Religion and Illness. Where does your church stand?

Aspiemom · Sep 29, 2007

I am sorry for the experience you had at your church and I always feel badly for people who attend a church that teaches that about sickness.

I attend a Baptist church and their stand on faith and healing is basically what Lauren (lightNlife) quoted from Rest Ministries. No one has made me feel that my CF is in some way my fault. They've been very supportive and loving.

I'm glad that you haven't given up attending church because of your bad experience. It is very hard to find a good church - you need to agree with their doctrine, the preaching needs to be interesting to listen to, people friendly, music to your liking. There are so many aspects involved. I hope you find a good Bible-believing/preaching church where you feel you can grow and you feel loved and accepted by those around you.

Aspiemom · Sep 29, 2007

I am sorry for the experience you had at your church and I always feel badly for people who attend a church that teaches that about sickness.

I attend a Baptist church and their stand on faith and healing is basically what Lauren (lightNlife) quoted from Rest Ministries. No one has made me feel that my CF is in some way my fault. They've been very supportive and loving.

I'm glad that you haven't given up attending church because of your bad experience. It is very hard to find a good church - you need to agree with their doctrine, the preaching needs to be interesting to listen to, people friendly, music to your liking. There are so many aspects involved. I hope you find a good Bible-believing/preaching church where you feel you can grow and you feel loved and accepted by those around you.

Aspiemom · Sep 29, 2007

I am sorry for the experience you had at your church and I always feel badly for people who attend a church that teaches that about sickness.

I attend a Baptist church and their stand on faith and healing is basically what Lauren (lightNlife) quoted from Rest Ministries. No one has made me feel that my CF is in some way my fault. They've been very supportive and loving.

I'm glad that you haven't given up attending church because of your bad experience. It is very hard to find a good church - you need to agree with their doctrine, the preaching needs to be interesting to listen to, people friendly, music to your liking. There are so many aspects involved. I hope you find a good Bible-believing/preaching church where you feel you can grow and you feel loved and accepted by those around you.

Aspiemom · Sep 29, 2007

I am sorry for the experience you had at your church and I always feel badly for people who attend a church that teaches that about sickness.

I attend a Baptist church and their stand on faith and healing is basically what Lauren (lightNlife) quoted from Rest Ministries. No one has made me feel that my CF is in some way my fault. They've been very supportive and loving.

I'm glad that you haven't given up attending church because of your bad experience. It is very hard to find a good church - you need to agree with their doctrine, the preaching needs to be interesting to listen to, people friendly, music to your liking. There are so many aspects involved. I hope you find a good Bible-believing/preaching church where you feel you can grow and you feel loved and accepted by those around you.

Aspiemom · Sep 29, 2007

I am sorry for the experience you had at your church and I always feel badly for people who attend a church that teaches that about sickness.

I attend a Baptist church and their stand on faith and healing is basically what Lauren (lightNlife) quoted from Rest Ministries. No one has made me feel that my CF is in some way my fault. They've been very supportive and loving.

I'm glad that you haven't given up attending church because of your bad experience. It is very hard to find a good church - you need to agree with their doctrine, the preaching needs to be interesting to listen to, people friendly, music to your liking. There are so many aspects involved. I hope you find a good Bible-believing/preaching church where you feel you can grow and you feel loved and accepted by those around you.

ej0820 · Sep 29, 2007

Wow...you've just described so many church incidences I've had over the years. I had kind of the same thing happen to me when I was in high school. I went to a youth group with a friend of mine a few times, and everyone seemed pretty nice there, the youth pastor was awesome, the atmosphere was great, etc. This church had these special weekends where you could go hear a sermon and the choir and things on a friday night. Well, I went to it with my friend and after the sermon, there was praise and one-on-one prayer time. My friend and the youth pastor were kind enough to tell the pastor of the church that I had cf and they all surrounded me (among other people I never met before) and prayed over me to heal me...yeah...thanks guys. I, too, was told that I just wasn't praying hard enough and that God didn't love me enough yet to heal me...I was even told that God didn't love me anymore because I still had cf. Being the spiritual person that I am, I knew this wasn't true and knew that that was NOT the church for me. I don't go to church anymore because I just can't seem to find one in a happy medium between bore-me-to-sleep and scream-in-tongues beliefs. I'm not one for organized religion at all anymore and now I just do my own thing in my own way that I feel in my heart and soul is right and faithful to God.

