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Originally Posted by Bible-believer
I did, and I got into trouble. That's why I realized I'd better not bring it up again. I tried the way you sampled in the post. I am being labeled as a trouble maker. I study the Bible daily and seek the truth. Yet I feel so alone in the group, esp. when during the Bible study meeting. As one brother said one person against a system is kind of hopeless.
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I appreciate the severity of your situation, and don't presume to know what you can say or do. Yet as
Trapped notes, we have the internet, and are neither alone nor hopeless. A lot of people agree with you. Some may be close by, but they can't speak up as you found out. I also agree with studying the Bible. I'd say, study Jesus and look at him carefully, what he did, what he said, how he viewed himself and those around him. You can spend a lifetime studying him. If you do, his Spirit will be with you.
Here's a recent example. He got touched by a sick woman. He said, "I felt power flow out of me". ~Luke 8:46 Can you imagine that? If a politician says to a poor person, jobless and hungry, "I feel your pain" and then gets back in his limo and returns to the State Capital, does he really feel the pain?
Yet when Jesus felt the woman's sickness, she got healed. For Jesus, to feel is not an emotion, it's a precursor of action: feed the hungry, clothe those who are shivering with cold, heal the sick. Listen to those who want to try and find their voice. Comfort the broken-hearted. And you'll feel that same power flow. If you feel others in their weakness and shame, where they really are, you can reach them. His Spirit will be with you.
Your situation, though difficult, is temporary. Don't be discouraged - you're not alone.