Personal Narrative: Afterlife Connect With Religion

The reader is left to wonder if there isn’t a larger motive, other than the afterlife connected with religion in the American society. Clearly as defined by the reading these countries are prospering without the fear of God striking them down in retribution to the non-belief of the society. How can this be if everything Americans are led to believe that without religion in their lives, everything that happens will have a negative result.
I would like to step back a bit back in time, take a look at some events that took place that led me to read this book and applaud the effort of the book. As a young child I spent lots of time with my grandparents. I spent almost every summer working on my grandfather’s farm learning what a good hard day’s work was worth. Along …show more content…
There was a group of children that attended as well; I became friends with several of them. One summer the group was headed to church camp, I was asked if I would like to go. With great enthusiasm, I planned out my vacation at church camp. Well as anyone knows there is more to camp than just relaxation. It’s up early, kitchen duty, classes and a daily church session. It was at my first church session that I was made to feel that I was not worshiping god correctly and that I was going to hell for my sins. Are you kidding me? I was nine years old and my fate was already determined. Unless, I begged for forgiveness, I recited a prayer and confessed my sins, and accept the lord as my savior. Where do I sign up for this? I need to be forgiven, because at nine, I have committed sins that will damn me. Understand, I was distraught, and in tears, I mean what have I done that would make God so mad at me, that I would be sent to hell for all eternity. I immediately went to seek a counselor in order to “be saved.” Fast forward several years, I was dating a young lady whose parents were extremely religious. She was admitted to a hospital to have