Post by cereselle on Jul 1, 2009 19:32:05 GMT -5
Hey all. I'm Cereselle, a liberal bisexual mid-30s woman. I was raised Seventh-Day Adventist, albeit on the liberal side of Adventism (which is comparable to a medium-conservative Catholic).
My life was church every week, private church school every day (public schools teach EVOLUTION OMG), with no friends or relatives outside the religion. In some ways it was freeing-- for example, I never worried about nuclear destruction, because "Jesus won't let that happen." In others, it was stifling-- no "worldly" TV shows or music, no weekend activities that take place on the Sabbath.
In my late teens, I started to question whether being gay was necessarily a bad thing. In college, I was exposed to points of view I'd never considered (even Adventist colleges promote thinking!) and began to figure out my identity as a woman and a liberal. It's true, teach them to think and you can't control 'em anymore!
I remain fascinated by fundamentalist religions and legalism. Some of it horrifies me, like being locked into roles based on gender. Other parts draw me in, like the promotion of domestic arts. I love cooking, sewing, baking, the whole thing. I wear long dresses 90% of the time, because I like the way they look and feel. And there's something very seductive about being able to (theoretically) give up responsibility to a husband. In my marriage, I bear the weight of responsibility for long-range planning and for financial support. Sometimes I fantasize about how nice it would be to just stay at home, sew, cook, and let him worry about the money.
Wow. That is way more than I meant to write. Anyway, I've been lurking on this blog since it began. I probably won't talk much, but I'm reading.
My life was church every week, private church school every day (public schools teach EVOLUTION OMG), with no friends or relatives outside the religion. In some ways it was freeing-- for example, I never worried about nuclear destruction, because "Jesus won't let that happen." In others, it was stifling-- no "worldly" TV shows or music, no weekend activities that take place on the Sabbath.
In my late teens, I started to question whether being gay was necessarily a bad thing. In college, I was exposed to points of view I'd never considered (even Adventist colleges promote thinking!) and began to figure out my identity as a woman and a liberal. It's true, teach them to think and you can't control 'em anymore!
I remain fascinated by fundamentalist religions and legalism. Some of it horrifies me, like being locked into roles based on gender. Other parts draw me in, like the promotion of domestic arts. I love cooking, sewing, baking, the whole thing. I wear long dresses 90% of the time, because I like the way they look and feel. And there's something very seductive about being able to (theoretically) give up responsibility to a husband. In my marriage, I bear the weight of responsibility for long-range planning and for financial support. Sometimes I fantasize about how nice it would be to just stay at home, sew, cook, and let him worry about the money.
Wow. That is way more than I meant to write. Anyway, I've been lurking on this blog since it began. I probably won't talk much, but I'm reading.