A Narrative Essay On Christianity Research Paper

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I grew up in a very religious Hispanic and Irish family where there was really no way in avoiding becoming a part of the Catholic church. I was baptized at a very young age, not even knowing what that symbolized in my life. Growing up I was ushered to and from Church and Sunday school, Catechism, and First Communion classes. I was an Angel in our churches’ yearly Christmas play and once even played the virgin Mary. I was taught of the Ten Commandments and ‘reminded’ at every opportunity to follow them, and for 13 years of my life, I did just that. I stood on my pedestal of devout Christianity and looked down upon anyone not as worthy as my religion said I was. Being raised in a strict religious household, caused me to be an obstinate and contemptuous person growing up. Rules were set for my life that God had wanted all good Christians to follow, and I being told thats who I was supposed to be, followed them without question. I guffawed and shunned any possibility that I was expelling good people from my life based on the crap that I was taught to believe, and did for a very long time. I was essentially bullying people in the name of Christianity. …show more content…

How was being judgmental and closed-minded to other people the Christianly thing to do? After a long period of soul searching, I realized that I was following the words of hypocrites. Everything that was wrong, was only wrong for non-christians. Everyone deserved love and respect; if they were Christian, if they were straight, if they weren't divorced, if they didn't use contraceptives, and the list went on and on. I noticed that fellow congregants in my families church had a great ease with which they assumed they were much more important than everyone else. That other people needed to be the ones to conform to the laws of Christianity and more specifically to

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