In order for one to understand my religious life one needs to understand where I come from. I come from a dominican family that is loud. I come from Lawrence, Massachusetts. I come from “the struggle”. I come from a catholic family, but Im personally on the fence about my religion just because I don't really know if i believe in a higher power. Every since I was little i've been raised to be a catholic but certain event in my life made me want t challenge those beliefs which is why I am on the fence about where i stand with my religious beliefs.
I come from a family where you are baptized by the age of 6 and go to sunday school until you're done with high school. Growing up my family was very religious but I always seemed to have a disconnect because I didn't always agree with what everyone was saying. My family was very judgmental of everyone but you would think that being so religious would make them not judge people instead it was the complete opposite. They were always so racist and mean to anyone who wasn't like them or met their standards. People like that were exactly the people that i ated because they were essentially bullies. …show more content…
when I was younger i never really had my mom in my life and even when I did have my mom finally she was deported back to the Dominican republic because of mistakes that she had made. This event was one of the most hurtful events that have ever happened to me and just when I had faith in god and needed him the most he let me down. He left me all alone with no parents and I was devastated. I kept waiting on the miracle that they all say will come when you need him the most and I just sat there and waited for my mom to be back home with me. I believed that if I kept praying how I was once told to do in the sunday school that I went to every weekend I would get my mom back but I
I come from a family where you are baptized by the age of 6 and go to sunday school until you're done with high school. Growing up my family was very religious but I always seemed to have a disconnect because I didn't always agree with what everyone was saying. My family was very judgmental of everyone but you would think that being so religious would make them not judge people instead it was the complete opposite. They were always so racist and mean to anyone who wasn't like them or met their standards. People like that were exactly the people that i ated because they were essentially bullies. …show more content…
when I was younger i never really had my mom in my life and even when I did have my mom finally she was deported back to the Dominican republic because of mistakes that she had made. This event was one of the most hurtful events that have ever happened to me and just when I had faith in god and needed him the most he let me down. He left me all alone with no parents and I was devastated. I kept waiting on the miracle that they all say will come when you need him the most and I just sat there and waited for my mom to be back home with me. I believed that if I kept praying how I was once told to do in the sunday school that I went to every weekend I would get my mom back but I