Religion
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(979 posts)I grew up in the "buckle of the bible belt" where hate was a routine sermon. Funny though, I grew up in the Presbyterian church where hate was not preached but it was in the minority. Anyway, my "friends" at the time tried to get me to go to their hate spewing churches and try to save me. I did that once because I was literally cornered by my 8th grade English teacher at a lock in. I was "saved" I guess. I don't honestly know what that means at this point. I am now a proud lesbian woman with a wife who is a minister all of those people shun. Their hate is palpable. So do I consider them Christian? No. But at the same time, there are a few people in my life that I hate. With a passion. Do I consider myself less of a Christian than the ones from my home town? No. But do I feel bad about that? Yes. I want to tell myself I'm better because I hate for better reasons but I still feel guilty. I don't think that is because I'm religious, I think I'm just human.