Addendum to If you can see this you are beginning to see Coming out of this religious norm, recognizing

a depth of being beyond principle - brands one as a traitor to the faith. A freakish, cultic fanatic, more closely associated with David Koresh (Branch Davidians), Jim Jones or even Marshall Applewhite and Heaven's Gate. I tried to open up and explain the internalization of faith and Christ with my mother. Im sure she can only envision me being isolated away in some communal religious sect, eventually coming to some disastrous end. The funny thing is, my non-Christian, open sister, is the one who is most receptive to what I am realizing in Christ. So, in a sense the score stands at: Pagans = 1 Christians = 0

Im sure my Evangelically active nephew counts me as a heretic. New score: Pagans = 1 Christians = minus 1