#religiousinstitutions — Public Fediverse posts
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Irish Times: Records of children ‘boarded out’ from religious institutions to be withheld. “Personal records of children who were ‘boarded out’ from religious institutions will be withheld from a new public archive set up to remember the abuse of women and children in 20th-century Ireland.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/irish-times-records-of-children-boarded-out-from-religious-institutions-to-be-withheld/ -
The Price of #Dogma: #Religion's Impact on #Freedom and Progress
Russell Bell
Independent Scholar
Date Written: September 27, 2025Abstract
This article argues that #religiousinstitutions function as systems of #socialcontrol rather than #spiritualguides, deploying #psychological mechanisms of #fear and #dependency to maintain #authority while resisting #scientificprogress and #humanautonomy.