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FirstLight

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1. another coincidence, twin...
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:23 PM
Jan 2012

My sister and I were talking about a secondary family member (her husband's ex, mom of her stepdaughter) who has recently been re-diagnosed with a THIRD bout of cancer... so i heard all the depressing news, and she went on to tell me of her stepdaughter's crisis of faith because of it, the whole "why" thing...

her reply and new stance is that the woman has been following wicca for a couple years now, and the cancer is part of Gods way of 'bringing her back' to the church...because the wiccan thing is evil...blahblahblah...So the family's 'mission' is to get her to accept God back into her heart before she dies...

what a bummer, wish i was friends with her and could warn her...how awful to be going thru chemo and shit and have a family badgering you to "get Right with God" - whether it be to save your life or ready yourself for the afterlife...




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My uber-Catholic freeper-type aunt [View all] MorningGlow Jan 2012 OP
another coincidence, twin... FirstLight Jan 2012 #1
Holy crap--what a terrible situation MorningGlow Jan 2012 #2
I don't know why some folks find it nessasary to evanglize at every opurtuinty ..... Howler Jan 2012 #3
Telling her that you have been wanting to read it kentauros Jan 2012 #4
LOL she might very well think the latter! MorningGlow Jan 2012 #8
Not a "lie of ommission" eh? kentauros Jan 2012 #10
Lie of omission? MorningGlow Jan 2012 #11
Well, in THAT case, kentauros Jan 2012 #12
That's what we keep TELLING people MorningGlow Jan 2012 #13
but Catholics don't believe in the literal translation Tumbulu Jan 2012 #14
You'll have to take that up with MG's aunt ;) kentauros Jan 2012 #15
oops, sorry, wrong place , (nt) Tumbulu Jan 2012 #16
Did you see this story, MG? WolverineDG Jan 2012 #5
wow, thanks for sharing FirstLight Jan 2012 #6
It's like Rainbow Sunrise Jan 2012 #7
I did indeed, Wolverine MorningGlow Jan 2012 #9
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