What Growing Up Religious Taught Me

Super conservative Christian, are you asking? Okay, a little. My family is a Roman Catholic. For my own reasons, I am not a religious person now. You ask, what is it like? Too much pity? Are people sprinkling holy water everywhere?

Oh, in fact, my mother spilled a lot of holy water to us. When we were teenagers, she dipped her fingers in the holy water basin, and used it to cross the forehead before we got somewhere. I am 16 years old. You can imagine crouching or suffocation. Many complaints

But this is not sacred than you, I always thank you. My parents had been a gentle Catholic. I grew up in an environment not afraid to talk about difficult things or things that our religious beliefs do not believe. I ended up learning a lot after all, and I will not change it. Here are some of the most important things to live in religious families.

I am lazy. When I was a child, I was a lazy child. But as a Catholic, I know that one thing is reality: Sunday Mass. No matter how much we complain about 11:30 am, we have to go. I remember when I cried my mother and asked why humans have to make a promise. She told us that this is the reality of life and that the world is running regularly, regardless of whether we like it or not.

I will not go to general anymore, but like school I will teach my responsibility and people's responsibilities. My parents asked me to choose whether I would like to go when I grew up. Even if I quit, I appreciate the structure that it gave me over the weekend.

I made many friends by belonging to the church. Our parents know each other, we have fun, or watch each other in the activities of the parish. Let these friends feel relieved as a child of shy. This aspect of the church community made me completely social.

But if you do not agree with others in a particular moral position, you will feel lonely. For me, for young and confused teenagers, the time spent in youth groups is very difficult. I have asked many questions about my beliefs, but everyone seems to agree with everything and they are on the Christian side so I can not hear my voice. Perhaps everyone hides their problems and maybe stick to the idea of ​​the team like me. After all, in our small world the correct age is the most important thing.

I do not agree with everything I learned from that time, but I learned important lessons about my life. I can not treat my children as religion (unless they ask them to go to the masses) but I will definitely provide them with educational activities about the world. I will not accept that time, but that will help me to become my day.

My sister and I have no faith when I grow up. Our parents did not even bring us to the church or teach the meaning of religious festivals. In most cases (a few years ago), I did not know that Easter is related to Jesus. Growing without God also means growing without knowing the existence of demons and ghosts. Our parents did not say that we should not believe them. They are not just interested topics. As I am watching a supernatural movie, I've always heard stories of ghosts, but I have never experienced something that is similar to what it is. This is not that I do not believe in ghosts, I have nothing to compare. Only when my parents divorced, I began to feel different about the whole situation.

I am a religious paranoia; racist, my Bible tells me this is a curse from God. This holy statement destroyed abuse, slavery, and violence. My Bible teaches me to overlook other people. My religious teacher taught me to move away from those who chose different faiths or those who did not believe in our God. My parents ask if my friends have the same conviction. I was taught to judge at a very young age. I was taught to pay my tenth, so when Jesus comes back I will not burn. I believe this. It is full of fear and fear. I am taught to be as perfect as Jesus, as I hate that I am a human being. I do not know what is perfect, but I tried it anyway. I am taught how extraordinary I is, I am part of true religion. All other religions have some truth, but all truth is not like my religion. I believe it because it makes me feel special