It makes you wonder how/where people get those ridiculous ideas in their heads even though we're [christians and the like] all reading the same verses in the same bible.

And just to let you know...I could write for a week on my thoughts and experiences on this subject matter, but b/c this is about cf, I kept myself VERY tame, lol. If you want to talk more about it, msg me...I'd be happy to talk.

ej0820 · Sep 29, 2007

Wow...you've just described so many church incidences I've had over the years. I had kind of the same thing happen to me when I was in high school. I went to a youth group with a friend of mine a few times, and everyone seemed pretty nice there, the youth pastor was awesome, the atmosphere was great, etc. This church had these special weekends where you could go hear a sermon and the choir and things on a friday night. Well, I went to it with my friend and after the sermon, there was praise and one-on-one prayer time. My friend and the youth pastor were kind enough to tell the pastor of the church that I had cf and they all surrounded me (among other people I never met before) and prayed over me to heal me...yeah...thanks guys. I, too, was told that I just wasn't praying hard enough and that God didn't love me enough yet to heal me...I was even told that God didn't love me anymore because I still had cf. Being the spiritual person that I am, I knew this wasn't true and knew that that was NOT the church for me. I don't go to church anymore because I just can't seem to find one in a happy medium between bore-me-to-sleep and scream-in-tongues beliefs. I'm not one for organized religion at all anymore and now I just do my own thing in my own way that I feel in my heart and soul is right and faithful to God.

It makes you wonder how/where people get those ridiculous ideas in their heads even though we're [christians and the like] all reading the same verses in the same bible.

And just to let you know...I could write for a week on my thoughts and experiences on this subject matter, but b/c this is about cf, I kept myself VERY tame, lol. If you want to talk more about it, msg me...I'd be happy to talk.

ej0820 · Sep 29, 2007

Wow...you've just described so many church incidences I've had over the years. I had kind of the same thing happen to me when I was in high school. I went to a youth group with a friend of mine a few times, and everyone seemed pretty nice there, the youth pastor was awesome, the atmosphere was great, etc. This church had these special weekends where you could go hear a sermon and the choir and things on a friday night. Well, I went to it with my friend and after the sermon, there was praise and one-on-one prayer time. My friend and the youth pastor were kind enough to tell the pastor of the church that I had cf and they all surrounded me (among other people I never met before) and prayed over me to heal me...yeah...thanks guys. I, too, was told that I just wasn't praying hard enough and that God didn't love me enough yet to heal me...I was even told that God didn't love me anymore because I still had cf. Being the spiritual person that I am, I knew this wasn't true and knew that that was NOT the church for me. I don't go to church anymore because I just can't seem to find one in a happy medium between bore-me-to-sleep and scream-in-tongues beliefs. I'm not one for organized religion at all anymore and now I just do my own thing in my own way that I feel in my heart and soul is right and faithful to God.

It makes you wonder how/where people get those ridiculous ideas in their heads even though we're [christians and the like] all reading the same verses in the same bible.

And just to let you know...I could write for a week on my thoughts and experiences on this subject matter, but b/c this is about cf, I kept myself VERY tame, lol. If you want to talk more about it, msg me...I'd be happy to talk.

