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coppertophomegurl · 1 year

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Me, watching 3 out of 6 kids in my family come out as queer/trans/nonbinary after my conservative mormon parents indoctrinated and homeschooled us for 18 years to "protect us from the dangerous influences of the world."

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spurgie-cousin · 24 days

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no but fr at what point do we start acknowledging that money isn't the absolute only thing a kid needs thrown at them to be a well rounded, healthy person?

also at what point do we acknowledge the toll parentification takes on children and admit to ourselves that 2 adults can *not* provide 10+ children's mental, physical, and emotional needs on their own?

#also why don't we ever listen to the adult children of these families who are like Yea i was 12 getting up with my baby siblings at 4am #look at Logan and Aspyn Brown both have been married for a hot second yet have no plans for kids hmmmm i wonder why #could it be that they spent 10 on being live nannies to their siblings #trad #fundamentalist

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pratchettquotes · 2 years

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"Your grags are losing their followers, not just because of the clacks towers and not because of Ankh-Morpork but because new generations arise and think what's all this about--how could our parents be so stupid? And you can't stop people any more than you can stop a train."

Albrechtson was almost sorry for Ardent now. You could live in denial for a long time, but, like a snake, it doubles back and strikes.

Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam

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gramarobin · 1 year

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#regret #evangelical #fundamentalist #life after christianity #exvangelical #ex fundamentalist #religion #religious trauma #deconstruction

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republicanidiots · 1 month

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Why IVF things are angels that need to be protected by law but real babies are on their own:

(I don't know who needs to hear this but) A lot of fundamentalists believe a fetus is pure (sin-wise) until it's born. After birth, any issue the baby has is considered evidence of it's sinfulness.

#evangelicals #religion #fundamentalist #iVF #babies #sin

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deadforsevenyears · 1 year

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Nothing can possibly express my relief and vindication when i came to college and took a geology class.

I was homeschooled - in various decreasing grades of intensity, while my peers, also homeschooled, seemed to be going increasingly opposite of me in fervor and religiousity. (And conspiracy).

I remember being one of those homeschoolers, though. My mom took me and my three siblings to meet up with her friend (3 kids, abusive husband she couldn't leave because of her oppressive religion) to the homeschool convention in Nashville.

Us girls wore long denim skirts, the boys had on button downs and kakis. We looked like Michael Pearl's own personal cult following/harem.

we went to hear Ken Ham (founder of the Christian apologetics organization that runs the Ark exhibit and creation museum) speak about catastrophism and the young earth theory.

He was quite a convincing, charismatic, and captivating speaker. It was like sticking my toes in cult infested waters. He talked about how the billions of dead things buried in the ocean were proof of a massive flood, and about how the fossils found in land locked places like Utah and Montana were proof of a flood. He even got the audience involved: he said "millions, billions of years ago..." The audience yelled back "FICTION." He had a handful of catchphrases: "layer upon layer upon layer" and "were you there?"

He even had handouts, an audio drama called Jonathan Park about scientific proof of creationism aimed at children ages 7 and up , books, videos.

and it was fun- we all had fun, we repeated his little catch phrases for YEARS after. Later at the homeschool co-op we began attending, the Christian homeschool science curriculum backed him up, even cited him.

Even when i began to think for myself about what i had been learning my entire life, creationism had been so well ingrained in me that i could barely wrap my mind around the possiblity of anything else.

A massive chunk of the population is being taught mythology as of it is fact, as if it ascends all science and research and evidence.

#Evangelical #exvangelical #Homeschooled #Exhomeschooled #Ken Ham #Fundy #Fundamentalist #Creationism #Young earth theory #Uniformitarianism #Old earth #Flood #Fossils #Cult #Christian #Atheist #Michael pearl

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randyite · 6 months

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Johnson's johnson

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personal-blog243 · 10 months

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Some thoughts about the Duggar documentary:

My childhood was not NEARLY as strict as the Duggars. I was raised in a republican controlled state (Tennessee, near Arkansas where the Duggar’s live) and I am from a republican Christian family; but I was public schooled, my parents used contraception, I was a cheerleader, I was fully vaccinated, they believed in divorce, I wore pants, I watched secular movies, tv, music, etc. as long as it wasn’t rated R.

Arguably the central theme of the documentary is the prevalence of abuse. I have never been raped so I can’t speak on that issue. When these parents say they want to protect their children from sexual abuse I believe them.

However, I think the physical hitting of children is a widespread issue in EVERY society since the dawn of time. Religion does offer a very convenient systemic endorsement of hitting kids, but plenty of non religious parents do it too. Pretty much every parent I know (regardless of religion or politics) believes that hitting kids is an absolutely mandatory basic requirement if you want your children to be good people. If you don’t hit your kids, many people I know will call you a bad, lazy, careless parent. I was not hit nearly as often as many kids I know, but I don’t think I deserved the way I was treated.

