a good number of them will say they underwent the trauma of being told often as a child that an apocalypse/race war was coming any minute, being told (if they’re a woman) to be subservient to your future husband, explicitly barred from dating outside their own race (again, mainly if they were a girl), taught rampant homophobia (potentially being thrown out/hurt if they are gay), taught racist stuff about every race including Mexicans and Asians, and got their art or writing torn up, or favorite toys destroyed, if it featured white characters.
I can't and won't comment about NOI because I don't feel informed enough to have an opinion one way or another. But if I may, allow me to rewrite the above paragraph in a way that accurately reflects the upbringing myself and I would guess at the very least ~25% of white American kids are brought up with:
a good number of them will say they underwent the trauma of being told often as a child that an apocalypse/rapture was coming any minute, being told (if they’re a woman) to be subservient to your future husband, explicitly barred from dating outside their own religion and sometimes race too (again, mainly if they were a girl), taught rampant homophobia (potentially being thrown out/hurt if they are gay), taught racist stuff about every race including black folks, Mexicans and Asians, and got their Harry Potter or D&D books torn up, or favorite toys destroyed, if it featured characters outside what evangelicals consider normative.
Also very important to note that these kids are ALSO taught that every single person who lives or has lived will spend an eternity in a state of eternal, conscious torment in hell if they never accepted Jesus as their personal savior really fucks kids up. I actually once had a mild mental breakdown over this which at least led to my deconversion.
Also very important to note that these kids are ALSO taught that every single person who lives or has lived will spend an eternity in a state of eternal, conscious torment in hell if they never accepted Jesus as their personal savior really fucks kids up. I actually once had a mild mental breakdown over this which at least led to my deconversion.
I think one of my worst memories was being with my grandmother on her death bed as she desperately sobbed that she was going to go to hell
Its a marker of how manipulative it is. Her husband was bastard by the end, never did anything, bleed money from every scam out there. They separated a few months before it happened. She felt so guilty, talked about how she broke she broke her promise to god when she stopped loving him. All this misery just so shity men can treat their wives like property and shity bosses can treat their employees like property and shity cops can treat us like property. Because they know some people will rack themselves with guilt for the impropriety of seeing any other possibility, that god will punish them for wanting their lives to be better.
I can't and won't comment about NOI because I don't feel informed enough to have an opinion one way or another. But if I may, allow me to rewrite the above paragraph in a way that accurately reflects the upbringing myself and I would guess at the very least ~25% of white American kids are brought up with:
a good number of them will say they underwent the trauma of being told often as a child that an apocalypse/rapture was coming any minute, being told (if they’re a woman) to be subservient to your future husband, explicitly barred from dating outside their own religion and sometimes race too (again, mainly if they were a girl), taught rampant homophobia (potentially being thrown out/hurt if they are gay), taught racist stuff about every race including black folks, Mexicans and Asians, and got their Harry Potter or D&D books torn up, or favorite toys destroyed, if it featured characters outside what evangelicals consider normative.
Also very important to note that these kids are ALSO taught that every single person who lives or has lived will spend an eternity in a state of eternal, conscious torment in hell if they never accepted Jesus as their personal savior really fucks kids up. I actually once had a mild mental breakdown over this which at least led to my deconversion.
I think one of my worst memories was being with my grandmother on her death bed as she desperately sobbed that she was going to go to hell
:jesus-christ:
Yeah that's the bastard
Same thing with one of my grandmothers, but it was my dad who was there for it. Divorced Catholic.
Its a marker of how manipulative it is. Her husband was bastard by the end, never did anything, bleed money from every scam out there. They separated a few months before it happened. She felt so guilty, talked about how she broke she broke her promise to god when she stopped loving him. All this misery just so shity men can treat their wives like property and shity bosses can treat their employees like property and shity cops can treat us like property. Because they know some people will rack themselves with guilt for the impropriety of seeing any other possibility, that god will punish them for wanting their lives to be better.
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