RE: From Jesus to just Myself
February 5, 2016 at 1:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2016 at 1:46 pm by Wrikudoro.)
(February 5, 2016 at 1:34 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: 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.
Oh nooo... that's absolutely disturbing. I'm really sorry for that, and we can only hope that somehow what we do in life can make impact for future generations to be free to think and do things they capable of, no matter how small.
In my country, we can't still openly say we are atheist though. We have to 'have a religion'. So much so that we have to write it down our ID card. But, well ... It's ok for now.
And I just can't accept anymore the notion that religion to some people is not damaging. It damages. Like, a lot. Inside, it made us a slave of self inflicted incompetency, and outside, it makes us judgemental (or to some extent, really really destructive) to other people. Ergh
