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Mariana

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7. My stepkid went through that, too.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 11:14 AM

Jan 2019

Her mother and grandmother enjoyed telling her that her father and I would burn in hell because we didn't go to church. During visitation, she would have nightmares and crying fits and such, because obviously, she loved us and didn't want that to happen. My husband got custody of her when she was 10. She's 33 now, and an atheist, and she expresses profound gratitude that when she came to live with us the indoctrination - and the nightmares - ended.

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This Mother Wants to Make Sure the Myth of Hell Doesn't Traumatize Other Kids [View all] NeoGreen Jan 2019 OP

Reminds me of some of the crap I went through as a child rurallib Jan 2019 #1

But confession Cartoonist Jan 2019 #6

of course but there was no confession available after 6PM on a Friday night rurallib Jan 2019 #8

The best thing about being Catholic. You can do whatever you want so long as you tell someone Major Nikon Jan 2019 #9

I knew a kid in college who used to take his roomate's food without asking. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #17

People will always find the loopholes Major Nikon Jan 2019 #18

My stepkid went through that, too. Mariana Jan 2019 #7

Interesting The Genealogist Jan 2019 #2

Recently, there was a story posted here about a Priest who MineralMan Jan 2019 #4

One will find odd things at some Christian funerals The Genealogist Jan 2019 #10

I find myself attending more and more funerals as I get older. MineralMan Jan 2019 #12

Much respect for your approach to your situation The Genealogist Jan 2019 #13

It'll all work out OK, I'm sure. MineralMan Jan 2019 #14

Do you have Mormon insurance? Cartoonist Jan 2019 #20

religion is a tool for social control Cartoonist Jan 2019 #5

The extreme examples stand out The Genealogist Jan 2019 #11

But, religion provides the framework, and it's all done through stories. MineralMan Jan 2019 #15

The overseers of the Religion group have no problem with telling people they will burn in hell. trotsky Jan 2019 #3

Yeah, but atheists who open their mouths are basically just as bad as people who traumatize kids. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #16

No open mouths necessary. trotsky Jan 2019 #19

Can't have atheists thinking there's anyone else out there they can talk to. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #21