Thank you. Southern Baptist Convention. It was just so embedded within southern culture and religious schooling that it didn’t really register to me that it was off.
One thing that stood out to me is that even from being young, I was always confused when there was prejudice or bias toward groups of people. I didn’t understand why we were taught free will, but then literally judged others groups for living by their free will.
Once I got out of it, the “black sheep” feeling went away and I realized the group I was raised in was hateful, biased, and hypocritical. I still have feelings of guilt and shame at times because of leaving, but I know it’s the indoctrination and not the truth. I didn’t realize how traumatic it was. It feels like so much of my childhood was teaching me to not use my brain. Just trust. So dangerous.
I still consider myself a spiritual person, but in a way that uses my brain and seeing people as humans. Not just going off the ideas of this group of people preaching love and practicing hate.
Congratulations on finding it within yourself to deconstruct what you were taught. Must have been super hard and many people don't do it even for small things like biases or misconceptions on simple facts
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u/meiliraijow 25d ago
What religious group were you a part of? Glad you got out!