I appreciate your words GC
"First of all you shouldn't have allow their actions to effect your beliefs you had, Christianity is a personal relationship with God and I assure you God's hand is not in the abuse you've endured."
I just wanted to say that I lived with these people and some pretty awful things they did to me in the name of god for 23ish years. I never let their actions influence my faith. It was more a lack of god that got me really studying the bible, a lack of good in the bible that got me really disliking Christianity, and a lot of rational thinking, research, and self reflection that helped me finally let go of the idea that god was a real thing. It's been really good for my mental health.
"First of all you shouldn't have allow their actions to effect your beliefs you had, Christianity is a personal relationship with God and I assure you God's hand is not in the abuse you've endured."
I just wanted to say that I lived with these people and some pretty awful things they did to me in the name of god for 23ish years. I never let their actions influence my faith. It was more a lack of god that got me really studying the bible, a lack of good in the bible that got me really disliking Christianity, and a lot of rational thinking, research, and self reflection that helped me finally let go of the idea that god was a real thing. It's been really good for my mental health.