Clearing My Head: Nichole’s Story
Patriarchal Christianity tried to kill what makes me, me, and it almost succeeded.
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Patriarchal Christianity tried to kill what makes me, me, and it almost succeeded.
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I am grateful to my parents for homeschooling me. It probably made my life a lot easier than it otherwise would have been.
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Homeschooling was Mom’s idea. Her public school experience was horrible, and she was thrilled when she heard Raymond Moore talk.
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Rather than at least remaining neutral on the subject or better yet, speaking up for voiceless girls and young women like the Bible adjures Christians to do, certain teachers, preachers, and celebrities like Swanson, Bruehner, Robertson, the Duggar family, and others, actively encourage early marriage, even child marriage…
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But if we moved out of the house, God would allow Satan to attack us, destroying our physical health, mental health, finances, future career, and future relationships and marriage.
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And somewhere along the line they stopped wanting the best for me and started needing me to be what they decided was best.
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As a summary: The power dynamic in the family is driven by your fear, fear that you will lose control. If you made a genuine effort to give Mom freedom to be an independent entity, I think you would discover your vision for family education is sub-optimal.
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What’s the alternative, “fake men”?
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Before I woke up, I wondered how someone could be a member of Jim Jones’s church. The fact is, what many don’t understand, when you are a part of a controlling church you don’t see what it could be.
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Fundamentalism doesn’t teach consent, it teaches you to respect authority.
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