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    2 months ago

    I similarly left Christianity from a far more fundamentalist sect and yes: the coercion is significant on all levels. It’s scary once you realize what’s been going on.

    It’s an incredibly controlling form of human culture and not given its due wariness.

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      Yeah I told my partner about some of the stuff that goes on and her first thought was ‘they shouldn’t allow kids in religion until they’re old enough to decide for themselves’.

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        It’s the correct decision that will never happen - Children have no rights+ in modern society.

        Any zealous religious parent being told they can’t bring up their child in their religion would throw an absolute shitfit.

        +The only “right” of a child is framed in terms of parental responsibilities.