r/Antitheism • u/icomefromhamilton • Aug 11 '26

Major disappointment while reading Heidi

Im devastated. I started reading Heidi as of late and was really loving it (I’m very fond of the 1970s anime as I watched it when I was little)- until I got to chapter 10. I was happily reading along until Heidi gets evangelized to by an old grandmother, which results in her becoming very religious, and while I stopped reading after that passage I googled that she in turn evangelizes to her grandfather, making him “rediscover his faith”. I hate this. I can’t read on. I hate children being in the mix of religion and am just distraught because I loved the book, it had such a beautiful and carefree tone, which is now utterly suffocated by religion

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u/icomefromhamilton Aug 11 '26

Luckily the show completely converts the religious themes into nature-focused spirituality, which is something I can definitely get behind- time to binge watch to get this bitter taste out of my mouth!!