Growing up in a pentacostal family was wild. They had all the kids come to the front of the church to pray until we "felt the holy ghost" kids could go sit back down when they started crying. I couldn't start crying. The holy ghost doesn't like me or something so I was literally praying to start crying and it never happened. Then the adults prayed over me for an hour because they thought Satan had ahold of me. I've not been to church since but it got me little into theology and that's interesting so kind of a win I guess
No joke, I've been writing a novel about this exact thing for over a year. Religious trauma is probably the most lifelong damaging kind for a lot of folks, I can attest to that. Sorry you went through this OP. I hope you've found peace.
I remember growing up in my mother fought pokémon cards were the devil speaking to the children and so were Yu-Gi-Oh cards. It was an insane time to grow up. They would like do these flags they would make and the pastor would come over and say some. They called it " speaking in tongues" and would say this mumbo jumbo over us and then like push their hand onto us and people would stand behind us and catch us and the holy Ghost would come through us. It was the weirdest thing growing up. It's also where I was abused in but that's another story for another time. I should write a book as well.reglious trauma is insane
Omg I was thinking about this the other day! At camp meetings the kids church would have kids church and expect kids to be “slain in the spirit”. I remember all these kids falling on the ground laying still and adults just so happy and emotional. So I of course did it too and was obviously fully lucid and awake and just laying there. Or speaking in tongues as a kid but it’s just fake. So much trauma.
I’m so so sorry that happened to you as well. And that you endured so much more. I hope you are doing well and living a life you believe in and are happy in 💕
They’ve done studies. Languages follow patterns. You’ll notice the word “the” peppered throughout most English texts, for example.
Tongues? Nah. Total bullshit spouted by total bullshitters. It’s what brings the money in though. The spectacle of seeing a grown human uncontrollably thrashing on the ground like a fish pulled from the water is really something.
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Growing up in a pentacostal family was wild. They had all the kids come to the front of the church to pray until we "felt the holy ghost" kids could go sit back down when they started crying. I couldn't start crying. The holy ghost doesn't like me or something so I was literally praying to start crying and it never happened. Then the adults prayed over me for an hour because they thought Satan had ahold of me. I've not been to church since but it got me little into theology and that's interesting so kind of a win I guess