bonofnattic
The Fly
Having read the other 'God' thread, I thought I'd continue in that vein. I was raised in an ultra-conservative, Holy-Roller type church & my dad was a preacher. I've believed in Christ since I was a child, and the principles of Christianity.
My biggest questions & problems with the Church are in the sexual arena. I personally think that after 2000 years, the church doesn't have a CLUE as to how to deal with and / or discuss human sexuality.
At least in the denomination in which I was raised, you were made to feel like a demon-possesed person if you had normal sexual feelings. (I almost mean that literally...I was raised in the Assemblies of God, so that should give you some idea.) I know that marital sex is the Christian ideal, but I know preachers who were sleeping with other folks wives, etc., and I saw sooooo much hypocrisy in the sexual arena that it nearly turns me off to Christianity. Does anyone know where I'm coming from on this? Is the Church only to sit back and say, "Premarital sex is evil and an embarassing subject, so We'll not discuss it and just sweep it under the rug...even if it fosters sexual deviance."
sorry to rant.
My biggest questions & problems with the Church are in the sexual arena. I personally think that after 2000 years, the church doesn't have a CLUE as to how to deal with and / or discuss human sexuality.
At least in the denomination in which I was raised, you were made to feel like a demon-possesed person if you had normal sexual feelings. (I almost mean that literally...I was raised in the Assemblies of God, so that should give you some idea.) I know that marital sex is the Christian ideal, but I know preachers who were sleeping with other folks wives, etc., and I saw sooooo much hypocrisy in the sexual arena that it nearly turns me off to Christianity. Does anyone know where I'm coming from on this? Is the Church only to sit back and say, "Premarital sex is evil and an embarassing subject, so We'll not discuss it and just sweep it under the rug...even if it fosters sexual deviance."
sorry to rant.