we didn't get kicked out of our church, but people sure acted different towards us. And then I had the whole "you are a bad girl for having premarital sex and that's why you were in an accident" comment.
I agree with the whole notion that things happen as an effect of a cause that was made (like two people deciding to race on the highway) rather than because it was "supposed" to happen. I must say that although I wasn't exactly religious after my accident, I learned a new meaning of what faith means. Not faith in God but just plain old faith that you can effect your environment with work, good deeds, bad deeds, etc. also that there are things that happen that involved us that we can't explain. The Mystic law of cause and effect can be applied to any situation in the universe. It makes more sense to me than God and gives me the courage to want to affect my own environment. It fits in with evolution, but then so does God if you talk to the right person. I don't think the whole God thing is a bad idea, I just happen to view my universe in a different way. we all use whatever works for us. And whatever makes sense. I can't really say what happened to me after my accident that turned me off of the church. For my entire life I had gone through the motions and never really acquired something in my heart that went along with the faith I grew up in. suddenly, it occurred to me how much of a waste of time all that stuff was -- doing what other people wanted me to do. And that was my little awakening after my accident. Then I became quite rebellious, including exploring other spiritual practices. On 4/15/07, Angie Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
After my injury, our church kicked us out. They sent a letter in the mail saying we were no longer parishioners. Guess they missed our weekly donation. -Angie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a few questions, how did you hear about the thing with Lucifer? And are you saying faith is just covering all the bases? Have you noticed not many churches want cripples that don't seem to get any better. I have gone to several churches where the pastor has looked directly at me and said god answers the prayers of all true believers. If I don't have a church to go to on Sundays then where will I get my weekly dosage of guilt? I must be a true believer or I wouldn't feel guilty about this e mail. john -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 2:28 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] God, and Heaven-Hell If you live a good life as IF there really IS a God and Heaven or Hell and die to find out it was not true--YOU LOST NOTHING. BUT IF you live and deny God and Heaven Or Hell and DIE to find out THERE IS a GOD and it's All TRUE-----------{{YOU LOST EVERYTHING.}} But God wants no robots, that's why he gave Mankind free will and choices. As a matter of fact he even granted his Angels free will....When Lucifer Tried to overthrow God, He took 1/3 of God's angels with him by decieving them to follow him. Dan H. ------------------------------ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at *AOL.com* <http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437>. ------------------------------ Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48245/*http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE1YW1jcXJ2BF9TAzk3MTA3MDc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3LWNhcnM->
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