(February 5, 2016 at 1:29 pm)Wrikudoro Wrote:(February 5, 2016 at 1:15 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:from your sister from another Mister in Bible Belt hell, USA. I was raised Pentecostal too. My home life was not ideal. I was a high-school Jesus freak to please my Mother, and because I actually believed that if I prayed hard enough, Jesus would make me straight. (HA!) Escape from Pentecostalism to open-minded free thinker is a long, gradual, arduous road, but extremely worth it. Welcome to AF.
Hahah. Yeah Jesus made us straight indeed. It's repugnant to think that, we never asked to be born gay, but somehow it's our fault. Somehow, we're the one who have to work against it. That is toxic
Yes. A large percentage of gays who were raised fundamentalist end up committing suicide before the age of 21. It's completely horrific. And now, a few decades after my 20's, I have been known to point at a fundamentalist church and call them what they are: murderers. I have cried over the casket of far too many brilliant young men. And that makes stories like yours even more wonderful - a strong, happy, gay FREE atheist man. Bravo.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
