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First Impression of Religion

Nakosis

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
I remember as a kid the first image of Jesus I had was a man in clean robes with long, soft brown hair and beard, sitting down on a log, surrounded by children becking another child off by himself to come and join them.

Jesus seemed like a very friendly adult.

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Rival

Rival

Diex Aie
Staff member
Premium Member
Jesus really creeped me out. I don't know why. I was also a Christian. That was when I was a pre-teen.
 
Nakosis

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
Rival said:
Jesus really creeped me out. I don't know why. I was also a Christian. That was when I was a pre-teen.
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Maybe the thought of Jesus watching and judging your every move, like a stalker, you little sinner. :p

For me, this was like 5 or 6. Prior to my evil pre-teen era. :rolleyes:
 
David1967

David1967

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Growing up in an ultra fundamentalist denomination, my childhood view of Jesus was terrifying. He was portrayed as the friendly Son of God who also loved you so much that He would torture you forever if you didn't love Him back......Happy to say ,I do not see Him that way today.
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
Nakosis said:
I remember as a kid the first image of Jesus I had was a man in clean robes with long, soft brown hair and beard, sitting down on a log, surrounded by children becking another child off by himself to come and join them.

Jesus seemed like a very friendly adult.
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Sounds like you'd seen a romanticized painting or two of Jesus.

I can't recall many very early notions I had of god, other than I saw him as a rather censorious and judgmental father-figure more than as a friendly adult.

That impression might have come from my Sunday School classes. My mother sent us to Sunday School for a few years, but not in order to convert us to any religion. Rather she thought of it as "exposing us to our cultural heritage". However, I vaguely recall some of the teachers portrayed God as pretty darn judgmental.
 
Rival

Rival

Diex Aie
Staff member
Premium Member
Nakosis said:
Maybe the thought of Jesus watching and judging your every move, like a stalker, you little sinner. :p

For me, this was like 5 or 6. Prior to my evil pre-teen era. :rolleyes:
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Well by pre-teen that's what I mean, lol. A little kid.

I just found him odd. He always struck me as a wannabe.
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
David1967 said:
Growing up in an ultra fundamentalist denomination, my childhood view of Jesus was terrifying. He was portrayed as the friendly Son of God who also loved you so much that He would torture you forever if you didn't love Him back......Happy to say ,I do not see Him that way today.
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I've always admired you for bouncing back from your early negative experiences, David. Just so you know. But don't think this means we're going to be taking long, warm showers together. :D
 
Rival

Rival

Diex Aie
Staff member
Premium Member
Sunstone said:
I've always admired you for bouncing back from your early negative experiences, David. Just so you know. But don't think this means we're going to be taking long, warm showers together. :D
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I don't need you in my showers to...nevermind.
 
David1967

David1967

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
Sunstone said:
I've always admired you for bouncing back from your early negative experiences, David. Just so you know. But don't think this means we're going to be taking long, warm showers together. :D
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Thanks for the kind words..but, the shower image I can do without..no offense, just saying.:cool::D
 
Frater Sisyphus

Frater Sisyphus

Contradiction, irrationality and disorder
Yeah, Jesus, Noah, Moses, Joshua/wall of Jericho and Jonah where all Childhood Sunday school things that I was exposed to. I went to a private Christian school in elementary. By the time I started College (High School, depending on where you're from), I started to become an Atheist through many problems I started having with Christianity and saw it as more and more stupid, which gradually made me a hard atheist. (by the time I was 16)

I've obviously 'softened' up a lot since then (as a pantheist and agnostic) but it is amazing how these scriptures change as you grow up. I currently have a good 'relationship' with the Bible, even though I am not a Christian. My explorations into the esoteric have yielded many a great fruit from the Hebrew scriptures (in particular) and apocrypha :)
 
Jumi

Jumi

Well-Known Member
First thing that comes to mind about religion, when I became aware of it, was skepticism about some stories.
 
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