@KirtonMcBonky And why the hell it's still there is beyond me. I've driven past it thousands of times but as I've aged and expanded my world views, every time I see it now, I seethe.
@ash_tmxo @emilykmay Tried for years to make it meaningful to him while I kept getting a stocking filled with things from the cabinet (toothbrush and chapstick that I had already purchased for daily use) and a gift that I bought for myself and had him wrap. Now we don't do Christmas at all. It hurts.
Hot Take: If you choose to *prioritize* your religious beliefs over your relationship with a child who holds *different* beliefs, it is not your child who has failed. It is you who has failed your child.
@avgfootballnjyr@mormonmatriarch I had the same experience. I’d been on my out for several years, stopped going and then a year later, started doing some research and down came my shelf and the realization that not only was it not true but an evil, manipulative, dishonest corporation that didn’t care about me.