Sad scenario. This is a cheap shot from religion and just one of hundreds of reasons why I despise everything about it, but if you're expecting anything reasonable and rational from religion, this is all you're going to get. Religion is based on guilt and making people feel small so that they can feel powerful!

It makes me feel angry and sad when I see what Christians tell the young people. It's basically out of laziness, they should be trying to help enquiring minds get to grips with our world but instead they provide nonsensical, faith-based answers which condition young minds into not looking for evidence.

Christians love to say things like that to get you to follow there and try to be saved. However she is/was wrong, so congratulations on freeing yourself from the religious roundabout.

Good for you. I had a counselor at YMCA Camp throw me out telling me I was the devil and I was brought up Jewish. My parents tried to control me with emotional and physical abuse. I ran for my life in High School. Took me years to get my shit together.

Bravo!