Posted by daisym on May 14, 2005, at 19:09:07
In reply to Re: Another pity part for me » daisym, posted by pinkeye on May 14, 2005, at 14:58:00
I wanted to respond to this part of your post. I do believe in God. Church use to be a refuge for me. But I've questioned on and off whether God deserted me when I was young, it is hard to know why these things are allowed to happen. I even asked this question of the guest expert on the Faith Board. I know about free will and I know that bad things just happen. But still...
I find that when things are really bad, I fall back to praying. We talk about this in therapy sometimes. My Catholic upbringing influences my guilt and my responsible personality. And I still go to Church. It is always interesting to discuss dogma with a Jewish therapist. He sees Church as both a stabalizing influence on me as well as something that prohibited my ability to "confess" what was happening at my house. One of those double edge swords, I guess.
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