It is absolutely bizarre to me. I do not understand at all. I am not joking.
I was taught very little Christianity growing up. I don't know any stories, just the big characters and just barely.
I read that Bible once and it made perfect sense to me. I had questions to ask other people, but as I asked the questions, all I got were strange interpretations and deletions of information.
I do not know what book the Christian people of America are following. I am not like some dude that been doing Christian stuff my whole life or something. I can't repeat any scripture from heart, but I can tell you what it does and doesn't say.
I just know, cause I am not an idiot, and I read the book, when people tell me shit that God would never say or imply.
I just have to go find some piece of scripture to back myself up. I have asked some questions here and got solid answers that reinforced my notions that were counter-mainstream. My aunt was helpful too because she is a bit in the middle between the new-age stuff and a more direct reading.
I stuck with the way I saw it. It was plain and clear as day to me. I do not care what people think of my life actions, my criminal record, my marijuana grow room, the fact i smoke cigarettes, drink too much soda, play terrorist all day, and choose no party affiliation, i do not go to church, i do pray in a group when my q friends ask me to join them in prayer or i see someone who is requesting a prayer for someone. I do not have friends in the real world. I am considered mentally ill by my family because of my actions. It can be hard to understand it is okay to hear the voice of God. It is confusing and people and they medicate the issue.
It is all just funny to me at the end of the day. Like so what, I lived a life of sin and I eat too much sugar and nicotene. I escape this fucked up reality a bit with marijuana.
Everyone else escapes with game of thrones and facebook and that is somehow different.