Science Saved My Soul.
Recovering from Religion. On the Religious Indoctrination of Childen. The serious consequences of childhood religious indoctrination « miranda celeste hale. The concept of “Catholic guilt” has become a cliche, a joke, a truism. But it’s real. For many of us who experienced Catholic childhood religious indoctrination, Catholic guilt is a pernicious and inescapable burden with serious lifelong repercussions. It clings to us, a dark spectre of our pasts, a cruel and vicious voice whispering to us, reminding us of the lessons of our childhood: that we are unworthy, that we cannot do anything right, that we do not deserve to be happy, that we are dirty tainted sinners who must constantly punish ourselves and atone for our sins, and that we are nothing.
Nothing. And this voice cannot be reasoned with. From a psychological standpoint, Catholic guilt makes a great deal of sense. Despite this, few people, psychologists or otherwise, take it seriously. I think that we need to take it seriously. I don’t really know how to make this happen, though. Like this: Like Loading... Brainwashing: Children and Religion « Todd\’s Hammer. Posted by Todd in Christianity, Democratic Theory, Documentary Film, Teaching. Trackback After watching the documentary Jesus Camp this afternoon, I was thinking about my strong emotional reaction to what I saw.
Given what I’d read about the film and friends’ reactions, I had expected to be offended and disgusted. And indeed, I was actually embarassed by the weirdness of some of these people (the older woman with the cutout of Pres. Bush speaking in tongues was beyond freakish). But mostly I felt violated. There’s a scene early in the movie with a young girl, around 7 or 8 years old, who is bowling with friends and family. Richard Dawkins has taken a lot of heat over the past year about the claim in his book The God Delusion that indoctrinating children into religion is a form of child abuse.
I suppose it is my own discomfort with my own childhood, and the degree to which I had believed what I was taught. Like this: Like Loading... Girlagainstreligion.tumblr.com. Anyone know what I’m on about or where I can find it? Theholyprepuce: More tax-exempt love from Jesus’s gentle people. objectivia: Last night I sent my mother a text explaining how I feel being forced to a religion. I’ve been it my whole life but there’s no belief anymore. I feel so sorry for you. (Source: lildevereaux) "Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism. The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor’s certificate that he was “psychologically fit” to drive. The idea came into Mr Alm’s noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point. A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians. (Source: girlagainstreligion) krystlem3th-deactivated20120426 asks: Hey! GAR answers: Think free.