Hi GD and welcome!
I agree with JennyA - - - I love the member responses and reading suggestions. PARTICULARLY the Bible. Seriously.
I was raised Pentecostal. I get what you're going through. And being under your parents roof must be tough. Keeping the peace is generally a good idea. Seeing you read the Bible would calm their ruffled feathers, but for all the wrong reasons. You've been taught to read it with belief, prayerfully, after all, this is God's Word, right? Just read it. Read it, but this time ask questions as you go. Start with stories you may have loved as a child - the Exodus (have you ever wondered about God's treatment of the Egyptians in this tale?); or the Flood (have you ever imagined what was supposedly happening to all of the other people - or how Noah got a pair of penguins and polar bears and kangaroos halfway around the world to board his little boat?) - - just read. Read it like any other story.
There are a lot of scientific analysis sites online about the Flood story - new archaeological analysis of the Exodus and the origins of the Hebrews - lots of stuff you can look into without it being a chore. Just go with the questions, go with the flow and don't stress. You'll come to your own conclusions.
I agree with JennyA - - - I love the member responses and reading suggestions. PARTICULARLY the Bible. Seriously.
I was raised Pentecostal. I get what you're going through. And being under your parents roof must be tough. Keeping the peace is generally a good idea. Seeing you read the Bible would calm their ruffled feathers, but for all the wrong reasons. You've been taught to read it with belief, prayerfully, after all, this is God's Word, right? Just read it. Read it, but this time ask questions as you go. Start with stories you may have loved as a child - the Exodus (have you ever wondered about God's treatment of the Egyptians in this tale?); or the Flood (have you ever imagined what was supposedly happening to all of the other people - or how Noah got a pair of penguins and polar bears and kangaroos halfway around the world to board his little boat?) - - just read. Read it like any other story.
There are a lot of scientific analysis sites online about the Flood story - new archaeological analysis of the Exodus and the origins of the Hebrews - lots of stuff you can look into without it being a chore. Just go with the questions, go with the flow and don't stress. You'll come to your own conclusions.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
