I'm sorry that happened to you Cinjin, but many parents can be selfish and don't see their kids as separate human beings but merely extensions of themselves. I have to agree with the idea that he is not a good parent, and his religion is just the way he shows it. If he wasn't a fundy, he would find some other way to condemn you.
When people do things like this they're using God as an emotional surrogate. Remember it's not them that hate you, but God that hates you. It's their way of hating people without having to feel guilty.
When people do things like this they're using God as an emotional surrogate. Remember it's not them that hate you, but God that hates you. It's their way of hating people without having to feel guilty.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
