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It is a scary thing to be that vulnerable., yet through the the stories of others I was and am encouraged.
I am on a soul-searching truth ever since I blurted out on FB(staunch Mormon) post whining about the end of America. GOD FIRED TRUMP. And then I lost my upbringing best friend after my post....Fools voted a master of his dogs. No regret at all and I got few raving comments but my son pled me to remove the post as we are living in Trump’s dog pound. I finally soared out of the Bible nest but I am magnetically stuck flying at the Bible Belt. Cannot wait to launch my retirement date-June 2022 depending on the weather.
Oh, I forgot to add...I am a former Trump voter. Boy I was a blind dog at that time. I felt so better after finding out the truth.
My "Coming out story" I find pretty hilarious. Here it goes: My father is second only to the Pope, seriously. One visit to our home in Branson, Missouri he and my mother planned a trip to Tennessee to see a friend. Before departing he called his priest in Nevada to explain that his friend was an Episcopalian and would it be alright to attend his church. The response was a flat out, "negative". Using the Google map machine, he discovered that the nearest Catholic church was an hour away from his friend's home in Tennessee. He made the drive.
Coming out to him happened on that same trip. Each morning we'd sit on the porch and enjoy our coffee and chat. Well, a Jehovah's Witness made the trek up the stairs and gave her opening speech to the three of us. I let her finish and said, "Well, you're here with two insanely devout Catholics and an Atheist, give it your best shot." I gathered the courage to slowly turn my head toward my father and nearly spit out my coffee at his expression! He sat there, mind whirring in who knows how many different directions and simply gave me a look somewhere between astonishment and incredulity. LOL It's a moment I'll cherish forever.
well, I grew up in a pretty well established working class neighborhood. Mostly white, mostly protestant. I was the born in last year of the Baby Boomers (1964). I don't feel like a boomer, or gen x, but there it is.
In High school I developed a huge crush on a girl. She invited me to a youth group her friends had established. Any excuse to hang around her was all I needed. It was a Christian group, we met Fridays with songs, praise, and a message.
A few months later, she rejected my advance. Heartbroken, but I had made other friends. so I kept going to church. Then to slightly more ecstatic church and then finally fully committed to a foursquare church.
Met a girl and got married. Had kids, had a home. Going to church every week =, kids going to youth on Wednesdays. Managed to do that for years.
Then, in 91,, I found Nirvana. I wont bother all yall with the lifechanging experience that grunge at the time did for me. All I knew is I felt the pain they were expressing.
I started doing more science, reading, etc. And the magics of god got smaller and smaller. Eventually I realized that god don't make sense.
So, about 5 years ago, it's all over. I am embarrassed at the things I said and the way I treated some people. Now I've got this life to live my best.