True Confession
When I was a kid growing up under the steady glare of the grandparents, during the church days, I was beat in the head with the “rapture” sermon.
Occasionally, then and throughout my life, I would wake up and not find anyone in the house. I used to run around frantic that the rapture had indeed taken place and that I had been left behind, beating myself -mentally- in the head for all of my rotten deeds.
Wow…I couldn’t even imagine going through that as a kid.
I don’t think that is right to do to a child. I don’t think putting the “Fear of God” into anyone is right. I think religion is a very personal thing and a personal choice. don’t parents/grandparents know that you can scar a child/person by doing things like that?
OMG!
Wow. So sorry that you had to go through that, ST. It was ridiculous, and cruel. First of all, why do people try to use fear as such a motivator? It’s so short term. Love is so much more evident, and effective.
Second, I don’t think there will be any “rapture”. Revelations is a book of symbolism. But that is just a personal view. It’s always good to look at something from all sides.
You are the greatest!
-kh
Well, if our parents don’t screw us up, I guess the grandparents will. But hey, you have to have something to tell your therapist.
That is something I semi-dealt with growing up… I am thankful to have gotten away from it
Dear, surely you realize our “deeds” have nothing to do with it or we’d ALL be “left behind”! By the way, if you haven’t read the Left Behind series, I HIGHLY recommend it. The first book was a little hard to get into, but about halfway in it grabs you and you’ll be reading them in three or four days each.