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I may be too far gone because for me, reproducing is like the worst thing possible. I hate having to defecate. I view life as a overall negative & closer to a burden than a gift , although that's probably my bias from my autism & narcissistic parents lol
I'm also very autistic, and my mother is a covert narcissist and a religious fanatic. My Dad is a lot more reasonable in general. It's awful things have been rough for you, I can easily relate to your home environment. It's tough by itself to be Autistic and be deeply misunderstood and Ostracized. And then when you have not one, but TWO parents who use your autism to Bully you, treat autism like it's a 'bad' thing that somehow makes you an inherently incapable person, rather than simply having a different way of perceiving reality, treat you like everything is 'your' fault by holding you to a much higher standard to other people, Make up ridiculous things about autism to marginalize and dehumanize you to their friends, use you as a 'prop' about how "good of a parent they are" while fundamentally abusing your boundaries, like you are an object for their own ego, and so much more.
Keep in mind some of your parents belief maybe based on soild evidence so just consider their point of view. Not to imply that "forcing" any belief is ever ok though.
I get what you're saying when it comes to general information. The main point is that when parents explain what they know about something, even something very probably true, they encourage their kid to consider what information and evidence justifies it, and what other explanations could there be or can be ruled out. The parents would also openly admit whenever they lack sufficient knowledge or expertise on something. Its the 'scientific' approach to educating kids, and in my view the only healthy approach.
Alll good points. And don't forget just how much emotion, especially about strong beliefs & values, can change how act towards others. That's the tricky part about being a human parent. I agree with mostly everything you said. Ju consider, if you really believed that heaven and hell, and faith was the onl way to avoid hell, you probably going to tell your kid about because it would probably seem super important to you. Independent of whether it's right or wrong.
