I keep remembering each night as I come to write my blog entry that I know I’m one number off somewhere. And it happened a few weeks ago. I need to go back and figure that out at some point, le sigh.
A solid weekend day today. Slept in a bit. Therapy. Took a shower. We went to a friend’s birthday party. Came home and took a nap. Played a little Switch (MarioKart). Walked the dogs. Ate dinner together and finished Shiny Happy People.
Religion, man. It’s so ripe for oppression, exploitation, and abuse. I don’t trust it because of that. It’s brainwashing. Isolation from the outside world was something I was taught from a very early age. I don’t know how much I’ve talked about it here on the blog, but I went to a Seventh Day Adventist school from first grade through fifth grade; I went to the same church while I did. And while that school was a positive thing in terms of my confidence as a student, I am also incredibly grateful to have separated from that environment for my middle and high school years. It really gave me much-needed perspective and encouraged me to think for myself and be a PART of the world.
It’s oppressive. Particularly the more conservative, fundamentalist groups. I know a lot of people who’ve struggled in their young adult years and beyond because of how restrictive their upbringing was, which entirely came from the church.
Anyway…
Yeah.
Solid day. Night night.