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[–]ShieldMaiden 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man."

Well, it works the same for girls and women. We are groomed and indoctrinated to believe in the male creative force in the universe when pretty much all the evidence we see around us as kids in nature tells us that only females create life. Just more lies men tell, wishful thinking on their part. Unfortunately, if you indoctrinate and groom people from the time their born and gaslight them all their lives, they will be the greatest tool in their own oppression, leaving the oppressor with little work to do and much reward to reap from his forefathers' lies. When Gail Dines interviewed men who had sexually abused little girls, she was told by them that they had little grooming to do, as "society had done most of the work for them". Same deal with religion, really. Plus, if everyone around you believe in one thing, it makes you feel crazy not believe it, even if you're right and they're all wrong.

As for me, I was lucky to be raised by an atheist father, he went apostate at the age of ten and has nothing but hate for the Church, so I was never baptized. It's comforting to know I'm not on a roster somewhere in the recesses of The Vatican.