I was raised Southern Baptist, then my parents moved right-ward into Pentecostal wacko land.
I tried to hold onto my beliefs for decades. I still play the organ for one Catholic Mass each weekend, and for 25 years I was playing 3-4 services each weekend.
I'm kind of a perpetual scholar though. I like Scientific American and Discover and books on comparative religion and philosophy. And the more I studied, the more the Bible passages sounded ludicrous. I clearly remember one service where I was just holding my head and moaning over one reading. I actually asked a choir friend if she thought the reading was something to celebrate. Because the story I heard was pure evil.
I've been known to say that scientific facts kicked my dogma to the curb. Poor dogma. All gone.
I tried to hold onto my beliefs for decades. I still play the organ for one Catholic Mass each weekend, and for 25 years I was playing 3-4 services each weekend.
I'm kind of a perpetual scholar though. I like Scientific American and Discover and books on comparative religion and philosophy. And the more I studied, the more the Bible passages sounded ludicrous. I clearly remember one service where I was just holding my head and moaning over one reading. I actually asked a choir friend if she thought the reading was something to celebrate. Because the story I heard was pure evil.
I've been known to say that scientific facts kicked my dogma to the curb. Poor dogma. All gone.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
