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Questioning Young

January 29, 2008 ⋅ One comment

(Via Matt) So, I will start off on a funny note. When I was 7 and I was a fully indoctrinated christian, I read the bible cover to cover. I actually ended up stopping 3 book in. I was of course at Leviticus (Since then I have read it cover to cover for educational value). [...]

Too Much of a “Good” Thing

January 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Derek) I was never really “rooted” in a church for most of my life, but my family, in no uncertain terms, subscribed to the Christian tenements. It went so far as to my attending a private Christian academy for 5th and 6th grade, a very critical stage in social development, I’d say. Note, however, [...]

Never a Believer

January 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Rob) My story is rather short, since I was never indoctrinated and was never made to attend church I never received the full effect of religion. I am grateful my parents were never church goes, even though my grandparents were, for some reason we never attended church. My mother said that we were supposed [...]

From fundy to freethinker

January 2, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

(Via Kathleen) I grew up in the northeastern U.S. and my parents converted to a fundamentalist sect of Christianity when I was about five. Heavily indoctrinated from an early age, I thought I too was saved and heaven bound. I was so intense as a young child that I proudly became the youngest child to [...]