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Permalink Reply by Carol Clark on May 26, 2012 at 6:09pm

and, we still celebrate Christmas but not as the birth of anything.  It is just a good time to get togehter with friends and family and giving or gettng gifts is always fun...doesnt  have anything to do with us celebrating it.  One thing for sure, I like Easter a lot better now since I dont have to go to church two thousand times before Ash Wednesday and Easter to listen to a priest mumble in Latin after getting dirt smeared

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Permalink Reply by Courtney Hammett on May 27, 2012 at 2:53am

At first, I hated going into the Cook-Out restaurant or Zaxby's because they played that music. I hated being in the car with my mom. But eventually, I was able to listen to some sort-of neutral bands I used to adore like Skillet or Flyleaf without absorbing certain messages. I got to re-experience my childhood in a positive way. I can even find joy in songs like "Sigh No More" by Mumford & Sons without having to click away. It was a process for me. At first, I had to cut myself off cold turkey.

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Permalink Reply by Tenley Cherie on June 12, 2012 at 2:59pm

Initially, yes, it severely bothered me, but mostly because it brought back bad memories. Also I started to really pay attention to the lyrics for the first time ("...from the earth to the grave, to the grave to the sky, Lord I lift your name on high..." I never realized how morbid that sounded) But I had to get used to it, working in a Catholic hospital in the Bible belt, a lot of nurses listen to Christian music at the desk, and it's allowed. With therapy and time, you'll start to not care. It's still annoying, and I never found Christian music to be audiably pleasing, except in rare cases like a catchy Stacie Orrico or Rebecca St. James song, but I haven't listened to either of them since I left Christianity behind.

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