(January 10, 2016 at 10:51 am)Sal Wrote:(January 6, 2016 at 12:00 am)*Deidre* Wrote: I'm sorry you suffered like that. Why do you think it took you four years to shed your belief? Was there anyone in your life that you were afraid of disappointing? Just wondering.Sorry for late reply. It was simply the fear of Hellfire that kept me clinging onto faith and trying to square the circle of faith and the Bible that kept me for 4 years adamant in accepting the truth; that the Bible was a man-made book and some desert goat-herders had made a deity in their image.
I mostly didn't want to disappoint my parents, I guess. From their POV, they are trying to save my immortal soul so it's understandable that they would try their darndest to try to "save" me, from my POV they're virtual prisoners of their own beliefs.
I'm exactly where you are. My father is a pastor. Yes, I grew up having to answer "What's it like being a PK?" over and over again. I hated being defined by that label. None the less, my parents were/are good people who just tried to do what is best for me. I have brought questions and concerns to their attention, but so far not the conclusion I've reached, that it's all BS.
Two questions:
1. I'm assuming your parents know now... how did they take it?
2. How long before every trace fear of damnation left you? That's still something that pops in my mind a lot. "What if I'm wrong?"
