Katy Perry, the 29-year-old singer and songwriter, is revealing that while she prays she no longer identifies with Christianity. Katy Perry, the 29-year-old singer and songwriter, is revealing that while she prays she no longer identifies with Christianity.
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"I don't believe in a heaven or a hell, or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable," she told Marie Claire magazine recently. "Accountability is rare to find, especially with people like myself, because nobody wants to tell you something you don't want to hear."
Perry, who took the Billboard charts by storm with her hit song "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, told Marie Claire that she no longer considers herself a Christian despite being raised by Christian ministers.
"I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the time - for self-control, for humility," she told Marie Claire. "There's a lot of gratitude in it. Just saying 'thank you' sometimes is better than asking for things."
Despite her decision to perform music that may seem controversial to the Christian community, the chart-topping singer has never shied away from crediting the Christian church for giving her a start as a performer.
"The atmosphere I grew up in was 100 percent Christian," Perry said her "Part of Me: 3D" movie which was released last year. "I started singing in the church, I never really had another plan."
Keith Hudson, the singer's father who runs Keith and Mary Hudson Ministries with Katy's mother, admitted that he was worried when the news of their daughter's musical direction broke.
"I was a little concerned, yeah, 'cause I thought my ministry after 30-something years is over," Hudson said in the movie. "But, you know what? Never had a problem."
Still, Perry insisted that she has a great relationship with her parents.
"People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents … like, how that can exist. There isn't any judgment," Perry told Marie Claire. "They don't necessarily agree with everything I do, but I don't necessarily agree with everything they do. They pray for me is what they do."
dlimelite at 28-12-2013 03:44 PM (11 years ago) (f)
You dont believe in god but then you say " I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the time - for self-control, for humility," If you dont believe in God then which God do you have deep connections with? Who is the higher power bigger than you? Well, it's no suprise, cuz everyone knows that you are in the illuminati club where y'all worship your own god/higher power (satanic god).
Posted: at 28-12-2013 03:44 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
BE READY FOR YOUR DOWNFALL. BECAUSE PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL. YOU DO NOT JOKE WITH THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD. I AM SO SORRY FOR YOU, AND MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO RECOGNIZED WITH GOD, PLEASE NEVER USE HIS NAME IN VAIN. HE IS THE LORD THINE GOD...
Posted: at 28-12-2013 04:00 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
...I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable,..
What is that higher power...lol
...Abeg...make someone give her this verse..
Rom 1 vs 21 "..For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles..."
She can as well read the rest to know her place...lol
Posted: at 28-12-2013 04:28 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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