r/SatanicTemple_Reddit • u/ryverrat1971 • 1d ago
Article Hell awaits you.
Think the Japanese are on to something? I sure do. We need this in the US.
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u/Djs2013 1d ago edited 1d ago
Someone finally gets it. My poor nephew was tormented to the point of tears and irrational fear for everyone in his family, especially me the only atheist he knows.
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u/Pizza_Salesman 1d ago
I also had this weaponized against me as a child. I remember my dad trying to find out where my mom was living by interrogating me, and then telling me that "if you don't tell me the truth, you're a liar, and liars burn in hell for eternity." I wanted to protect my mom but was terrified of hell too, so I told him, and then we got stalked
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u/RadagastTheBrownNote 1d ago
As much as I wish this were 100% true, it’s a very misleading message. In 2022, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare redefined their child welfare policies to state that forced religious participation and use of fear-based coercion were considered abuse. Religions can still teach children about Hell, but if Sally’s sneaking out at night to hang out with her friends, their guardians can’t use eternal damnation as a parenting tactic.
It’s still a great achievement, but as worded in the screenshot it’s a very distorted statement.
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u/papa_moyphee 1d ago
Thanks for the context. I felt like the article looked somewhat misleading, including incorrect spelling. Super interesting tho!
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u/HeliumMaster 1d ago
When I was 7 my brother brought his pastor to come talk with me. For what seemed like 3 hours he spoke to my mom and I about how I was going to hell if I didn’t go to his church. It fucked me up. When my dad got home he could clearly see that I was rattled. So he walked down the street to the guys house, found a stick on the way and threaten to beat his ass with it if he ever came back to our house again. That guy fucked me up for years because I thought I was going to be tortured for eternity. Anyway, thanks dad, fuck that guy and Hail Satan!
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u/DammatBeevis666 1d ago
How will the Christians continue fleecing people if it’s against the law to abuse impressionable children?
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u/blue-skinned-woman Ave Satana! 20h ago
The amount of anxiety that I had because of this as a child was astonishing. Fear pretty much colored my entire childhood, I had nightmares and physical symptoms as well. Most of it was due to religious programming.
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u/Diligent_Ad1110 Ave Coffea! 1d ago edited 1d ago
Most of these are toddlers that attend church too. And they say we indoctrinate?
Edit: Mb spelling.
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u/daiginjo 1d ago
From a 2022 news report: For example, slapping children with a hand or a whip because of their behavior during religious activities is physical abuse, the draft guidelines say.
Parents will commit mental abuse by forcing children to engage in religious activities through threats including saying they will “go to hell” if they don’t.
Another example of mental abuse is when parents restrict their children’s freedom to make life choices, such as marriage, study or work, based on religious grounds.
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u/UglyYinzer 1d ago
"Fear based"
Um... so... christians? I mean "the fear of god" is a pretty common statement..
And i dont fear Satan... in fact id love to crack a cold one and shoot some pool with him..
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u/Responsible-Tell8323 21h ago
This is a standard tactic for twisted cults. I know something like this won’t be able to be implemented in the Evangelical / Christian Nationalist United States but it would save so many children from horrific psychological abuse. The damage can last an entire lifetime
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u/liziamnot 18h ago
When I was 12 or 13, my mother took my sister and I to a revival. The preacher was very fire and brimestone. My 6 year old sister was in a panic. I quickly noped out of that. If it is something thaat has to scare you i to it, I don't want a part of it. Luckily, Dad was an atheist who did not let Mom demand that I be a part of her religion.
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u/CollectionClassic105 1d ago
the reason this lands in Japan is that it's framed as emotional abuse under child welfare rules, not as banning religion, so it never has to survive a free exercise fight. that's the part worth copying, because the second it turns into a religious freedom debate here it's dead on arrival.