I guess that may be the official case, but its still more than a little dodgy. My parents are or were quite into some right-wing christian stuff at various times when I was a kid, and some of the people at their churches have been Scary!!!
I know people who are really into serious heavy duty spanking type stuff or equaly badly emotional blackmail using religion as their justification. I am lucky my parents were always quite sane..... I'm not saying reight-Wing Christian stuff is the only dodgy lot out there, but the fact they are so commonly sanctioned by society as a whole, because of course as Christians (nice mainstream religion) they couldn't possibly be wrong could they.
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Date: 2002-04-08 07:26 am (UTC)I guess that may be the official case, but its still more than a little dodgy. My parents are or were quite into some right-wing christian stuff at various times when I was a kid, and some of the people at their churches have been Scary!!!
I know people who are really into serious heavy duty spanking type stuff or equaly badly emotional blackmail using religion as their justification. I am lucky my parents were always quite sane..... I'm not saying reight-Wing Christian stuff is the only dodgy lot out there, but the fact they are so commonly sanctioned by society as a whole, because of course as Christians (nice mainstream religion) they couldn't possibly be wrong could they.
Maybe I'm too cynical...
Maybe not...
Natalya
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Date: 2002-04-08 07:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-04-08 07:37 am (UTC)Agreed re genital mutilation. I guess what I was trying to say is some people are messed up by more than apparent unconsensual physical violence....
Too much evil is done in the name of deities, religion and so called faith.
Shame cos it doesn't reflect well on people who don't use their religion as something evil or manipulative.
Natalya
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