Post by freethinker on Jul 5, 2010 10:25:47 GMT -5
Hello from Tn. I am divorced mom of five kids ages 26, 21, 19, 17, 10, and a grandmother of three ages, 3, 1, and 3mths. I grew up all of my life believing in God and still do but.... I tried many religions and was involved with the institution of the Church until my divorce 9 years ago from an abusive husband. I was forced out of the Church because divorce was a sin in there eyes even though me and my children were being abused. This began my journey into finding God for myself outside the realms of the Church. I no longer attend Church. I still believe in God. A God is who loving and kind and so far removed from what the Church told me about God. God did not design us to be little robots following what a group of so called religious nuts told us we had to be and what we had to do. On my own without the restraints of religious people I have become a free thinker. I still choose to believe in God, but not in the God other people tell me I have to believe in. A God who designed us to think for ourselves. I have discovered it's ok to be myself. To think and make decisions for myself. I also have taught my children to think for themselves and make their own decisions about what they believe. The God I know now is kind, good, and loves me just the way I am. He smiles at me when I use the brain he gave me. I am no longer confined by the restrictions of religion. I now walk a path of freedom I will never give up for anyone ever again. And in this new freedom I have found a God who loves me unconditionally and accepts me just the way I am. Thank you for your website.
