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The church I grew up in wasn’t perfect, but I didn’t live in fear of the rapture. I knew Catholics were Christians. I didn’t think people of other faiths were going to hell. When I realized I was gay I never prayed for God to change me - just the homophobic world we live in.
I was taught that to love and serve my neighbour was THE highest calling for a follower of Jesus; that my neighbour was anyone God put in my path; that men and women were equals; that science and faith were not automatically opposed to one another; that Jesus was Jewish.
I sang “O Canada” and “God Save the Queen” in school, and some kids didn’t and that was totally ok. Being a Christian had to do with the way I lived in and contributed to my country - which included people different from me - it wasn’t the same thing as being Canadian.
I knew my parents were more wary of Christians who spent a lot of time talking about sin and judgement than they were wary of non-Christians.
My church taught me that God loved me, and everyone else , though we were all sinners, and Jesus came to save not condemn sinners.
My church taught me that God loved me, and everyone else , though we were all sinners, and Jesus came to save not condemn sinners.
The biggest error I grew up believing was that “most Christians are having the same experience of church as me.”
I’m so grateful to my parents, clergy, teachers and members of that congregation for sparing me the trauma so many Christians have experienced and are now inflicting
I’m so grateful to my parents, clergy, teachers and members of that congregation for sparing me the trauma so many Christians have experienced and are now inflicting
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