 Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 5:59 PM
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| Hey Grace, I just read your post 14401 and what MBE wrote just blew my mind. What an arrogant woman. It seems my mother developed a few of her traits. Luckily, as a teenager I wasn't too interested in reading a bunch of religious stuff(especially the CS stuff that made no sense). My parents would make me read some of her writings and I would go to my room and sort of just fake the funk. I've always regretted my rebellious years and my drug abuse days, but now I see that at least I was able to get away from CS at a fairly young age because of these factors. I'm ready to unite with the MBE bashers just as I would unite with the Satan bashers. One poster said you can't blame CS for a lot of things...maybe thats true ...but I can blame it for my mothers insensitivity and coldness. CS is at the root. It has to be, because if you don't have Christ at the center of your life...what do you have? I can remember having to read the lesson and my parents saying "Did you mark your lesson for next week....I couldn't stand those metal markers...anyone else out there with a distaste for those metal markers. By reading the Bible like they do I never got a true picture of what it was all about until I left. Years later I tried to talked to my parents about some relevant Bible stories and they had no clue what I was talking about. My parents were also "class taught" whatever that is and they were trying to get me to do the same. All I know if what they had was divine Love I wanted no part of it. Even today my children don't gravitate towards their grandparents and I've asked them why and they have told me its because they are afraid of them. Even children can detect coldness and now I know its not me. The guilt trip is over. CS people need to take responsibility for their actions. Hey, I didn't sign up for this, I was born into it. What's your excuse? Inzane99
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Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:38 PM
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| "I can't believe there are any adults off the streets who would give CS a try unless they are related to the ostrich." I could not have put it better. ...and Rosebud, I have felt a lot like you that why I call myself ... Square Peg
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Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:07 AM
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inzane99 (5/27/2008)
One poster said you can't blame CS for a lot of things...maybe thats true ...but I can blame it for my mothers insensitivity and coldness. CS is at the root. It has to be, because if you don't have Christ at the center of your life...what do you have?
I know many many people who "have Christ at the center of their lives" who are insensitive and cold. Some of the most giving and caring people I know don't even have Christ on the edge of their lives. This is not a good reason to blame CS.
In fact, most CSers I've met have been the most caring and warm people. Growing up, CS equaled kind.
G
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Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:00 PM
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I am a third generation CS, or should I say ex-CS. The torment I have gone through after actually reading the Bible and asking myself where in the world did MBE get her ideas, has been very hard to deal with. I have spent the past 7 1/2 years trying to get myself out of this neglectful thinking, because that is one thing that CS is NEGLECTFUL!!! Before my son was born 7 1/2 years ago, I knew that I could NOT raise my children as CS. I could not let them go through the same unloved childhood that I had experienced,
There was never anything wrong with me according to my mother. Eventhough she was called into my school when I was 12 years old and told that I was suicidal. No, nothing every became of that except I had anxiety attacks for 14 years of my life and all she ever did was get mad at me. I was not the perfect child of God that I was supposed to be.
I actually believe that part of what I experienced was Gods plan. I now attend a Christian Church and LOVE it! I now know the true meaning of being a child of God and what Jesus did for me. I have a very giving heart and in CS that doesn't allow you to do anything because there is no one to give to or help. You see, there is no suffering, tell that to the children of the men who have died in Iraq, tell that to the girls that have their genitalia cut off, tell that to those that died in the Concentration Camps. Yes there is suffering and sin in this world , but God is here to comfort and guide us. He is here to love us and we can love him back. What a different life I would have had if I had known that, but then again, I would not be where I am today.
One other thing that I always experienced as a CS is their "holier than thou" attitude. They know the truth and the rest of us are just poor stupid souls that have it all wrong. I was shocked at how loving people were when I finally decided to go to a Christian Church. It totally opened my eyes and changed my world. I am a different person and a better Christian for having left CS. I have saved my children from total confusion.
I think confusion is one of the major feelings that come to those that are leaving CS. You ask yourself, Will God still love me? Will I still be protected? The answer is YES and then some.
If you are a CS struggling to find your way out, don't give up, just know that you have a long road ahead, but in the end you will not believe where it takes you....straight into the arms of GOD.
God Bless everyone here that is searching for the answers.
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Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:40 AM
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| Anonymous poster #14789, Thanks for sharing. I understand the torment you have gone through as you lived in, then then broke free from Christian Science (see my story, "From Christian Science to Freedom," in the Personal Stories section of the Christian Way web site). And you'er right about your "giving heart" -- it's hard to give to people when they can't recognize their need! I am a different person and a better Christian for having left CS. I have saved my children from total confusion. Yes! My feelings exactly.
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Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:46 AM
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Anonymous (6/18/2008)
I am a third generation CS, or should I say ex-CS. The torment I have gone through after actually reading the Bible and asking myself where in the world did MBE get her ideas, has been very hard to deal with.
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One other thing that I always experienced as a CS is their "holier than thou" attitude. They know the truth and the rest of us are just poor stupid souls that have it all wrong. I was shocked at how loving people were when I finally decided to go to a Christian Church. It totally opened my eyes and changed my world. I am a different person and a better Christian for having left CS. I have saved my children from total confusion.
When you were questioning where MBE got her ideas, did you also ask where the Bible got its ideas? While MBE borrowed from a lot of Eastern religions, the Bible retold a lot of ancient myths.
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I know I've said this elsewhere, but all my still-CS friends are still the nicest people in the world. I have met the Holier Than Thou CSers, but I have also met a lot more Holier Than Thou (And Going To Heaven Unlike Thou) Christians.
G
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Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:59 AM
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While MBE borrowed from a lot of Eastern religions, the Bible retold a lot of ancient myths. Or perhaps the ancient myths are built around real history. For example, there are stories about a huge flood in many ancient cultures, and I have heard someone comment that the Bible just has its own version of the ancient flood story. But it makes more sense to me that, if ancient peoples all over the world had stories about a big flood, perhaps there really was a big flood! 
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Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:16 AM
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Linda (6/19/2008)
While MBE borrowed from a lot of Eastern religions, the Bible retold a lot of ancient myths.
Or perhaps the ancient myths are builtaround real history. For example, there are stories about a huge flood in many ancient cultures, and I have heard someone commentthat the Bible just has its own version of the ancient flood story. But it makes more sense to me that, if ancient peoples all over the world had stories about a big flood, perhaps there really was a big flood!
I don't doubt there was something, what matters is the attachments of meaning to what happened.
G
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Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:47 PM
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Anonymous:
Have you ever really examined the evidence that Jesus Christ is who he says he was? One source you may want to go to is http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/the-case-for-christ.htm.
'Just a thought.
John
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Posted Friday, June 20, 2008 6:33 AM
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Anonymous (6/19/2008)
Anonymous:
Have you ever really examined the evidence that Jesus Christ is who he says he was? One source you may want to go to is http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/the-case-for-christ.htm.
For every website, there is a counterpoint: http://rationalrevolution.net/articles/jesus_myth_history.htm .
G
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