Christian "Torture" of Children is Real!

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[rottentomatoez]

I attribute most of my mental problems (anxiety, OCD) to the brainwashing I received as a youngster. I didn't go to church when I was younger and when I told people that I had just been raised like that, they told me I was going to hell. So, as a guillible little kid I believed them.

They never told me that I could be saved or anything like that so I thought it was final that I was going to hell. So, ages 10-12 were hellish. Kind of ironic isn't it?

Stay away from religion, thats my advice.

[davidecl]

THat was very similar to my experience, but I am not soo mad at religion as some people who use religion as an excuse to oppress others (ie, chrisians who might otherwise be wife-beating drunks, use strict religion as an outlet for their need to control)

[NeutralGrounder]

Mental torture is far worse than physical, especially when done to children. It's understandable that people want to raise kids the way they want but they must resist any form of indoctrination on the young. Most will not come to their own conclusions, that is the purpose of indoctrination. Parents should wait until a child is old enough to think for itself.

[davidecl]

That is really hard to do though (raise children under certain values without indoctrinating them.) BTW, I agree with almost everything you said, although I don't know if mental abuse is worse than physical. I would be interested to read any studies about children raised in cults or cult-like environments.

[kazokazo68]

Teach your own children what you think is right. If it harms people physicly, they should be stopped, but if not, leave them alone. Like yourself, they will come to their own conclusion. Everyone butting into everyone elses business.

[davidecl]

No, F*** you, I don't think you understand what some people go through. At the very least, I should have been given a balanced opinion. When you are that young, you imprint things that can NEVER be reversed. Dumbass people shouldn't be allowed to screw up their kids for life. If someone had intervined in my case, I absolutely would be much more well-adjusted, happy, and normal today.

[MidLifeSkeptic]

When I was very young, my frieind's mother tried to scare me into getting saved. I was born in a Jewish family, but with virtually no indoctrination about a magical god. Luckily, my mother saw how troubled I was and told me that no one was watching me, no one was reading my thoughts, and I had nothing to worry about. My friend was not so lucky.

[randomperson110]

and you felt guilty for so many things for so long i can almost put money on the fact that you didn't have much to do with it .

[randomperson110]

and you felt guilty for so many things for so long i can almost put money on the fact that you didn't have much to do with it .

[joshdaugherty1111]

Ancient astronaut theory is what proves god (and really all deity religions) to be misinterpretations of advanced beings visiting earth in the distant past. Call me crazy, but i'll say the same to you if you think Earth is the only planet that has intelligent (LOL Humans intelligent, right) life on it.

Though I wouldn't say ALL religions are a sham. I myself am fond of a few Asian philosophies. Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, they're all perfectly fine. Most everyone else is the cause of war.

[drewd1987]

Research the cult of scientology. Makes christianity look harmless.

[skoookum]

A new poll by Pew came out today that showed that the majority of church going Americans support the torture of suspected terrorists while the majority of non-church goers do not support the torture of terror suspects.

[Autumnvicky]

I still love God, he's awesome!

[Autumnvicky]

They emotionally scar you without even realizing the damage their doing.

[Autumnvicky]

It's....true, what this guy is saying. I grew up feeling scared and guilty all the time and I still feel that guilt. It's not just church, it's how they scare you with your own religion. I'm on medication, the only way to calm down after panic attacks I get.

[omnivisone]

I agree - stay away from religion. But Don't give up God. Jesus came to take down the churches of his day because of what they had done to his people and nothing has changed. Christians simply turned the new faith into the old one. They have taken the power of Jesus' body and blood from his people and then told them to do it on thier own. Which causes fear and guilt. "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood there is no life in you."