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the time of death. That brought up another subject for me. Just how many people do you know who are perfect on a daily basis, let alone at the time of their death? I wondered just how lonely their heaven was going to be.
At an early age, I knew that I wanted to learn about all religions, but in the United States at that time, there were only a few considered as "real" religions. This was only because they were the largest established religions of the time.
Those religions were the Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, the Church of God, the Church of Christ, Pentecostals, and the Assemblies of God. I hope I am not leaving anyone out but these were the ones who stood out in Louisiana and only one was really recognized by our family.
The reason I didn't mention the Jewish religion is because we were taught they had no religion. They were just a group of people who were held in awe by our church because they were the group Jesus was born into. My church considered them heathen because they didn't believe that Jesus was the Son of God as we did.
That philosophy posed definite problems to my way of thinking.
In studying each church, I found that each has a tendency to think they are the only ones who are right. Without putting it into words, they seem to suggest that their church members are the only ones going to heaven.
As I told my minister father, people in all religions and even those who are not religious are going to go to what he considered heaven.
Daddy looked at me many times in disgust for his failing to teach me appropriately, and then he tried to use his knowledge of the Bible to correct my mistaken ways. (He would also ask me if I had been hanging out with those Catholics again.)
As I look back, I know my father had a hard time living with me. Anyone who has ever lived with me had a hard time for obvious reasons. My mind gives me the ability to ask questions and expect to get answers that would alleviate the questions.
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