Atheists & Agnostics
In reply to the discussion: What do you miss about religion? [View all]Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)I was the shortest kid in 4th grade and all the other kids picked on me, so the nuns decided everything bad that happened was always my fault. I was beaten, locked in coat closets, humiliated, forced to go to mass every morning and sit in the front row among all the nuns, told I was stupid (for saying the earth revolved around the sun) and evil (for asking obvious questions about theology) and told I would burn in hell for eternity. Finally one day I just walked out of the classroom and straight home and told my parents I would never go back to that school again.
Fortunately, my folks transferred me to public school, and then a miracle happened: I found friends, got good grades, and became a normal, happy kid.
Now, ask me again what I miss about religion.