Isn't it just so WRONG that organised religions preach love but they're loaded with fear, fear and more fear??!?

By the time my "born again Christian" aunt said that to me, I was 25 - but I was still struggling with the whole concept of these experiences that had continued to evolve. She bought me a Bible and was cramming Christianity down my throat, and then one day asked if she could say a prayer with me. I loved her loads for so many reasons, so I said yes. I sat beside her on the bed (she was visiting my parents and staying in my old room). And she said some prayer that I was so not buying in my own head - and then when she was done, she said, "There, you've been born again!"

I was horrified!!!!! But couldn't let her know that.

I read the Bible she bought me - cover to cover - and by the end of it -- well, let's just say I didn't believe in Satan, or a whole lot of anything else that was in there!

It was kind of entertaining that she didn't want me to read the Old Testament but I insisted. Then I got to Deuteronomy and all the rules (especially the one that said because I'd been to a psychic - a fortune teller, I forget the Biblical word - I was also up the creek!). So okay, this 'terrible thing' has happened to me and I've been possessed by Satan because I saw a psychic, against this particular 'thou shalt not' in Deuteronomy, but what about all these other 'thou shalts' or 'thou shalt nots' that my aunt was or wasn't doing??

She didn't have an answer for me, not one that made any sense anyway. So that whole "pick and choose" thing didn't work for me. At least I can say I read the Bible and decided for myself that it was nonsense.

I am a very spiritual person and I have strong beliefs but I'm definitely not "religious"!