Morality

[arewethereyet]

This was a tough one for me and a big part of the reason that belief didn't take.  Both my parents were abusive but I was supposed to honor them?  I begged, as a child, for god to either make them stop or to tell me what I had to do to make it stop.  It didn't stop.  It still hasn't stopped with my mother.  Dad and I made amends toward the end of his life but the scars still cause pain.  

Honoring someone who abuses you seems to be the core of religion.

I'm really sorry to hear that And also really sorry if I triggered bad memories by bringing it up

Thank you for that but I am sort of past being triggered.  It's just a fact that the honor thy parents thing didn't work for me.  I didn't understand why I had to.  Just another piece missing from the belief system I was supposed to buy into.