[An Open Letter To The Over-religious]
TW // (lgbt) child abandonment, religion, etc.
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I've had many moments in my life where I sit and ponder how religion has helped humanity. After research and experience, people seem to often use it as an escape.

I personally have always been an atheist in terms of my belief in God. As much as I would love to believe someone's watching over us up there, I don't really see much evidence of such. Although, I can definitely respect people who do. They often

use their belief in God, as well as their religious beliefs, as an escape as to what's happening in the world, or during a dark time, or just to feel better in life in general. Let's say one of your loved ones died. Wouldn't it be nicer to believe that they're safe somewhere?

Honestly, I've never seen a problem with religion. Yeah, there's always that group that takes it way too far, or believe that their God is so much better than another group's God that they feel compelled to attack them for being "heretics". But then there's.. those people.

The kinds of people that you'd see everyday and think nothing ill of. The kinds of people who go to church every sunday, and love their family unconditionally, right? Well. Some might not even realize how heartless they can be when someone they're supposed to love ends up going

against what they've been "taught" the entire time by coming out as lgbtq. Sometimes even, their mind is so fogged by "sin this, sin that" that their first instinct is to completely ostracize their own child from the family for their "sinful ways". You know what?

If you're shoving your own head up your religion so much that it ends up affecting your relationship with your OWN CHILD, then maybe you don't deserve religion. You abused it. Or, how about I put it in a way you people out there who have thrown your kids out on the street for

being different might understand. If this "God" you know and love so dearly made your child the way they were, questioning themselves, and even, for some, struggling mentally, what kind of sick God is that? And why the fuck do you care enough about what this God has to say to be

the bane of your child's existence? If a verse said in a book that was written thousands of years ago is the reason you don't love your child anymore, or is the reason you're making them think that the way they feel is "sinful", then you do not deserve a child.

I have friends, family, and online connections with people who have been affected by this harmful "religion first, family second" mentality before. The ignorance has driven young, talented people to near SUICIDE.

Look, the point is, if you're going to have a religion, go ahead. I believe it can be a very beautiful thing, and has definitely helped shape human morals. Just please. Don't let it get in the way of the main purpose of religion. "love thy neighbour"

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