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Originally Posted by fringed n fab
And that is why I could never step foot again in a conventional church. For "people like me" we're already condemned to hell and banished from Heaven before we even enter the door. It's no wonder some people just go kill themselves over so much frustration from being told they're some defect of humankind or that they're wrong for being what they are. It's nice to know that yes, our God is an all loving God who loves every one of us and couldn't possibly "hate" us because he just doesn't have it in him to do so. Which is what I started to feel years ago before I even started reading it elsewhere. You say it's all hokey and untrue or unfounded, the dead talking about this. Well what if it IS true about Heaven and how God is supposed to be from ones already gone who are already up there? And that's why I'll listen to a lot of this. It only makes sense that God's not really a being to fear. That he loves us all no matter what. Churches and some of their teachings have taught so many that He's something to fear and He's this unapproachable being and I don't think so at all anymore. I think He's there for all of us if we just let him in. It's puzzling how church can actually turn a person away from God instead of actually making one feel comfortable and bringing them in.
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I'm glad that you can still have faith in God and that his 'followers' haven't ruined it for you. I like what you said about how it's puzzling how church can turn people away from God instead of bringing them in. That's how most churches seem to operate here. Be 'one of us' or stay away! I'm Wiccan and my husband is as well. We have found crosses set up on our lawn (thankfully not burning) and have had mail sent to us that said some not so great things about us (it wasn't signed). I think the only thing that keeps trouble away now is that we let our son go to church with his grandfather.