Growing up in the Catholic and then Presbyterian churches I too was affronted and annoyed when I asked a question. I was berated and spoken to sharply, with a great deal of condescension for having the NERVE to question them, or authority, or the bible, or my study guides for catechism or just for Sunday school. To the point where my teacher dropped by our house unannounced the evening before I was to have my confirmation to suggest I was not prepared to accept God and the devil's work was too strong in me because for ever answer I received I had 5 more questions and until I learned to simply listen and accept what was said to me that I was un-prepared to take my place among the Godly.
So is this paranoid, authoritarian voice common through all sects of western religion? or just western christian religions? Certainly given my experience and yours I'm inclined to say yes.
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Date: 2008-10-13 08:32 pm (UTC)So is this paranoid, authoritarian voice common through all sects of western religion? or just western christian religions? Certainly given my experience and yours I'm inclined to say yes.