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Thu Dec-01-05 11:16 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 11:19 PM by barb162
Yeah, they did what they thought was right. Now I "fell away" from the religious teaching I had and my mother could never figure out why, even though I told her a million times (or did it just seem like a million times). My parents are gone too for many years now. It's funny, the school "indoctrinates" you as a little kid, day in and day out, but that doesn't mean it works. A lot of the kids in that school grew up to be non-religious just like me.
There is one thing about that school I went to though that maybe others didn't do. They had us visit on our own about 5 other religions of our choosing, like about 7th grade or whatever. So I went to Lutheran, Greek Orthodox and some other religions, and went to their service and talked to their ministers about the differences in their services and beliefs from what I learned. It was a very nice and educational experience.
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| -I was indoctrinated into religion against my will as a child. Were you? |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 02:43 PM |
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Nope. Never indoctrinated. |
Rob H. |
Dec-01-05 02:51 PM |
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nope. different times my parents tried church |
seabeyond |
Dec-01-05 02:54 PM |
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When I was a kid, if I screwed up bad... |
triguy46 |
Dec-01-05 02:55 PM |
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and I don't feel like I was damaged by the process, |
Bandit |
Dec-01-05 02:57 PM |
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LOL! |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:04 PM |
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Nah |
FreedomAngel82 |
Dec-01-05 02:57 PM |
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I don't regret going to church, even though I didn't want to go |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:00 PM |
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I went to sunday school a time or two... |
Yollam |
Dec-01-05 03:00 PM |
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Yeah, I was sort of. Although baptized a Catholic and |
Cleita |
Dec-01-05 03:01 PM |
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Hell you were lucky, I was double dipped |
MadHound |
Dec-01-05 03:02 PM |
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Double dipped! |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:06 PM |
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Yes |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-01-05 03:03 PM |
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And are you now Pagan? |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:08 PM |
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Pagan - Yes, |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-01-05 03:09 PM |
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Well done! (no pun intended) |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:17 PM |
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Precisely, although I did not know it at the time! |
KitchenWitch |
Dec-01-05 03:29 PM |
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I'm with you |
ByTheRiver |
Dec-01-05 03:05 PM |
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Yes, and I've made them pay for it ever since!! |
Neil Lisst |
Dec-01-05 03:05 PM |
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Never Confirmed |
Moochy |
Dec-01-05 03:08 PM |
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I remember trying hard to think of sins that I could confess. |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:13 PM |
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Self-fulfilling prophecy |
Moochy |
Dec-01-05 03:16 PM |
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Aha! |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:19 PM |
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Marketing 101 :) |
Moochy |
Dec-01-05 03:27 PM |
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I probably shouldn't say this, but... |
hunter |
Dec-02-05 01:38 PM |
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I went to church every week until I was out of the house |
Betty |
Dec-01-05 03:11 PM |
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Yes, 15 years of "Christian" school... |
Dem Agog |
Dec-01-05 03:25 PM |
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I think Catholic is easier than Fundie |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:30 PM |
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At least Catholicism has history and tradition... Judaism too... |
Dem Agog |
Dec-01-05 03:32 PM |
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Nope. I was baptized and confirmed as an adult, completely |
scarlet_owl |
Dec-01-05 03:27 PM |
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ex-Lutheran here |
windlight |
Dec-01-05 03:29 PM |
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i thank god regularly that my parents were atheists ;-) |
kineta |
Dec-01-05 03:32 PM |
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Haha--When I was younger, my mother liekd me to go to "CCD." |
WritingIsMyReligion |
Dec-01-05 03:32 PM |
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NO! Thank goddess! |
Swamp Rat |
Dec-01-05 03:35 PM |
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Aren't you from NOLA? |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:38 PM |
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That's a lovely postcard to Khephra. |
hunter |
Dec-02-05 01:45 PM |
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Never....my parents let me quit going to church when I was 10... |
mitchum |
Dec-01-05 03:37 PM |
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Yes and no |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-01-05 03:45 PM |
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Congratulations on your emancipation, GreenPartyVoter. |
funflower |
Dec-03-05 04:12 AM |
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Thanks :^) |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-03-05 03:26 PM |
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Damn it all I got moved to the Religion forum! |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 03:46 PM |
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Confine such discussions to the basement!!! |
Karenina |
Dec-01-05 03:56 PM |
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sounds like a decent priest. |
nemo137 |
Dec-03-05 05:34 PM |
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Recovering Evangelical, here |
Chovexani |
Dec-01-05 04:04 PM |
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I was taken to Laguna Presbyterian Church .. |
Maat |
Dec-01-05 04:11 PM |
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Weren't just about all of us? |
barb162 |
Dec-01-05 05:29 PM |
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Of course... |
eeyore |
Dec-01-05 05:40 PM |
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I know, I know |
barb162 |
Dec-01-05 11:07 PM |
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see my post below #42 for the same sentiment |
NAO |
Dec-01-05 08:23 PM |
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uh-huh |
barb162 |
Dec-01-05 11:16 PM |
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We went to service at a synagogue as part of my confirmation |
nemo137 |
Dec-03-05 05:32 PM |
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Yes, but instead of "being raised," say "repressed" or "indoctrinated". |
Inland |
Dec-03-05 07:24 PM |
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I wasn't, but I admit that I dragged my kids to church. |
Blue in Portland |
Dec-03-05 08:12 PM |
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Yes, but I wouldn't put it that way. My parents sincerely believed it |
NAO |
Dec-01-05 08:21 PM |
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Raised Episcopalian and have freely embraced it as an adult. |
freestyle |
Dec-02-05 10:13 AM |
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Yes. I was also conditioned into Midwestern, working class, Euro-American |
nemo137 |
Dec-02-05 11:29 PM |
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My situation is similar, but Jewish. |
IMModerate |
Dec-03-05 11:53 AM |
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I know the feeling |
fenderbender89 |
Dec-03-05 12:21 PM |
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I was a preacher's kid (Lutheran), but church was just our way of life |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-03-05 02:39 PM |
#53 |
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