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minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-24 days 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-squareblarth@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days 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.
minus-squarelowleekun@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 days 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-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoEspecially when your dad is delivering the sermons. I’ve heard.
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThankfully my dad was not a hellfire and brimstone pastor, unlike my uncle, whose kids almost all hate him.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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-up2·3 days agoDamn, god must’ve called on a partly line.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAs I recall it, my Grandpa said God called him and he didn’t pick up. I narrowly missed the “call,” too.
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSpiritual abuse is the term you’re looking for, it’s actually separate but overlapping with verbal abuse.
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.
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.
The selfloathing and fear is still getting to me after 20 years. Christianity is a death cult and i am happy i got out.
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.
Spiritual abuse is the term you’re looking for, it’s actually separate but overlapping with verbal abuse.