It is rare for pious people to analyze or even think what absolute law persuasions do to children. What is done to a young mind can last a life time. Since religion first began from fear and superstition, these negatives are instilled in the conscious and subconscious minds of any youth being trained to obey their elders, even though the message is wrong and debilitating.
Dear Ones,
When adults condition and program children for rival religious purposes, they have no idea the degree of damage they are doing. Young people treated in such a manner either believe the masters of deceit or else they reject it and harbor such unkind thoughts that harm social relations. In other words, when a religious cult leader or authoritarian tells a child he will burn for ever in hell or even be separated from a father figure of god, or if he doesn't believe it at all, these words are not only unkind but insidious as children are damaged even at play.
When I was a child I spoke as a child, but now I no longer look through a glass darkly. I can now see the beam of enlightenment. A childhood friend told my sister and me that we could not go to heaven, wherever that is. We asked her why and she said her prisst told her this nonsense. That was hurtful coming from a cleric. I still remember that moment and perhaps is the reason why I left the church with no regrets.
Mame,
helenesmith1.blog spot.com author of numerous essays about the dark side of religion that foments endless rival wars with youths sacrifed on urban battle zones, a violation of International Law
