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In reply to the discussion: I'm kind of shocked at how anti-Christian I've become. [View all]Coventina
(27,224 posts)My mother was a holy roller, and my dad was a strict Calvinst.
There could hardly be a more toxic mixture of Christian doctrines.
My dad's "You are a horrible person worth of hell!" was drilled into me from infancy.
Then, my mother would send me to summer camp with the Pentecostals who would show me movies about life after the Rapture with distraught Christians left behind because they weren't good enough.
I was totally fucked up with "I'm gonna miss the Rapture because I'm a horrible person" at least until I was well into my college years and I finally had an extended field of inquiry for my brain.
I spent so many sleepless nights as a child and young adult waiting to miss the Rapture.
Ugh! It should be considered child abuse to do that to kids.