Comment by Richard J. Collins on August 18, 2008 at 4:54am

End Hereditary Religion is an initiative to stop the practice of indoctrinating children in the tenets and practices of their parents (or guardians) religion. As such this initiative is not against organized religion per se, just the age old practice of preying on vulnerable children. No one doubts that parents who cooperate with the indoctrination of children and indeed take part in this practice, believe they are acting correctly. But on closer inspection parents and faith communities have much to gain by consigning children at a very early age, before they develop mental defenses. I won't elaborate here, but instead suggest you visit my blog or read my Helium.com article:

http://endhereditaryreligion.blogspot.com ( for resources and discussion )

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10129512247 site for activists

For more information, you can read my Helium.com article:

http://www.helium.com/items/1010719-parents-have-the-power-to-end-hereditary-religion

I just posted a copy of my post to a forum on Amazon.com where I have been jousting with parents for some months. My aim was to go directly to parents with a slap in their face sort of approach and see what kind of reaction I got. It's been interesting, because my tactic is novel and gets people wondering what kind of madman I am. You can join the fun if you like:

http://www.amazon.com/tag/parenting/forum/ref=cm_cd_pg_oldest?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx20C498EK5JY4S&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=Tx2CZZFKFXLZ0XM

Comment by Krista on August 22, 2008 at 9:44pm

Thanks Richard! Great links!

Comment by Richard on September 5, 2008 at 11:23pm

I got slapped around by my Baptist preacher dad quite a bit... usually with a scripture soundtrack.
Literally interpretations of the bible can be dangerous for kids... for realses.

Comment by Magic Odd Effect on September 6, 2008 at 4:30pm

Oh, it's happened to me, too.

There's all kinds of psychological abuse in my house, and there has been abuse in the past.

And everyone but me is a fundamentalist Christian. EEP.

Comment by Snoonie on January 28, 2009 at 9:03pm

I am a bundle of nerves right now. I just received an e-mail from my half-brother talking how he's given his life back to the lord, and he has found forgiveness. What makes this so hard to stomach, this was a letter he had sent to his friend from jail for her to email me. He has admitted to 8+counts of child molesting. He grew up in a strict xian home. I find it disturbing that he can do these things to children ask for forgive ness and be forgiven in the xian church. I feel that a god that would stand back and watch this happen to a child is a sick fuck whom I want no part of!

Comment by Sean T. on January 28, 2009 at 9:12pm

Why would he write the letter for you? Does he want your forgiveness?

Comment by Snoonie on January 29, 2009 at 6:20am

I think it was because he is fixin to go to court and be locked up for a long time. Also to tell me he was disappointed for me not sticking by him on this.

Comment by Rev Hellbound Alleee on March 21, 2009 at 6:07pm

I'm with you guys. It's been exactly 30 years since I last set foot in my church, and I've been experiencing a little PTS, after all this time. Just found out that fellow classmates have this darkness and hatred towards the school too. Not just the beatings, but the psychological stuff, too.

I think there's a tradition in my old religion of ritualized sexualized corporal punishment/humiliation. There's a lot of messed-up people because of it.

Comment by Angie Jackson on March 27, 2009 at 7:30am

Physical abuse, a TON of mental abuse, and good old fashioned medical neglect in the name of gawd.

Comment by Julia Rutledge on April 15, 2009 at 9:28pm

Thank sensible people for seeing the need for this forum. I am still struggling with personality disorders brought on by my parents' emotional neglect and abuse.

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