate manner.

I'm suprised about hte baptist stereotype, b/c I am very, very impressed with the community mindedness of this baptist church. it's a huge facility with a community center that offers free admission to the pool, gym, etc every sunday afternoon, has a free community skate park, offers a extensive food pantry and clothing program for people in need. They've come into where I work and volunteered to paint, clean - work their bottoms off. They also have a school at their facility which is a colloaboration of 11 (?) denominations working in partnership to educate these kids K3-12 and is highly successful, with SAT scores 40 pts above state average and many times #1 in Istep scores. It seems that if you were elitist about your particular beleifs, you wouldn't be welcoming others to share your efforts.

Dadu2004

I have a Christian keychain, wear Christian shirts and have a cross at my work desk and in my car. I have crosses in my home and other Christian symbols surrounding me. For me, it's not to publically display my faith...it's to remind me of the faith that I should be practicing. It reminds me of how to act as a follower of Christianity, and that Christ is with me. I would suspect that's how the majority of people think...we all need reminders of how to live according to our Christian priciples, as we're fallable human beings.

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Kaytee

same here

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budnkota

I can agree with the key chain and the crosses on your desk. but am guessing you don't spend a lot of time looking down at the shirt you are wearing, so how is that reminding you of your faith vs an advertisement of it?
6 mo after 9/11, I did an interview about the proper way to display a flag, and something the man said has stuck with me. He was talking about how it's become common for athletes to wrap flags around themselves (not a good thing) and how inappropriate bumper stickers, flag jackets and tshirts were to the flag code. I'd have to go back and reread the story to remember all the details, but you are supposed to destroy (generally burn) a flag that has touched the ground, because that is a move of surrender and it is better to burn that flag that to surrender the ideas for which it stands.
So if this kind of respect should be given to a flag, shouldn't your religious icons, whatever they may be, held to an even higher level of respect and honoring?

meow_173

Just on a humourous note.....does anyone watch Last Comic Standing? And were they completly furrious when God's Pottery didn't win??

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