By Freddieb42 ~ I 'm not going to lament my time spent as a Christian or write about how I wailed and gnashed because of how I was brainwashed. Suffice to say that I'm glad I got out of Christianity's clutches. My comments are about a Christian doctrine and how their most important teaching is an offense to humans and humanity. The doctrine that all humans are born as sinners is an outrageous concept and could only have been dreamed up by sub-intellectual people long ago who were seeking control over other humans. The definition of sin would certainly be a lengthy diatribe that could burst forth from my keyboard, but suffice to say that Christianity teaches that sin is the breaking away from god and not obeying god's laws. Simplistic to say the least! Suffice to say that god's "laws" do not meet the expectations that most decent human beings would see as being societal norms . No mention of racism , homophobia, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, phys...

By freddieb42 -- Being fearless is a right F or a long time I've read many posts on this site (here and in the forums) from ex-Christians who cannot escape the indoctrination they received from their religion during their childhood years regarding " hell ". It seems to be a recurring theme that appears to affect so many lives, for so many years, in a crippling, sometimes disastrous manner, long after someone has escaped the shackles of Christianity. There have been several postings even in the past week regarding hell and the inability to throw off the fear. I've toyed with the idea of raising the matter with the UN, who have set standards and rules for the care of children Worldwide regarding many issues related to the education and upbringing of children, including those of sexual, physical and mental abuse. In my view, instilling the fear of hell into children is gross mental abuse, as great an abuse as any other. It's a form of bullying, seeking control...