I have been at so many gatherings where I knew kids were being hit in the other room and I didn’t know what to do. I am complicit.

(Also please do not make any mean jokes about “white people” or “religious people” or “rural people” being inherently backwards or stupid or abusive or liking incest. Please be respectful when discussing these topics and acknowledge these people are victims of a terrible system and do not make light of incest please.)

Side notes: I think the title is a reference to the song “stained glass masquerade” by casting crowns. If you want the Mormon equivalent of this documentary watch “Keep Sweet, Pray, and Obey” on Netflix.

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ficuslyrata · 1 year

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The Handmaid's Tale, 2022

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disgruntledexplainer · 10 months

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the habit of evangelical and fundamentalist protestants to immediately refer to anything they dislike or do not understand as “satanic” or “pagan”, or to blame the devil for obviously mundane, human evils, is the primary reason why i have never seriously considered evangelical and fundamentalist protestantism a valid alternative belief system. the absolute melodrama that always seems to explode from them at the slightest provocation paints their faith as a truly silly display of mindless terror and hate.

it doesn’t help that some of them have called ME a devil worshiper, and acted like they know more about what I believe than I do. and then turned around and tried to get me to convert, like they had actually make a coherent argument.

when I express my dislike of something, it’s usually “I think this is wrong” or “I think this is stupid”. I don’t look at a Calvinist and say “I think you are all devil worshipers” or “you may deny it, but it’s obvious you worship Wotan”, because both of those would be lies. I think Calvinism is wrong simply because I can’t reconcile their core doctrines with the descriptions of Jesus’s words and actions in the New Testament. No devil worship is required for someone to just be wrong.

but if I talk to an evangelical about things they don’t like (which I have), they’ll act like the devil is lurking behind everything they don’t like.

#religion #christianity #evangelicals #fundamentalist

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heavylittlepeople · 1 year

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#heavy little people #webcomic #comic strip #humour #silly #fundamentalist #heaven #access denied #jodhpurs #paddock boots #having fun #angel #afterlife

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jimhair · 1 year

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Listening reluctantly to the news it just reminds me: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Mike Pence, Richmond, Indiana, 2008 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #america #human #family #photographer #documentary #people #fundamentalist #politician #portrait #photography #schwarzweiss #blancoynegro #blancinegre #bnw @ilfordphoto #ilford #mediumformat #film #blancetnoir #白黒 #Hēiyǔbái #siyahbeyaz #shirokuro #blackandwhite #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #oregon #photojournalism @hasselblad @hasselbladfilmgallery 2008 FP4 Hasselblad 500 c/m 120mm Makro-Planar https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDUwBDPBlt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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wutbju · 2 years

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Bob Jones III continues to define a “fundamentalist” in Biblical Answers to Bothersome Questions.

Notice how easily this is political for Bob. HE “will oppose all governmental usurpation over our children.” If you remember back in the 70s and 80s, this coincided with the rise in public scrutiny over child abuse. That’s what a Fundamentalist opposes.

And the last: “a Fundamentalist will oppose the current twisting of the role of women. He will oppose the ERA, the Women’s Lib Movement.”

Why?

#Bob Jones University #Archive #BJU #Biblical Answers to Bothersome Questions #Bothersome Bob #Fundamentalist #Definition #Equal Rights Amendment

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gramarobin · 11 months

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#no more #leaving christianity #leaving religion #exvangelical #ex fundamentalist #indoctrination #it was fear #christianity #fundamentalist #self love #trust yourself

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republicanidiots · 4 months

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I've got 10 problems and conservative men not being able to get a girlfriend is 98 of them

1.). No birth control (so we can't decide to have children)

2.) No abortions (so we can't leave abusive relationships)

3.) No divorces (see #2)

4.) Only traditional values are relevant (except when it comes to fellatio -- God supports that)

5.) Having more than one sex partner is a sin (so we don't find out how bad they are in bed)

6.) Women must be virgins when they marry (see #5)

7.) Women must do whatever the book the men wrote says

8.) Men don't have to do anything the bible says unless they want to

9.) No day care centers, women's shelters, food programs, minimum wage (so we can't support children without a man's paycheck)

10.) Force women to have babies until she drops dead. Rinse and repeat with new wife.

#republican #politics #gop #conservative #democrat #abortion #libertarian #mormon #fundamentalist

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love-heretic · 11 days

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#Christian #christiannationalism #religion #white #European ancestry #National narrative #Evangelical #mainline #Trump #Donald Trump #fundamentalist #Mainline #rapture #Pentecostal #Catholic #Diana Butler Bass

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