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Posted by fachad on July 11, 2002, at 0:35:48
I was raised in a Fundamentalist Baptist Bible Believing Home.
I really think that I was harmed by those teachings in many ways.
I'm totally over it now, to the point I don't even bother mentioning it much anymore.
But I do feel sorry for people who are raised in it, or who are drawn in at a vulnerable time in their lives, and who stay with those beliefs even though they are casuing harm.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Posted by tabitha on July 11, 2002, at 3:39:32
In reply to Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief?, posted by fachad on July 11, 2002, at 0:35:48
Hi Fachad,
Wow, I have too much to say on this one. I'm also from the Bible belt. I was not raised in a fundamentalist home, but had lots of exposure to it (Baptists, Pentecostals, Bible cult fringe groups, etc).
I think the worst thing I came away with was a morality that we're just here to do "right" or "wrong" and then be judged for it (judged by other people during life, judged by God after death). That's it, no sense of what really makes people do what they do, what they really need, how to find happiness or fulfill potential.
It took 3000 miles distance and hundreds of therapy hours to dislodge this bleak vision of human life from my psyche.
Posted by Dinah on July 11, 2002, at 8:48:27
In reply to Re: Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief?, posted by tabitha on July 11, 2002, at 3:39:32
Religion is a powerful thing. Anything that powerful has the ability to harm or help, depending on how it's used and what the needs of an individual are.
Posted by krazy kat on July 11, 2002, at 18:00:37
In reply to Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief?, posted by fachad on July 11, 2002, at 0:35:48
Again, please email me if you'd like to speak with someone from a similar background- parents converted from Episcopal to Born Again/Evangelical when I was 4.
See post below.
- KK
Posted by ctrlaltndel on July 11, 2002, at 20:29:50
In reply to Re: Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief? » fachad, posted by krazy kat on July 11, 2002, at 18:00:37
Posted by Phil on July 13, 2002, at 7:43:29
In reply to Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief?, posted by fachad on July 11, 2002, at 0:35:48
I know a lady that had parents who were missionaries. When she and her brothers were young, the parents put them in foster homes and such so they, the parents, could "serve God".
I hope there is a special place in hell for those idiots.
Posted by kiddo on July 20, 2002, at 10:48:21
In reply to Re: Has Anyone Been Harmed by Religious Belief?, posted by Phil on July 13, 2002, at 7:43:29
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