Non-Believer Former Members of the Worldwide Church of God

USA
MercynJustice@aol.com

Hello,

My name is Heather Champagne, and I was raised in the WCG from the age of 3. My parents were always much more strict than the church itself, but in my view, everyone’s life is hard, people choose their struggles according to what their souls need to learn, and I chose what I needed to help me recognize my strength and courage to live my truth.

I am now 36, and my belief system has evolved over time to encompass many different pantheons of ideas. In a nutshell, I believe that each living being creates her/his/its own reality. I do not believe it is appropriate to judge anyone else, and that people’s beliefs (or non-beliefs) are, by the very definition, sacred.

I practice solar magick, and sometimes practice earth-based magick, both of them known in the archaic sense as witchcraft, depending upon what I wish to accomplish, calling gods and/or goddesses into my space, but more in the sense of defining an energy pattern rather than worshipping a particular deity. I believe that the energies in us and around us are largely untapped, and when one hooks in with the source of that energy (which I believe is our capacity for love), much can be accomplished to raise the vibration of the planet to one of love and light and peace.

I believe that what most people think of as ‘god’ (with a big ‘g’) is really just all of us -our collective consciousnesses - all connecting in with one another. Since we perceive that core of energy to be so much bigger than our physical existence, our minds attempt to define it as something greater, a kind of ‘creator’ or deity. I believe the capacity for creation and divinity lives inside everyone and everything, and that love is the most powerful force in the universe.

I do not claim to know anything for sure, but this is how I live my life, and it works well for me. I aspire to be transparently loving.

I am open to hearing from others, and sharing stories and knowledge.

Please feel free to email me at MercynJustice@aol.com.

Best,

Heather Champagne

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