(November 3, 2021 at 11:02 pm)nottheone Wrote:(November 3, 2021 at 11:00 pm)Spongebob Wrote: Fox beat me to it, but I was going to say I used to promise Santa I wouldn't torment my sister if he would only bring me some fancy toy. Never got that damn toy.
its just stuck in the back of my head as if hes going to do something about it. uhh hate this bs indoctrination
I was raised RCC. It takes years if not decades to become free of that residual guilt. If not decades. Think about that. Such guilt, being inculcated at such a young age and programmed into you cannot be easily removed. I am an atheist for nearly forty years, yet the ghosts of that indoctrination still turn up on occasion.
That said, I still proudly managed to raise two godless heathens without even trying. I simply provided an alternative view. A view my ex-wife was not pleased with. I was really proud of them when they staged a rebellion and flat out refused Sunday mass, preferring instead to sleep late. Nothing to do with me, it ain't like I told them to do so. Sunday morning was a peaceful time for me. Wife and kids rock out to mass and I slumber on or have a leisurely breakfast. It was quite pleasant.
They did ask Mom why I didn't go to mass, but she dodged. So they asked me. I answered that I do not believe that kind of superstitious nonsense.