Posted by Daisym on April 15, 2005, at 10:46:57
In reply to Re: Williams: Child Abuse/Abandoned by God » daisym, posted by Dena on April 15, 2005, at 9:05:22
Dena,
I'm glad you found such peace. I'll look at the web site.
I've thought a great deal about why I remain Catholic. When I was young, we moved a lot. But no matter where in the country we moved, Church was basically the same. There was comfort in that, that you could count on the sameness and I felt like I belonged. I always thought it was about the traditions and the way the churches looked. I know now that it was my faith that God was listening to me as I opened up to him. And Church was really the only safe place to open up my feelings. I had to hide myself away from everything and I couldn't tell anyone else.
While my parents did lots of things wrong, I'm grateful that they took me to church and allowed me to have this foundational experience.
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