Natious's AM6 (finished)

[Natious]

That's ***** crazy, all the shame and guilt from the past. The thing is, your parents probably drink and empty their credit cards out of shame and guilt. And so the endless cycle continues. In some ways religion kills self esteem because it associates sex with shame.

My parents tried to raise me as a Christian but it didn't work. Went through the motions when I was younger, and never went to church again when I became an adult. Because of shaming sex and praising poverty, Jesus is just an evil little boy for me.

True, now I don't even want to consider any religion because I feel like it has taken a big part of me and I will have to put in so much effort to erase the wrong beliefs that I have installed since childhood.
I think the religion really becomes an issue only if it hasn't been properly explained and haven't been given the chance to question it, just have to blindly believe it or you go to hell (my understanding as a kid). If it's taught properly you have a choice to either believe or not believe, but don't have all the guilt and shame.