June 30th, 2009 Posted in Family, Parenting, Thoughts | No Comments »
A few weeks ago, Kat went to Bible Camp at one of Kat’s friends church with her friend. At the time I didn’t think much of it. I have known for a while that it would be in Kat’s best interest to be exposed to religion. What is the harm, I thought.
Since that week, Kat has been back to the church at least once a week through invitations through the same neighbors. And I have to be honest, I am not caring for this new development.
Now I feel obliged to go to this place and see what is up. I have this fear that this is one of those uber outreach churches that make you feel like shit if you don’t participate. One of those churches that really push building the congregation. One of those wacked out churches that convince you that God is talking through you. One of those churches that shun you if you stop going.
Seriously, I just don’t know why all of a sudden, Kat is going once or twice a week.
And I don’t know why Melinda thinks this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
OK, in fairness to Melinda, she doesn’t know anything about religion. She never passed tracks out for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. She never prayed in tongues. She has never seen the hypocracy that allows saved people to treat everyday people like shit all the while knowing in their hearts that they are part of the chosen ones.
She has never sat down and read the bible, studied the bible to learn it’s teachings. Spent countless hours in Sunday school. And Friday night fellowship. And Saturday fellowship. And midweek service.
She never watched her mother zone out for hours at a time to do her “devotionals.” To pray. To listen to the lord.
She has never experienced the miracle of a spiritual revival. She has never seen people learn to walk again. People to grow their arms. People feel the power and electricity of Christ.
No, she hasn’t. She doesn’t understand. She doesn’t understand how underhanded people can be. How a group can teach a child to hate his or her parents for not “believing” as they do. How a congregation can tell a person to leave a family who refuses to accept Christ. How churches can have an us vs. them mentality.
Color me stupid, but right now, I have alarm bells ringing in my head. My intuition says that I need to step in and end this.
I guess that is what I am going to do.