I was raised in a 'Christian' home. As a result, I did all I could to follow the Bible. I was raped. I was told that I had sinned by committing fornication and that I could have stopped it if I had wanted to. He kept raping me off and on for months, while I kept trying to talk him out of it. The church kept saying I was living in sin. I was terrified that I was going to hell. I was only 16 years old at the time. The Bible indicated that a man who rapes an unbetrothed virgin was to marry her. I believed that I had to marry him to avoid going to hell, so I did. My life was over. I never wanted to marry him.

I have regretted trying to follow the Bible for quite some time now. Trying to please God is like trying to please an abusive husband. It cannot be done. Even scripture says that any good we do is nothing but a dirty rag to Him. How can you possibly please someone like that?

I have experienced Christianity. It is one of the most unloving religions there are. They don't even follow Jesus's acts of mercy in the Bible. It is all condemnation. There is no mercy.

The wiccans I have met are far more loving and accepting than the Christians.