24 Wild Stories from People Who Were Raised by Religious Fanatics

‘They didn’t want me believing in evolution’
24 Wild Stories from People Who Were Raised by Religious Fanatics

Extremely religious parents have one very powerful skill: pushing their child toward being agnostic.

Take one Redditor who, just like every kid in the late ‘90s, really liked Pokémon. They liked the game so much that they got a Pikachu stuffed animal. Their religious parents weren’t so fond of the yellow rodent, however, and decided to express their distaste by giving him a makeover. The Redditor came home to find that Pikachu’s ears were cut and sewn to a third of the length because, according to their parents, they “resembled devil’s horns.” Poor Pika fell victim to de-Satanization surgery.

Other Redditors have shared their stories about growing up with religious fanatics, including one family that banned chewing gum.

Scrotumnal_Equinox 3y ago I was into ren faire stuff as a teen and my religious mom flipped out at a regular black cotton hooded cloak I hung up to dry on my closet door. Said it was demonic, and made me remove it from the house. 6 ...
Half_burnt_skunk . 3y ago I used to not be able to watch the Simpsons. 3 ...
ThrowRARAw 3y ago I wasn't allowed to get the HPV vaccination in school (where it was free) because it was only for people who have sex. We were all in year 7 (12/13yo) at the time.
Capt_Fluffy_Beard 5y ago Ex-Amish Fun fact: from the time I was 7 until I was 16 my mother shaved the very top of my head because the bible says it's a sin for a man to have his head covered. So I looked just like a middle ages monk. 260 ...
Ejacksin 5y ago Atheist Wearing Nike because the company was named after a god and that their slogan Just Do It could lead you to do something sinful. 24 ...
Polyfuckery e 3y ago The pledge of allegiance was worshipping the nation. Instead we were supposed to stand politely and pray silently for our leaders to have good judgement. 9 ...
DogSRoOL 5y ago Secular Humanist My mom once told me that sin makes animals eat other animals. 136
 . 5y ago At one point in my childhood my aunt made me go through a phase of speaking in third person because saying I or my was the sin of pride. 60 ...
StarrCreationsLLC e 3y ago I got a Rambo play set when I was like 8 years old. It contained a realistic looking Bowie knife and a green Buddha pendant to put around your neck. My grandfather said the Buddha was filled with evil spirits and he made me throw it in a fire. The realistic looking murder knife, however, was totally fine. 35 ...
 e 3y ago When I was little my mom told me Bon Jovi were Satanist. I'm like, pretty sure they're just teenagers from New Jersey... 31 ...
punkisdad99 e 3y ago My best friend growing up wasn't allowed to wear Batman underwear because it would scare the pee out of him. - 44 ...
AnaislnJune 3y ago Meditating or pretending to meditate. The Lion just came out and someone pretended to be Rafiki meditating. We all got a real big lecture on the evils of meditating and/or pretending to meditate. But what really is strange to me though is that the Bible actually says to meditate. 55 ...
FableTheCloudDragon . Зу ago The names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 146 ...
LizardPossum 3y ago Worrying. Mom swore worrying meant you didn't trust God. Great thing to say to a kid with an anxiety disorder. 330 ...
evanjw90 . Зу ago Chewing gum, because it was sexual. 313 ...
 Зу ago Fish Battle RPG we made up We had a game where you draw a battle fish with laser antenna or torpedoes/ chaff etc and come up with stats for it. Then roll to see if you hit. If you survive as a gladiator, you earn your freedom. We were told that Fish Battle is actually the devil, in fact 'because dice'. 197 ...
 3y ago If you thought about sinning, you may as well have done it. so I would for example, get punished and have to beg forgiveness just because I looked at the cookie jar after I had been told I couldn't have one. They could decide at random what they were convinced was going on in my head. - 286 ...
PowerofThunder 3y ago Watching people kiss on the TV. My mom would often claim that crows would eat my eyes in hell. 182 ...
SmokedProvolone 3y ago I got my Pokémon games and cards taken away after my parents found out that Pokémon evolve. They didn't want me to grow up believing in evolution - 385 ...
itsmyfriday e 3y ago I wasn't allowed to watch He-Man because he says 'I have the power' and only God has the power Also cabbage patch dolls were created by an evil pedo because they had his signature on their butt.m Edit:typo 397 ...
MLup1n Зу ago When I was reading The Hunger Games in middle school, I described a scene where the main characters were attacked by dogs that looked like their fallen competitors (idk if that was it, it was pretty wild and it's been at least 10 years since I've read it). My mom frowned and said That goes against everything we believe in. To this day I have no idea what she meant. - 425 ...
WrittenDeath 3y ago This is my favourite one as of recently. My dad is the religious one, not my mum for refrence. For Halloween, my mum found my cat's favourite cat treats just relabeled as Tasty Human and discounted for Halloween. My mum, rightfully so, thought this was hilarious and bought some. Afterall, it was exactly what she was looking for half off, and in season, so why the hell not? My dad saw it and immediately starting saying how sinful those cat treats are, and how we are worshipping the devil. Jfc. 368 ...
nokiatoth3moon Зу ago The 2 that stand out the most are: coming home to find my pikachu stuffed animal's ears cut off to 1/3 length and sewed at the new ends since the old ears were too long and were basically the devil's horns Being forced to throw out my extensive deck of yugi-oh cards. I had the best deck in my class and played at recess all the time. I'm agnostic now... 831 ...
curiousme19 3y ago When I was about 11 years old, I was staying at my grandmas for the summer. She wouldn't let me listen to my music for one reason or another. Out of frustration, I sighed heavily and walked away. That's when she came storming into the room after me with a Bible, rebuking the demons out of me. Why? You might ask? Because I hissed at her like the devil as I stormed away.... 3 ...

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