tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post4801684937192830990..comments2023-10-17T10:25:57.853-04:00Comments on learning my lines. . .: Losing My Religion. . . .Walt Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16502588185280592205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-51130646964163631612010-06-01T11:04:48.013-04:002010-06-01T11:04:48.013-04:00this article has been weighing on me since i read ...this article has been weighing on me since i read it last week. I keep thinking about my personal experience and wonder if there are other like me. i was raised in a christian family and went to a christian school my whole life. I even decided to go to a bible college to pursue a degree in youth ministry. i loved what i did an was very involved in the church.<br /><br />i studied the bible every semester of my college career under many professors. and i learned a lot. but college was such a struggle. today the best thing i can say about college is that i made it out ALIVE. i lost my religion somewhere in bible college. i got hurt by the church and the college. i felt alone and abandoned. <br /><br />i did graduate from bible college and i'm happy to say i have a liberal arts degree. i enjoy the field i work in and i'm glad this is where my journey has taken me.<br /><br />you can do all the right things to keep a kid active in there religion but they can still walk away from it. sometimes it even has to do with how the church treats them and that saddens me.Amberlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570886161088483923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1735040292604331611.post-37178319872426465182010-05-27T11:29:27.017-04:002010-05-27T11:29:27.017-04:00Walt, such a timely article. In my third year of c...Walt, such a timely article. In my third year of college my world has been turned upside down. I now realize that the ONLY reason I believe what I believe, is that I was TAUGHT it. Solely being taught something does not make it the truth. Every belief - Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc. would then have the right to declare their belief as the the "right one". If I or you was adopted as an infant by a practicing Jewish couple we would now be a believer in Judaism, just as strongly as we believe in Christianity. Again, being taught something does not make it the truth.<br /><br />Was I brainwashed growing up? I attended Church and Sunday School every week, Youth Fellowship Sunday night, Wednesday night services, Summer Vacation Bible School, two week summer Christian camp, and a Christian grade and high school. Can you say " indoctrination" ? I am thoroughly confused.Tammy Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16466935829181293370noreply@blogger.com