[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yup, I have similar memories. I was told by parents that god was
everywhere, saw everything, knew everything. To my 4 year old mind,
that meant he was in the bathroom when I went to pee, was everywhere
in the bathroom, including in the toilet, so when I peed, he was
looking up at my bare bum. That terrified and humiliated me. Sounds
funny now, but it wasn't at the time. And there were many other
similar things I was told, all of which frightened me. I agree that
teaching children things like this is nothing short of child abuse -
particularly telling them that they've been bad, and that there's a
god - a huge, all-powerful all-seeing monster figure who will love you
if you're good, but might send you to hell if you've been bad, so you
better make sure you don't die tonight, and in case you might, you'd
better beg him to forgive you before you go to sleep. That's a
dreadful thing to say to a child.
Sarah
oh you have brought back memroies of what it used to be like. I recall
the nighmares and the fear such as you describe. It is such a wicked
thing to do to children.
