RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 9:40 am
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2014 at 9:43 am by dsquared.)
(June 9, 2014 at 5:25 pm)Jose Wrote: dsquared: What theology or religion did they practice in that church? In Christianity, sex is a gift given by God, it becomes sinful when you practice it out of marriage. And socializing with girls is not sin, neither feeling attraction towards them.
Roman Catholic. I meant to write they say sex before marriage is bad. That idea always made me feel guilty about sex.
(June 10, 2014 at 8:59 am)RobbyPants Wrote: For me it was mostly a fear of hell and a lot of depression when I tried to figure out what was wrong with me for not believing it.
Also, it did plant some good old-fashioned homophobia in me during my young adult years, and during that time, I voted for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in my state. It passed. Obviously, my vote wasn't the deciding factor, but I did my part on voting for that stupid amendment. On the plus side, at least it looks like it might get overturned in the near future!
I think you nailed it on the head right there...depression via trying to figure out what was wrong with me for not believing.
