Oh MF! You said so much and said it so well! That was truly eloquent and exactly how I feel and what I think as well. Thank you for summing it up so well
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As the saying goes, when a door slams shut in one place a window opens somewhere else. After staring at the door for many years, it finally occured to me to go look for the open window. I discovered I like sunlight and warmth much more than peeling old doors anyway, so I climbed out the window and reveled in my discovery. I will never sit behind a closed door again, no matter how comfortable my chair becomes. Me
Mel, I'm glad you found your own open window and stepped through it.
AK - no, you're not alone here But how do you define fundamentalist? Some people define that as the ultra-conservative sects of Christianity that require certain dress, hair, etc. That's not me... but I do embrace the truths of the Bible as being literal.
i see "christ" as a level of consciousness, not one person, and i don't believe jesus was the only human to have had the force flowing at the "christ" level.
i wouldn't mind being more like jesus, but i won't worship him. he showed us what we are all capable of achieving when we open and let our positive energy flow out into the universe around us, which acts as a ripple effect and touches everyone and everything.
IMHO fundamentalist ANYTHING is dangerous. Nothing in this world is laid out in easy to read straight little black and white lines. Fundamentalists of all stripes believe that they are RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG and that's just that. It's not like that in reality and to go down that road is, to my mind, giving up one's own natural truth for someone else's idea of Truth (or else).
I agree...it's the "fundamentalist" that is sounds like a dirty scary word. I'm a Christian and I try to live my faith, but fundamentalism is usually legalistic, based on interpretation and not usually allowing for any gray areas (such as life experiences) to interfere with the straight and narrow that they have decided will be dealt with in a certain way (whatever that way is). And that's all I'm sayin'.
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*** Rachel ~ slight diva, obsessive blogger , shameless , AND rockin' single mama to lil pill.
I was raised fundamentalist, but in a not very fun everyone-is-going-to-hell kind of way. I went to a very strict Christian school fo 8 years. I came out very messed up needing therapy. Most of the pictures of me as a kid I'm wearing hideous ankle length floral dresses. I have found a lot of flaws with the fundamentalist world. For example, they all get down on people for drinking because God says to honor the temple of God, but then they hold potlucks after church where everyone binges on junk food. A lot of the pastors are fat, so what about the sin of gluttony? They serve addictive caffeine filled coffee before the service in styrofoam cups that hurt God's creation... I could go on.
But... I do think it's great that you've found God. Just focus on the Bible instead of the man-made rules. I'm still searching for the perfect church. If I had to give a name to what I belive I'd call it "Environmental Chistianity". RestoringEden.org is a good website.
IMHO fundamentalist ANYTHING is dangerous. Nothing in this world is laid out in easy to read straight little black and white lines. Fundamentalists of all stripes believe that they are RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG and that's just that. It's not like that in reality and to go down that road is, to my mind, giving up one's own natural truth for someone else's idea of Truth (or else).
But how do you define fundamentalist? Some people define that as the ultra-conservative sects of Christianity that require certain dress, hair, etc. That's not me... but I do embrace the truths of the Bible as being literal. 
Rachel ~ slight diva, 
, AND rockin' single mama to lil pill. 
Well said.
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