Reply #42: But I DO understand where they are coming from. Believe me, I was [View All]

[democratreformed]

raised in close proximity. My grandma was Pentecostal and I attended church with her regularly when I was young. That's why all the shouting and jumping around didn't scare me like it did my hubby when his grandparents took him to a Church of God. I even watched one of my cousins fall plum over the altar once in one of her "Holy Ghost" moments.

My son attends a small private school at the Church of God - not for religious reasons but for educational ones. One teenage girl who attends that school has seizures. One day, my daughter was picking up my son when the girl had a seizure. What did the mother do. Hold the girl and pray over her and say "Call on God. God will take it away."

I attended a Church of Christ college and took many Bible classes. During my first one, I was called in to the teacher's office to discuss my religion (which I had listed as Baptist).

Trust me. I understand too well. And it scares the hell out of me.