Posted: Apr 24, 2017 6:26 pm
PensivePenny wrote:John Platko wrote:
I don't know about your culture, but my culture won't let that old story go - and that gives it a relevance of its own.
Keep at it, you might be surprised one day that you managed to let it go. It took me a long time. Parts of it are still there, I suppose... like a wolf in the treeline I was once more fearful of than warranted. I grew up in a very religious, non-denominational church that grew out of the American reformation that spread in the 19th century. No bloody images though... that was idol worship.
Oh you got a watered down dose, no kissing wounds on pictures of corpses like the alter boys are doing at the end of this:
I haven't been to church since I became a self-identified "agnostic" only because of the fear I felt at being an "atheist."It took me 15 or so years to get to that point and another dozen or so to where I am today. I was excommunicated ultimately... including my own family. Undoing the damage done by all the brainwashing is the greatest challenge I've faced in my life. One must be diligent at recognizing the leftover remnants and work to dispel them, but it is worth it.
Ahhh. So that's what you're doing here, trying to scrub the last bits off? I'm quite sure indelible ink was used to imprint my Catholicism. The best I can do is reimagine the image and go from there. And it's not all bad, in fact, the best lessons I ever learned in life came via my religion - in spite of the garbled way that lesson was taught.