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yellowdogintexas

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81. I had those experiences at Methodist Summer Camp

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:16 AM

Jun 25

Some of my most impactful experiences on religion in general came from camp and later my college.

I went to a United Methodist college; we could not be classified as Juniors until we had taken the two required religion courses: a semester of Old Testament and a semester of New.

Our OT professor walked into the room and declared that some of us were going to have our faith disturbed greatly and debate was welcomed. Then he said that Genesis is actually the mythology of the Hebrew tribes, until the narrative gets to events which are recorded.
Then he defined mythology as the attempt of primitive peoples to explain things which they do not understand (like day and night; seasonal changes and other natural things).
That was my favorite college class!!! He knew that there were students from very conservative backgrounds so he warned them.

Anyway we were not raised as Biblical literalists, or God makes everything happen good or bad and it is for a reason.

I dropped away from church after observing a lot of hypocracy surrounding social issues. I started going back after watching a local (Methodist) pastor on TV. His sermons were intellectual, educational and very progressive. So I went to visit..and am still there after 33 years!

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