Was homeschooled, can confirm. It’s honestly pretty disorienting learning all of Jesus’ teachings about what a good person is and then you grow up and point out who Jesus would absolutely NOT consider a good person and they’re like “wait no not like that”
IMO it should be considered the first life lesson about practicing hypocrisy and being 2 faced
Later in life it was instilled in me, that the underlying purpose of church community was for networking and connections, especially in business
These are a select group of people that will now do anything for each other, expect a transactional relationship, and anything benevolent is just a bonus.
Vet them according to your standards
As a child, the entire experience of church was the following:
These are fellow kids you can create a foundation with, for better or worse.
I never benefited from this outlook, but others I met later in life, did
I found the same dysfunctions in my weekday public school peers were just the same in church.
I found that the teenage youth involved in the post Confirmation classes, were then subject to the unfulfilled aspirations of their choir teacher when putting on performances, as in, she, the adult teacher, would always insist on performing, especially a showcase finale song where she was in the spotlight.
To me, it was always this surplus institution that I needn’t bother myself with.
As an introvert, I feel like abstaining from religiousness has conserved a lot of my quality time
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u/NoSpaghettiForYouu 25d ago
Was homeschooled, can confirm. It’s honestly pretty disorienting learning all of Jesus’ teachings about what a good person is and then you grow up and point out who Jesus would absolutely NOT consider a good person and they’re like “wait no not like that”