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Your story remembered me of this: My parents are not religious at all, but for some reason (proximity of home and their work places mainly) I attended a religi

by p4bl0 15y ago

Your story remembered me of this: My parents are not religious at all, but for some reason (proximity of home and their work places mainly) I attended a religious-school for two years when I was 6 and 7. At the beginning I was constantly "punished" during religious-courses because of my questions, but the punition was to be in the library while the other kids had religious classes, so I can't disturb the class and make everyone questionning what the teacher says. Soon they didn't wait for me to ask an embarassing questions they'd just make me go to the library during religious-courses. You could think that people at this school were rather clever to have me "punished" by being in the library. But they also sent me to the "school director class" when I was talking too much in class, and the school director class was for kids 3 years older than me, and they were doing way more interesting stuff. Even if I was not allowed to ask questions there, I often managed to get punished on purpose (it was really not difficult for me ^^) and it seems they never understood that.

xenophanes 15y ago
I used to get punished on purpose in PE. The punishment was running laps. I liked running more than PE.
pbhjpbhj 15y ago
>Soon they didn't wait for me to ask an embarassing questions they'd just make me go to the library during religious-courses. You assume it was embarrassment. It was probably [also] simply disruptive. Teachers do not generally (depending on where you are of course) have free rein, they have a curriculum to wade through with proscriptions on the manner of it's transmission. I was disruptive in science classes at 16-17 by being a smart-ass.
gliese1337 15y ago
That reminds me of a Bill Cosby sketch. "So she sent me to my room. Which is where I wanted to be in the first place!" I was fortunate enough, for the most part, to have very good Sunday School teachers, of the sort who were not afraid to say "I don't know", or "why don't you try to find out yourself?" As a result, I am still active in organized religion, and well acquainted with theology. I have occasionally accidentally caused some people to assume that I'm a atheist in awkward circumstances; but that is usually resolved by explaining that I actually do agree with their religion, just not their justification )or lack thereof) for it. I found my own justification.

by p4bl0 15y ago

xenophanes 15y ago

I used to get punished on purpose in PE. The punishment was running laps. I liked running more than PE.

pbhjpbhj 15y ago

>Soon they didn't wait for me to ask an embarassing questions they'd just make me go to the library during religious-courses. You assume it was embarrassment. It was probably [also] simply disruptive. Teachers do not generally (depending on where you are of course) have free rein, they have a curriculum to wade through with proscriptions on the manner of it's transmission. I was disruptive in science classes at 16-17 by being a smart-ass.

gliese1337 15y ago

That reminds me of a Bill Cosby sketch. "So she sent me to my room. Which is where I wanted to be in the first place!" I was fortunate enough, for the most part, to have very good Sunday School teachers, of the sort who were not afraid to say "I don't know", or "why don't you try to find out yourself?" As a result, I am still active in organized religion, and well acquainted with theology. I have occasionally accidentally caused some people to assume that I'm a atheist in awkward circumstances; but that is usually resolved by explaining that I actually do agree with their religion, just not their justification )or lack thereof) for it. I found my own justification.