still assembling my thoughts and reading a ton of things (Independent Fundamental Baptists, ATI homeschooling, religious trauma syndrome) but this one stood out to me:
The will of a child must be broken before it ever has a chance to develop.
A fussing or crying baby is exerting its selfish will. That will needs to be eliminated, since wherever human will is God’s will cannot be.
— John Shore talking about IFB’s To Train Up a Child
epochryphal 
…….babies are completely helpless and crying is the only way of advocating for your needs when you’re a baby and it is creepy as hell that there are people who think that’s a bad thing. ;_;
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(I am also really glad that it’s a thing in my religious tradition that one way that God’s will can be expressed is through human will to be better than we are…)
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Eugh augh way way way too much resonance in that quote.
The article on religious trauma syndrome that you linked was also fascinating; I’m glad there are people recognising the issues that toxic churches/religious sects can bring.
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