I want to commend you for the courage to tell your story and the strength to get through what must have been very confusing a lot of the time. Great story!
Great takedown on Christian Nationalism and religious zealotry. It is a fraud and a cover for their obsession with greed, power and sexual hypocrisy. The last 9 to 10 years of the political situation in our country is almost incomprehensible, like a horrible never ending nightmare. That's the way fascists function, with chaos, conflict and confusion, pounded into your psyche with incessant repetition until you end up with the bottom feeders that support Trump in his effort to take control and destroy our democracy. Our judicial system has been so corrupted by Trump that it has failed in it's ability to prosecute and convict this dangerous dictator. So now we've got until Nov. 5th to hopefully see this thug self implode and be stomped into political oblivion. VOTE!
It was worse in the early 70's. You were not allowed to touch anyone until you were married. One of my friends tried to end her life because she kissed her fiancé. The church counselor said nothing to him but chastised her for her wickedness. I was also in that bubble but, unwillingly, as there was great pressure by our peers to conform. Finally at 17 I walked away but those "rules of conduct" continue to bug me in some situations that are just normal interactions. Indoctrination is the wicked act.
I want to commend you for the courage to tell your story and the strength to get through what must have been very confusing a lot of the time. Great story!
Thank you for reading!
Great takedown on Christian Nationalism and religious zealotry. It is a fraud and a cover for their obsession with greed, power and sexual hypocrisy. The last 9 to 10 years of the political situation in our country is almost incomprehensible, like a horrible never ending nightmare. That's the way fascists function, with chaos, conflict and confusion, pounded into your psyche with incessant repetition until you end up with the bottom feeders that support Trump in his effort to take control and destroy our democracy. Our judicial system has been so corrupted by Trump that it has failed in it's ability to prosecute and convict this dangerous dictator. So now we've got until Nov. 5th to hopefully see this thug self implode and be stomped into political oblivion. VOTE!
It was worse in the early 70's. You were not allowed to touch anyone until you were married. One of my friends tried to end her life because she kissed her fiancé. The church counselor said nothing to him but chastised her for her wickedness. I was also in that bubble but, unwillingly, as there was great pressure by our peers to conform. Finally at 17 I walked away but those "rules of conduct" continue to bug me in some situations that are just normal interactions. Indoctrination is the wicked act.