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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What a coincidence! I had a very similar path! My elementary mis-education was largely a fundie school using Abeka as well. Their weird religious nationalism was so crazy when I look back on it. It's amazing they could actually publish this crap.

I wish I still had all the old books we had to get because that would make for a good laugh (and possibly an embarrassment campaign.)

Like c'mon we were kids how were we supposed to know? But also it just felt so bullshitty, like a written form of that awkward feeling you got when it was really obvious adults were lying to manipulate you and thought you were stupid.

It was in California, so eventually I had to move to the state curriculum also, around middle school, for my grades to actually count.

Honestly, that requirement saved my intellect. I went to a secular charter school where I was pushed into interacting with so many different people of different perspectives, and I would be a much crappier person without that experience.

Even today the damage isn't gone, there's still so much untangling and deprogramming to do.

These "curriculums" are child abuse.

After all that, I still kept my faith, not because of that upbringing, but in spite of it. That being said, I'm a Christian anarchist now. I make a point to counter this anti-intellectual, anti-Jesus, pro-fascist propaganda mongering wherever I can.

For what it's worth. . .I'm glad we both made it through the other side of being exposed to that slop.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Even today the damage isn’t gone, there’s still so much untangling and deprogramming to do.

it stunts their development while assuring them they have all the answers. funny, this is a recurring theme in religion that I see...

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

Damn! Fellow Homeschooled Abeka-refugee, and a fellow Christian anarchist‽ Well met! In fairness, my religion's all over the place, but Christian anarchism is a big part of it.

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