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Originally Posted by littlemissattitude Sorry, Demosthenes. Just calling them as I see them. It is a subject I have had a lot of personal experience with, and I found that to be the case probably 95 percent of the time. If you haven't found that, then you are very lucky, indeed, and more power to you. Because we don't, as a rule, disucss religion in depth here, I won't elaborate on my own experience except to say that I was often told not to question anything and that I was doing something wrong to read anything not approved. I was also advised on more than one occasion not to think so much, and was often made fun of because I had interests beyond having kids and taking care of a house. It was not a positive experience for me.
Anyway, I didn't mean to cause offense. However, that was my experience within that tradition. |
I have extensive experience in the religion as well, and I must express that this has not been my experience. It's been stressed that I should in fact
question everything, and find out for myself if I believe it or not. There were no incidences where I was told not to think, quite the opposite, I was encouraged to critically analyze every belief and test them against my own. My creativity has never been discouraged in any way, I am encouraged to do whatever I want, to exercise my moral agency and make choices for myself.
So, as your experience my have been negative, not all have, and to state that all have been negative is an unearned
generalization.