RE: Newbie
June 25, 2012 at 1:03 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2012 at 1:05 pm by Whateverist.)
What a charming intro! I'm proud to have claimed your reputation cherry .. yes I give out on the first post, sometimes. That doesn't make me easy, mind you.
I cannot directly relate to what you're going through as I was through with religion before I left elementary school. I can only imagine how deep it gets if you carry it into adulthood. New gang members are sometimes required to kill someone. I think proselytizing as an adult probably serves the same function, in terms of making it harder to leave.
Your writing is wonderful enough to make me think I can imagine what that must be like. I appreciate how open you are about how you cope with feelings and habitual thoughts that continue to emerge even though intellectually you've made the leap. (I think that goes to show there is more to us than intellect.) I'm rooting for you to make it all the way to the other side with all your dimensions -feelings, emotions, thoughts- in tact and in agreement.
I cannot directly relate to what you're going through as I was through with religion before I left elementary school. I can only imagine how deep it gets if you carry it into adulthood. New gang members are sometimes required to kill someone. I think proselytizing as an adult probably serves the same function, in terms of making it harder to leave.
Your writing is wonderful enough to make me think I can imagine what that must be like. I appreciate how open you are about how you cope with feelings and habitual thoughts that continue to emerge even though intellectually you've made the leap. (I think that goes to show there is more to us than intellect.) I'm rooting for you to make it all the way to the other side with all your dimensions -feelings, emotions, thoughts- in tact and in agreement.
