I'm going to say something controversial here by here goes:
Your understanding of God, should not come from your parents, your peer group, your school, your church , your pastor, your political party, your Military, Fox News or any other group.
Your understanding of God should come from reading the New and Old Testaments and prayer.
I grew up in church, but the doctrine that was taught in Kid's Church had holes in it. I would raise my hand to ask questions, and the adults could never answer my questions. And then there was the hypocrisy I saw in both the Kid's and Adult church. My mom talked about God at home, and we had to watch Praise the Lord with Jim and Tammy Fay Baker. They didn't bolster my opinion of Christianity at all. So, I decided by the age of eight I didn't want to be a Christian. By the age of nine, witchcraft had found me, so that's the path I took.
The only reason I am a Christian today is because Jesus is exactly who he says he is. The body of Christ still sucks. They don't know the word, they can't agree on what the bible says even though it's in plain English (or whatever), leadership tends to be a group of divas (it's why I left my last church, I was leadership and just couldn't handle it anymore). The vast majority of the time I want very little to do with the Body of Christ. It reminds me far more of the world than it should. However, I'm one to talk. I've got my problems, I've got my worldly ways. So I'm gonna go over there and remove my plank.
well,
nobody knows me on this forum so i'll just speak the truth (as always)....
like you said. that's true. somehow the scales fell from your eyes and you could truly see. good.
that's just like the blind man - no one could heal him, but Jesus did - and the man didn't even know how.(or even who healed him for a while!) ....
it's also like the woman with infirmities all her life until Jesus healed her on Yahweh's Sabbath. no one
else could heal her (or no one did anyway), but many doctors kept on taking all her money all her life (just like today most often) ... Jesus healed her. just like Jesus healed you. (and a few others)...
the other
post about parents is a bit touchier/ harder.... Yahweh says that parents should bring up a child in the way he should go (live),
but so few do, and so few churches teach anyone how to, (parent or live right),
it's extremely awkward finding out the truth.... at any age (birth to 112)....
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still,
Yahweh is absolutely true to his word and faithful ---- WHOEVER SEEKS HIM WILL FIND HIM. that's always true.
(yes,
in 'english' and in most groups,
without life full meanings of
"SEEKS HIM" (like, "in truth") like "willing to do whatever He says",,,, and so on
there "appear" to be exceptions..... or people think so anyway....)
And what is this, "We can't USE Seoulsearch..." What am I, some kind of trained monkey writer?! 
