And this took me to the edge of suicide. I realized that I was a person who asks questions. I was always into philosphical inquiry. and if you are the member of any religion on earth asking questions will get you slapped down. You are supposed to just accept the fairy tale with no scientific views on it at all.
Some people I guess can do this or they pretend to to make money off other people in the church. I wasn't like this at all. If I was going to be an adult member of a church I needed all the answers and so I was slapped down whenever I asked useful questions. I was 21 years old at the time and realized I could no longer be a part of my parents church (my childhood church). This was a bad experience for me and basically turned me against all churches. The problem for me isn't religion it is how they are actually practiced by people who are ignorant and foolish. When you approach God from a fear place you have destroyed your future in many ways already.
No. One should approach God as a Friend and Mentor and like a Father or a mother who is helping you survive better here on earth. So, I realized churches are mostly about money and nothing else whereas your relationship with God is maybe the most personal thing in your life 2nd only to your relationship with your Wife or significant other.
Once I discovered this and learned to live with this harsh reality I was okay. But trying to stay alive through this transition from 21 to 25 when I met and married my first wife was very difficult. But, somehow I succeeded anyway.
Over time I watched members of the church I was in die often very young and were less survivors like myself. So, as time went on I realized I had made the right decision to Love God alone without a church surrounding me.
Don't let ANYONE come between your relationship with God, especially ministers and priests of any religion. Because often they will lead you astray so they can steal all your money and make you crazy in the process.
People can be very well meaning but not good necessarily. It doesn't mean that they are trying to be bad it means that they have so many deep seated psychological problems on so many different levels that if you listen to them at all your life will be very short.
Develop your own personal relationship with God and Angels. This will serve you Best in the short and long run.
By God's Grace
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