WAW Using God

[pigskin]

I feel drawn to this sitch. Mom is deeply religious. Stepfather 2,3 was too. (She married him twice.) Seen God and the Church used to support so many evil things.

Stepfather 5 was a deeply religious man who mixed numerology with Christianity and understood little except the female mind. In the movie of my mom's life he will be played by a glowing ball of evil.

Anyway, this is all to say that while I don't claim to have seen it all, I've seen enough to see the modern Protestant church used as a blunt weapon in many forms. (often against the institution of marriage) I'm also not saying that faith and pastoral care haven't helped many many people. Just that the perversion of the church is particularly harmful.

Wow, I talk to much. Listen to Puppy.
SpinFree

The only concern I have is with some interpretations that God forgives sinners, which is true, but I don't think it means that if you can't help sinning it's OK, God understands and will forgive.

I really don't think any church would preach that, but I can see how some people will think, "I feel horrible for this, but God loves me and will forgive me for destroying my family because this OM is where my true happiness lies, and God wants us to be happy".