Most women (and men) believe the things their parents teach them.
The thing with conservatives is they want to 1) prevent any other information flowing to these women, religious indoctrination only 2) get these women pregnant young so that they donât have a chance to gain independence
So yeah in those cases you have grown women who believe these things. The Duggars are an example of the âquiver fullâ movement in action. Letting their son abuse their daughters young so that they get used to it and defend it as normal.
My parents used to fearmonger the everliving shit about LGBTQ+ and abortion, and as a small kid I ate that shit up. But then at some point, my brain probably developed some modicum of critical thinking and thought, wait a minute, why in the world does it matter to me what people do with their own lives, if it doesnât even affect me or anyone else for that matter? Why are my parents, along with every single bigot, incorrectly think that they are entitled to weigh in on someone elseâs life decisions?
Every single argument from them boils down to âbecause religionâ, but as someone who was raised Catholic (agnostic now), one of the things that they taught me was quite literally to âlove thy neighbourâ and to not shit on people only because of their beliefs. So why are the very same people who taught me that now doing the opposite of what they preach, trying (and fortunately failing) to shit on other people just because they donât have the same beliefs? âMy religion says itâs not OK,â well they donât believe in the same things you do and could not give less of a shit about what you believe, so why not just leave them alone and let them live their life? It was around that point that I realised they were just hypocrites, and absolutely nothing more.
I grew up extremely conservative christian (homeschooled, no tv, women donât work outside the house) and was taught that anything other than married man and women was evil.
The thing is we were also taught critical thinking and logic albeit it was to compare ânew teachingsâ against the bible. My parents always said since the bible is true [sic] it would stand up to any scrutiny. They thankfully never learned the lesson most christian leaders have that Christianity needs to be mandated for it to be effective. Obviously the bible did not hold up to logic and Iâm now a proud atheist and in the process of healing.
Man, thatâs worse than what I experienced growing up. Out of curiosity, why did you decide to go with atheism? Personally, Iâm agnostic (I think thatâs the right term) because I see no compelling evidence or argument for either side, and I am of the opinion that a humanâs finite brain could never even come close to figuring out the answer. And no, the Bible isnât evidence, not one thatâs even close to being the slightest bit rigorous at least. To me, itâs as much evidence for Christianity as the Harry Potter books are for wizardry.
You seem to have confused Conservative politics with Fundamentalist Christianity. They are separate ideals but hard to find separately currently. Somebody can be a fiscal conservative and not buy into the social fundamental conservative position.
Check again, conservatives are no longer fiscally conservative and have not been for several decades. That facade has entirely fallen away to reveal the real:
- fundamentalist christians
- racists
- filthy rich people who want tax cuts for the rich (do not confuse this with being fiscally conservative)
That has nothing to do with conservatism. Just because some people who are conservative said that, doesnât mean that thatâs a part of it. Please attack specific ideas, not groups of people.
