Comments:

SBD - 2008-07-13 19:27:23
Here's the thing. I agree wholeheartedly with you. If it were my mother, I would be outraged that she would think it OK to stand up, not to hundreds of people (not cool, but whatever), but in front of my CHILD, and belittled me. See, that's just off limits in my book. If you have some issue with my lifestyle, take it up with me and we can discuss it. But do not think it's OK to cause my child distress or confusion about how he should think or feel about the person who made him. What a giant brain screw. Not cool.
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Myra - 2008-07-13 19:29:34
Amen! ...And thanks. Brainscrew. Excellent word for it, 'cause that's just what it is.
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artgnome - 2008-07-13 22:02:30
You know me, Myra, and you know where I stand on the whole thing. People that go around judging others, humiliating and embarrassing others and thinking they are better than others are not true Christians, and are in for some serious surprises on their own particular judgment day before our God. Your mother belongs to the "Christian" culture, not true Christianity. I doubt that most Americans have any idea what true Christianity is. I practice the things your mother is screaming about, but I don't make a big show of it, or condemn others for what they do. It is for the Holy Spirit to convict hearts about sin, not us. Only God knows our hearts about things. "Christian" people that are trying so hard to fix others are people that do not want to deal with their own sins, failures, and shortcomings in life. It's so much easier to focus on someone else. Again, this is not faith, it's common dysfunctional denial and reflective guilt. I hope this helps. I will pray for your parents and that God will reach them through all that brainwashed nonsense they are spouting. xo
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MyraMains - 2008-07-13 23:41:05
Thanks, Art. Mom means this stuff she is saying. It's really cut and dried: if you'd consider having sex with someone without being married to them (or if you like that song, or watch that show, or read that book...) then you're going to go to hell, because you don't know Christ. And she reads Jesus stuff all the time. She LIVES this stuff she says. I don't read Jesus stuff all the time. I like Stephen King. I, upon occasion, think perverted thoughts...and I have NO desire WHATSOEVER to watch the 700 Club or read anything at all by Kreflo Dollar. In fact, the very NAME Kreflo Dollar makes me feel nauseated. Dude...she might be right about me. Maybe that's why I'm so pissed off. I've asked God to MAKE me like those things. It isn't happening. I am fooked.
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artgnome - 2008-07-14 00:16:35
I'd rather chew glass than watch or read Kreflo Dollar. Or any other TV evangelist besides Billy Graham, God bless his honest and true soul. What your mother lives is called legalism. It's about following rules and not following a personal intimate relationship with God. What she believes and is doing is NOT real Christianity. She is being led around by the nose by false leaders who look out for their own notoriety and glory rather than God. It's also a control system. God is not in such behavior. Even if she was right about you, she is still not going about addressing it in the right way. God made you, who you are, for a very specific reason. He has made us all different, for different purpose, for different reasons. God is so much more than what these narrow minded kind of people misrepresent Him to be. God also gave us free will. When ANY human tries to take that from you, they are in direct disobedience to God. We are called to be witnesses, examples, not spiritual police. I'm available to talk with you about all this any time, girl, any time. Email me and I will give you my phone number, if you like. k? k.
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MyraMains - 2008-07-14 01:53:10
Art, I appreciate what you're saying, and you're right about the control system and the fact that God's bigger than people give Him credit for, but I must clarify something, for my Mom's sake: Kreflo Dollar is simply a name I identify with the nauseating spectacle of religion. He is not by any means my mother's guru or even anyone she ever forced me to endure. (Jimmy Swaggart, on the other hand...whole nother story. Bleah.) So, Mom's over the top about God and all, but she's not nuts. She just believes there's a teeeeeeny path, and you have to be disciplined as hell to stay on it, and I, apparently, am bumbling along in the ditch. That being said, I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me. You are a sweet person. I'd hug you, but I don't want to get any heathern on you. hehehee
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Brian - 2008-07-15 20:06:22
Everybody's version of God is different. The version I like least is the one people try to shove down my throat or otherwise force upon me, because, that is NOT what God is. Far as what your mom did? Out of line. No matter how much she is devoted to HER god, what she did was totally uncalled for. WTF is Kreflo Dollar? Am I better off not knowing?
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Myra - 2008-07-15 22:11:30
Oh, my gosh. I'm so embarrassed. Upon inspection, I found that I not only had the wrong guy, I'm spelling his NAME wrong, too. It's Creflo Dollar, and he IS an evangelist, but not the one I'm thinking of. The one I'm thinking of is white, with crazy white hair and he screeches and yells and stuff. I probably blocked it out because it was too horrible. My apologies to Creflo, even though he is probably a douche, too. The shame.
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Brian - 2008-07-16 16:08:57
heh, spelling or no, I still gotta g00000gle the guy to find out wtf he is. My first impression? His last name spells out his bottom line.
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OBF - 2008-07-17 04:24:38
Wow, we've discussed this several times, so you know my view. You guys need a better kind of church. I firmly believe that any form of worship should leave you feeling well, whole, hopeful and even healed in a non-"DEMON CANCER OUT" sort of way. God is not about limitations (I like legalism - art) he/she/it/they are about possibilities and potential - the things that are possible through him and the potential that you can reveal with him as a guiding force. Now, if you're ready to abandon the morals............
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MyraMains - 2008-07-17 04:59:04
I am more ready to abandon the morals than anyone you now or will ever know. I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready
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Teets - 2008-07-18 18:10:21
I'm tellin.
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Nightmare - 2008-07-22 21:22:36
Send her this for me will ya! Good Christian
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