- Aug 26, 2007
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It's not fair, i can't go to church anymore. I admit it, I have misbehaved in church as a child and teen. I used to draw in church, when I was little I would fidget or fall asleep or yawn. And then when I was older, I was so sensitive to the message I would cry. I have not been back to church in several years. I grew up going to Southern Baptist churches, I have been to Methodist and Lutheran churches. I was going off and on to a church, my parents did not like the way the people dressed, it was very casual, the problem was my parents and I considered the way the young women dressed to revealing, to loose, not appropriate of Christian women. The pastor's secretary wore a low spaghetti strap blouse, revealing a lot of cleavage, her shoulders and back. and a short skirt, it could have been a short dress with spaghetti straps.
Anyway, it was a young people's church, my parents did not like it. I started taking art lessons with a kind, understanding smart elderly Christian lady artist. She taught me a lot, not just a lot about art, but about the Lord and the Bible and some good books, and she understood about my mental illness and my sister's mental illness, she was so patient and compassionate. I behaved very badly a few times, and she forgave me, when other people would have given up on me. Well, eventually she died and went on to her heavenly reward. She tried to convince me and my Dad to go to her Methodist church. I have been to that Methodist church a few times, but not since she died, it has been almost five years.
I can't drive due to my mental illness. I take art lesson in the week at the local visual arts center. My mom sleeps during the morning hours, she stays up late at night. I watch Dr. Charles Stanley on Sunday as my Sunday 'church' my dad get chicken on Sunday. We don't go to church anymore.
One of the problems going to church is politics. My parents and I are democrats. We strongly dislike the president, Mr. Trump. he lies so much, he is a megalomaniac. he does not behave like a decent human being, and he certainly does not behave like a Christian, trump has never said anything about being a Christian. I don't understand why 'evangelicals' like him. Those people are like pharisees. So many baptists have chased after trump. Shame on them! They should act more like Jesus Christ instead of like pharisee hypocrites. I don't want to go to a church where they sing the praises of trump. Trump should be booed, not praised. This just might be the biggest reason why I do not go back to church, and it is a shame, because politics and religion should be separated.
Anyway, it was a young people's church, my parents did not like it. I started taking art lessons with a kind, understanding smart elderly Christian lady artist. She taught me a lot, not just a lot about art, but about the Lord and the Bible and some good books, and she understood about my mental illness and my sister's mental illness, she was so patient and compassionate. I behaved very badly a few times, and she forgave me, when other people would have given up on me. Well, eventually she died and went on to her heavenly reward. She tried to convince me and my Dad to go to her Methodist church. I have been to that Methodist church a few times, but not since she died, it has been almost five years.
I can't drive due to my mental illness. I take art lesson in the week at the local visual arts center. My mom sleeps during the morning hours, she stays up late at night. I watch Dr. Charles Stanley on Sunday as my Sunday 'church' my dad get chicken on Sunday. We don't go to church anymore.
One of the problems going to church is politics. My parents and I are democrats. We strongly dislike the president, Mr. Trump. he lies so much, he is a megalomaniac. he does not behave like a decent human being, and he certainly does not behave like a Christian, trump has never said anything about being a Christian. I don't understand why 'evangelicals' like him. Those people are like pharisees. So many baptists have chased after trump. Shame on them! They should act more like Jesus Christ instead of like pharisee hypocrites. I don't want to go to a church where they sing the praises of trump. Trump should be booed, not praised. This just might be the biggest reason why I do not go back to church, and it is a shame, because politics and religion should be separated.