ej0820 · Sep 29, 2007

Wow...you've just described so many church incidences I've had over the years. I had kind of the same thing happen to me when I was in high school. I went to a youth group with a friend of mine a few times, and everyone seemed pretty nice there, the youth pastor was awesome, the atmosphere was great, etc. This church had these special weekends where you could go hear a sermon and the choir and things on a friday night. Well, I went to it with my friend and after the sermon, there was praise and one-on-one prayer time. My friend and the youth pastor were kind enough to tell the pastor of the church that I had cf and they all surrounded me (among other people I never met before) and prayed over me to heal me...yeah...thanks guys. I, too, was told that I just wasn't praying hard enough and that God didn't love me enough yet to heal me...I was even told that God didn't love me anymore because I still had cf. Being the spiritual person that I am, I knew this wasn't true and knew that that was NOT the church for me. I don't go to church anymore because I just can't seem to find one in a happy medium between bore-me-to-sleep and scream-in-tongues beliefs. I'm not one for organized religion at all anymore and now I just do my own thing in my own way that I feel in my heart and soul is right and faithful to God.

It makes you wonder how/where people get those ridiculous ideas in their heads even though we're [christians and the like] all reading the same verses in the same bible.

And just to let you know...I could write for a week on my thoughts and experiences on this subject matter, but b/c this is about cf, I kept myself VERY tame, lol. If you want to talk more about it, msg me...I'd be happy to talk.

ej0820 · Sep 29, 2007

Wow...you've just described so many church incidences I've had over the years. I had kind of the same thing happen to me when I was in high school. I went to a youth group with a friend of mine a few times, and everyone seemed pretty nice there, the youth pastor was awesome, the atmosphere was great, etc. This church had these special weekends where you could go hear a sermon and the choir and things on a friday night. Well, I went to it with my friend and after the sermon, there was praise and one-on-one prayer time. My friend and the youth pastor were kind enough to tell the pastor of the church that I had cf and they all surrounded me (among other people I never met before) and prayed over me to heal me...yeah...thanks guys. I, too, was told that I just wasn't praying hard enough and that God didn't love me enough yet to heal me...I was even told that God didn't love me anymore because I still had cf. Being the spiritual person that I am, I knew this wasn't true and knew that that was NOT the church for me. I don't go to church anymore because I just can't seem to find one in a happy medium between bore-me-to-sleep and scream-in-tongues beliefs. I'm not one for organized religion at all anymore and now I just do my own thing in my own way that I feel in my heart and soul is right and faithful to God.

It makes you wonder how/where people get those ridiculous ideas in their heads even though we're [christians and the like] all reading the same verses in the same bible.

And just to let you know...I could write for a week on my thoughts and experiences on this subject matter, but b/c this is about cf, I kept myself VERY tame, lol. If you want to talk more about it, msg me...I'd be happy to talk.

dyza · Sep 29, 2007

A few years ago the then England Football (soccer) manager once came out with a statement about disabled people. Cant remember what mumble jumble religious sect he was into, but he said that disabled people are being punished by God for something that they did in a previous life.
Needless to say that he was not the England manager for very much longer.....he was hounded out within the week, if I remember rightly.

dyza · Sep 29, 2007

A few years ago the then England Football (soccer) manager once came out with a statement about disabled people. Cant remember what mumble jumble religious sect he was into, but he said that disabled people are being punished by God for something that they did in a previous life.
Needless to say that he was not the England manager for very much longer.....he was hounded out within the week, if I remember rightly.

dyza · Sep 29, 2007

A few years ago the then England Football (soccer) manager once came out with a statement about disabled people. Cant remember what mumble jumble religious sect he was into, but he said that disabled people are being punished by God for something that they did in a previous life.
Needless to say that he was not the England manager for very much longer.....he was hounded out within the week, if I remember rightly.

dyza · Sep 29, 2007

A few years ago the then England Football (soccer) manager once came out with a statement about disabled people. Cant remember what mumble jumble religious sect he was into, but he said that disabled people are being punished by God for something that they did in a previous life.
Needless to say that he was not the England manager for very much longer.....he was hounded out within the week, if I remember rightly.

dyza · Sep 29, 2007

A few years ago the then England Football (soccer) manager once came out with a statement about disabled people. Cant remember what mumble jumble religious sect he was into, but he said that disabled people are being punished by God for something that they did in a previous life.
Needless to say that he was not the England manager for very much longer.....he was hounded out within the week, if I remember rightly.

Ricky123 · Sep 29, 2007