George and Flames, I thank you both for helping me out. I have been studying the bible because I was going through this spiritual journey. Still going through it. It is my parents who are hardcore christians. I hope it's merely a mid-life crisis thing. They weren't like this a year ago.
Thank you, Carlita for your input. I never took it literal. But I found out there are people who take it literal. Even though I took things metaphorically or spiritually or some of the other, they didn't seem right. The Christian God isn't offering me or teaching me anything I agree with. I...
Thana, don't worry, no matter what is thrown my way, I take it and I think on it. Your words aren't meaningless.
Aset's Flame, You make a good point. But the only belief I still have in Christianity is what Jesus taught. Well, not all of it. "Love one another, do not judge" such as that. I've...
Thank you for welcoming me, Outhouse.
I use to think the Bible was filled with metaphors and guidelines to life, but a lot of things are taken literal. Like the blood and body of Jesus. Found out when the wine and cracker is blessed, it's suppose to be the actual body and blood. I thought...
Now this is my first post on this site and I'm not really looking for arguments or shooting down ideas, but I want to learn as I go through this spiritual journey. I have recently converted from Catholicism to Wicca. I have had several questions that concern all different denominations of...