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Am I the only person who has parents who are Christian Scientists and has suffered as a result?


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smicki offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (1 minute after post)

is there a type of suffering known only to one man?

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Kos offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 74 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (11 minutes after post)

what is the suffering?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (12 minutes after post)

Are you talking about suffering as in you had medical issues that remained untreated due to your parents religious convictions - or the emotional suffering caused by the rigidity of being raised in a theocratic household?

I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, for those unsure of what that means it is basically hardcore Christianity - no nominals there! J.W’s do not believe in the trinity in a doctrinal sense and I guess the part most relevant to the question here - do not allow blood transfusions, or body part transfusions. I could discuss the above if it would help - but not a Christian Scientist - No.

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smicki offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (14 minutes after post)

I was raised by a mother who liked to quote the bible as an excuse to beat me or allow someone else to. “spare the rod spoil the child” I do not adhere to man made religion but find truth in them all.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Hello Smicki - I’m sorry to read that, and I know what you mean. With organized religion there is often no room for reason - how can you question the divine right to rule?
‘Spare the rod’ a phrase that sent me running.

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smicki offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 25 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (21 minutes after post)

everything happens for a reason. Life lessons are meant for just that to teach you. How you chose to learn it is up to you.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (27 minutes after post)

Again - I completely agree with you. I am grateful for the upbringing I had. I have a depth of understanding and I hope, tolerance combined with an insatiable desire to experience as much as I can! No ones life is easy - whatever they are born with.

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chunkymove offline Verified User (1 year, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (36 minutes after post)

YES!

Thanks for writing this post, it was something that was on my mind but didn’t know how to phrase.

Trying to fit my parents/school/community beliefs into a functioning brain sent me loopy. Combined with their irrefutable right to abuse me… It was hard to leave it behind, we humans like to be part of a herd.

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Michael Leibman offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Littleton, CO, US | 1 year, 2 months ago (41 minutes after post)

I never had any close friends ever mention being “Christian Scientists” but the publication “Christian Science Monitor” was an acceptibly credible news-source for speech competitions in (public) high school. I went back and read some of the actuality of the religion and it seemed a little weird to me but no one ever had a problem with me quoting that newspaper on some issues.

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