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minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoI wonder how much of this overlaps with Sunday sermons. Surely all those “you’re going to hell” messages classify as verbal abuse in this case.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoEspecially when your dad is delivering the sermons. I’ve heard.
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThankfully my dad was not a hellfire and brimstone pastor, unlike my uncle, whose kids almost all hate him.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoMy dad was, my brother followed in his footsteps, and I had two uncles who were pastors, too. Because fuck me, I guess.
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoDamn, god must’ve called on a partly line.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAs I recall it, my Grandpa said God called him and he didn’t pick up. I narrowly missed the “call,” too.
minus-squarelowleekun@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoThe selfloathing and fear is still getting to me after 20 years. Christianity is a death cult and i am happy i got out.
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSpiritual abuse is the term you’re looking for, it’s actually separate but overlapping with verbal abuse.
minus-squareblarth@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoI would say absolutely yes. I went to a Pentecostal Baptist church as a child and the hellfire and brimstone messaging was very strong and scary.
I wonder how much of this overlaps with Sunday sermons. Surely all those “you’re going to hell” messages classify as verbal abuse in this case.
Especially when your dad is delivering the sermons. I’ve heard.
Thankfully my dad was not a hellfire and brimstone pastor, unlike my uncle, whose kids almost all hate him.
My dad was, my brother followed in his footsteps, and I had two uncles who were pastors, too. Because fuck me, I guess.
Damn, god must’ve called on a partly line.
As I recall it, my Grandpa said God called him and he didn’t pick up. I narrowly missed the “call,” too.
The selfloathing and fear is still getting to me after 20 years. Christianity is a death cult and i am happy i got out.
Spiritual abuse is the term you’re looking for, it’s actually separate but overlapping with verbal abuse.
I would say absolutely yes. I went to a Pentecostal Baptist church as a child and the hellfire and brimstone messaging was very strong and scary.