but no longer go to church. I was only attending because my Mom didn't want to go alone prior. I, however, could no longer take it, when in a sermon the priest started going on and on how about this woman who was told by her doctor that any male child she conceived would likely be born with the same horribly disabling and painful disease her father had suffered, and he recommended she have a hysterectomy, and adopt or have a surrogate.
She ignored him because she said she was 100 percent certain God wanted her to have her own baby. She got pregnant, and just as the doctor predicted she had a male baby who was born with the genetically inherited disease. He only lived until he was 10, and the asshole priest had the freaking nerve to call her unselfish for devoting herself to caring for the child. That was it for me. I turned to my Mom, and said I can't do this anymore. How many more children are they going to condemn to a life of torment? Is beating, humiliating, and molesting them not enough for them?
I stood up and stormed out. Have not been back since except for family funerals. I no longer receive mailings from them since my Mom died, so I don't think they still count me as a member.
I still believe in God, just not organized religion.
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