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So, I've got some new people on the flist and thought maybe I'd do that meme where you open the floor for discussion about your personal life.

Anything you've ever wanted to know about Lorraine? Burning questions? Ask anything--I promise to tell the truth or lie. *crosses heart*

Date: 2007-06-06 08:30 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lyr
Gah. *hugs* That sounds like a fearful way to grow up. I was not born to a family that believed in Hell or smiting, but I can imagine that it makes for a fraught existence. One of my earliest memories of faith is my Grandmother saying to me, "Don't kneel when you're asking God for something. God likes to see us proud and unafraid, not on our knees." It was a very different experience from yours.

I think that faith must be something that both makes sense to you and feels good and right. It can take a lot of searching and thinking to find or formulate something that does all that for you. I believe that faith should be a comfort and a celebration rather than the sum of our fears, a specter we use to frighten children. I hope someday you find the path that works for you and brings you joy.

Date: 2007-06-06 03:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lunabee34.livejournal.com
It really was a rather crappy way to grow up. Even though I don't rationally believe much of what I was taught anymore, it's hard to un-internalize those fears of hell and stuff, you know?

I just don't know how to believe in anything anymore. I've always been an empiricist (what does it matter if this world is real; it appears real and I've got to deal with that reality even if it's fake or not) and I find it so so hard to believe in things I can't see or prove. I think it's also because all my training for the last years in literature has taught me to deconstruct, to look for the holes in ideas and arguments.

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