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Atheists & Agnostics

mountain grammy

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1. This is so important

Reply to es35 (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 10:06 AM

Feb 2016

from a kid who was a victim of religious bullying. One good Catholic girl told my my dad, who had died the year before, was burning in hell because he wasn't Catholic and being ridiculed for not having dirt on my forehead. I was 10.

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How your secular kids should deal with religious bullying from other kids [View all] es35 Feb 2016 OP

This is so important mountain grammy Feb 2016 #1

Religion itself didn't want me to be religious. It pounded the anti-theism into me from day one. Freelancer Feb 2016 #4

Funny story.. how did mom react? mountain grammy Feb 2016 #6

She took it well. I think she had mixed feelings about sending me to Sunday school. Freelancer Feb 2016 #9

Smart mom! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #10

Go for a shut-down, not a reasonable challenge. Freelancer Feb 2016 #2

I agree. I had to cope with Southern Baptist bullies and outquoting them was also a good strategy. Warpy Feb 2016 #3

That's a good one. -nt Freelancer Feb 2016 #5

That's a good one! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #7

Here's another one: frogmarch Feb 2016 #8