No One
Brisbane Australia
This is the first time that I’ve found a site where I am comforable, lost between the ‘I hate’, the splinter groups, and the “Armstrong lives on” supporters. And I don’t know which group scares me more. Reading the below postings, I too can see my upbringing reflected in the stories.
I loved attending church, it was the only form of friendships that were actively encouraged, and it made keeping all the rules easier, they didn’t ask “WHY?” The church activities trying to make up for missing out on all the normal things that teenagers do. How can I explain this love-hate relationship to my partner?
I’m not angry any more, I had to moved on, otherwise I was just letting ‘the church’ win. But I’m confused. I don’t know where my faith has gone. I don’t fit into mainstream religions, I have too many strong beliefs from YES lessons, bible studies etc. It’s not possible to wipe the memory clean of all the religous theory. So I remain a non-believer, or just too scared that I wil be expected to agree with another church’s teaching and that would taste too much like WCG.
As for just attending services, I have too many questions, my beliefs have been left in the air. Unfortunately I don’t even know what is a heretical or truth anymore, or if it even matters, all I know is what feels wrong.
But I do feel better knowing that there are others out there who do understand. Thank you.
regards,
No one.
July 18th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
No One,
Religion is a big unanswerable question. Why do you think there are so many disputes and wars surrounding it. It comes down to personal faith.
However, you can debunk Armstrongist myths once and for all by just doing a little research and reading all the secular histories that HWA didn’t want people to read. The reason he didn’t want sources outside the WCG to be read is because a high school student could point out the inaccuracies, suppositions, things taken out of context and outright lies that HWA told and wrote to found his money-making empire.
Old thoughts die hard but it may give you some peace to prove that British-Israelism, Judaism (basically what HWA taught, a mix of Christianity and old Jewish tradition), and the origins of the Catholic Church as taught by HWA (Simon Magus founded Gnosticism NOT Catholicism) were not only in error, they are impossible. Once you shoot those basic foundational “truths” of HWA down you can begin healing your mind.
Good luck.