Sarah Dreams

HUH??

Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:12:28 PM

I was raised to be Christian but the older I get the more I doubt the presents of hell, purgatory, or whatever else anyone wants to lable it. I recognize this is a very sensitive subject but I have to get this off my chest.

I was annoyed when my daughter went to church and was told that she would be dragged down to hell by a demon if she was not good. She is only 6 and I seriously don’t think that her brain can process the concept of heaven and hell right now. I believe that children are sinless, and should not be scared into being good. Do they really know how to be good anyway? And good in what sense? What was that Sunday school teacher thinking??

This was one week ago when this happened and I have given myself days to calm down before I wrote about it. When my 6 year old came to me crying and saying, “I don’t know what to do when I get to heaven and my teacher said, (blah blah blah.)” I wanted to jump in my car and go plant my hands around that teacher’s neck, but instead I chose to call my mom and ask for advise and receive a helpful word from her. WHEW deep breath! DEEP breath, Sarah. How can anyone blame me? I am a mother trying to protect her children from awful people and the only one that makes

her cry for the week is the SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER? Oh, hell no! This is not working for me.

I will not blame my attitude on anything because I am familiar with what it feels like to be raised in a loving church family and I ~~realize~~ UNDERSTAND what should be said to the children. I know that people in general make mistakes but I also know the workings of the church! I am double thinking this church as of now. I wish the teacher would keep his thoughts of hell to himself and let me be the one to threaten my kids.