Hi cheropride!
You are most welcome!
As for the Christian aspect (and I do not wish to get into any lengthy and/or heated religious debates) - I too went through this when I was younger. I did not have the parental support growing up (mother said I was possessed, father said,"We don't talk about that" or "Don't tell anyone else".) I began to see myself as an abnormal freak of nature.
So, I went about trying to find answers myself. I did discover that you can back up
any argument with a Bible passage ("suffer the witches" and the opposition of the "Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues - 1 Corinthians 14) whether pro or con.
I work hard in my classes to honor everyone's religious belief system and use the terms "Powers-That-Be" or the "Source". I think everyone has a right to their religious beliefs.
I also realized that we were created by God (or Powers That Be or the Source). So, if I believed I was a 'freak of nature' as I was led to believe growing up - does that mean that God made a mistake? I don't think so. I was made as I was made.
One minister once said something along the lines of 'Since I believe in Angels and God, whom I cannot see, then it's no stretch to believe in spirits and others things I also cannot see.'
Oh, and as a side note - the children today are coming in more open than we could imagine - and a lot are not shutting it off as we did growing up. They just learned to not talk about it so much, especially around adults.
And again, you are welcome! I really have been there!
