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Atheists & Agnostics

Freelancer

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

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:23 PM

Feb 2016

She was a single mother, and I think she felt pressure to try to give me as 'conventional' a childhood as possible. When she saw it was a poor fit, she dropped it... thankfully.

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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