Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga...
by kodah on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:07AM
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Appreciate your input and outwardly not stomping on my experience. For what it's worth, the last paragraph of what I wrote agrees with you, not all experiences will be like mine and I've learned that as I've gotten older. I'm glad your experience was good, mine wasn't all bad, but I've had a lot of unpacking to do as an adult.
Re:Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked ga...
by NoZebra120vClip on Thursday March 09, 2023 @11:16AM
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Thank you for describing my experience as "good" but of course church+school only comprised a sliver of my childhood, and I wound up as a homeless bum with C-PTSD and lost my faith due to a resounding dissonance between the lovely church+school experience versus the living Hell I experienced at the hands of my adoptive parents.
When the Catholic abuse scandal broke, I was confused because my priests (and religious sisters) were nothing like that, but abuse by lay volunteers is real too, and it wasn't until 2019 when I put 2 and 2 together in that regard.
So yes, A LOT of unpacking!
The only place I was subjected to guilt, shame, and remorse in a negative context was in my home by (Catholic lay) relatives (and mass media). They were in a "cultural Christian" demographic, raised in utterly secular households, and though they practiced the faith vigorously, didn't really believe or follow it at home, except by coincidence.
By contrast, at school I experienced respect and encouragement from women in authority, and church was full of good news, and loving, joyful men and families. Surely my experience is also not in isolation.