So, with family anyways, despite all outside appearances Christians don’t ‘hate’ a child who turns away. They still love the kid, but their religion teaches them that if they truly love them, they must do anything to make them come back to their religion - even abuse them hoping the kid breaks down and ‘repents.’ That’s how twisted their doctrine is. It makes them commit atrocities in the name of love. And they’re blind to it, because even when others point out how evil their abuse is, the doctrine teaches them that others will call “‘good’ (abuse) evil and ‘evil’ (acceptance) good.” They truly believe they’re helping. They believe that if their child is ‘going to hell,’ any amount of trauma and abuse with even a chance of preventing that is justified. It’s not the people, it’s the ideology. The very fundamentals of Christianity justify literally anything to convert a soul. It is fundamentally evil, all the way back to the moment Jesus died. Anything that claims to be better is no longer Christianity.
My source: The story of my life. A story of abuse and pain, of seeing my loving mother become a monster when I left the church. Forcing me to leave my unbelieving friends. Controling every part of my mind and beliefs to ‘save’ me. And seeing the atrocities that I committed under that same doctrine, and how I was blinded by it.
This needs to end. Christianity must end. The problem isn’t the people - it’s the doctrine. And until the moment that Christan doctrine is destroyed forever, it will never cease to turn more innocent, loving people - even my own mother - into monsters blinded by their evil.
It’s crazy how it ended up, from an archaic and universal tale to a pigeon holed idealogy. I guess it’s not crazy when you consider power struggles. It does need to go. People need to tune into themselves a bit more, and realize that’s the only heaven there is, and way more than good enough. The world would be better for it. Evolution is such a drag, but we’ll get there eventually. All we can do is push the boundaries and hope for tomorrow.
Yes. The only way is to educate, and shine the light into the darkest places. Nietzsche got it right - Christianity is “Platonism for the masses.” And that ultimately leads to a herd morality with someone on top. But what he did not forsee is that, even when the one holding the reigns is dead, the ideology continues to run wild, and destroy everything in its path.
I’ve always been a fan of his. I first read it in like 9th grade and it sort of blew my little mind, and opened me up to a universe of thoughts from others, like yourself. I’m definitely thankful for people like you, pushing boundaries, for none of us can do it alone and expect any great change.