So is it REALLY a bad thing to be anti christianity? Archived post. With some people it’s like you’re stuck in the ‘40s. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue. Xtianity survives, per se, on the fear of hell. It is the big, unnecessary, fake add-on to the foundation, which is god. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. When we die, our bodies return to the nutrients that feed plants, which feed life, who die and feed life. All she's meant to do is bear children and serve her husband. Paul Washer is an example of this. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. Problem for Ray is that the 10 Commandments DON’T APPLY to the Gentiles. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. The ex Christian Reddit has tens of thousands of members. It is a category and special pleading fallacy that only Christians cannot have former Christians. • 10 yr. And I kind of silently can't stand LGBT christians. Archived post. If you believe and you want to sin and leave the church, then (because you still believe and therefore still believe in the sins) you have to feel guilty over every sin, with no forgiveness, and you have to dread hell no matter how saintly you are. She asked if I was religious. Wash my hands of my religious trauma and get on with my life. Paul Washer - No Such Thing As Atheists. I cannot fathom how they can willingly worship a deity, even if they believe it's real, knowing their god has caused unimaginable suffering to other people. Your feelings are valid. Yet here are these people doing what they love and yahweh isn't striking them dead. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. What is an "ex-Christian?" An ex-Christian is anyone who once identified as a Christian through one of the many different denominations of Christianity including Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans, Adventists, Calvinists, Baptists and so forth. This mentality led to me feeling extremely guilty for feeling anything resembling sexual desire towards a woman. I suspect no. Here are ten mental patterns that trip up many ex-Christians even when we think we’ve done the work of moving on. Luke 10:15 “And thou, Capernaum (that rejected Jesus), which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. • 1 yr. Especially on Paul. Since that did not happen, and since we’re now 1900 years down the line, the only reasonable conclusion is that Jesus is not coming back. r/exchristian Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. This guy is probably worse to be honest. This is what I think, too. Or the trust that he and his wife, Amy are trustees. The Bible to me seems like a bunch of contradictions and someone reading it should not come to the natural conclusions that Christianity does. Some of them even take potshots at other Christians for not practicing the right brand of christianity. You can read this shit-stain of a bitter tale here. Like, I’m not saying all Christians are the same, but the ones here have this agenda to Covertly guilt. Christianity (among others) tries to control people by making them ashamed of their sexuality and setting limits on it. My husband and I lived with his parents during covid, for about 3 years. Strange things your Christian parents didnt let you do as a child? My parents are very religious and up until grade 7, most of my friends were too since I went to Christian school for five years and was homeschooled for two. You are nothing without god and are, by default, deserving of hell. They will eat you up from the inside, especially when the target of that hatred does not exist, so that hate has nowhere to go and so they re-direct themselves back inside you. I grew up with TV and radio. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. Second is Isaiah Saldivar. To this ex-Christian you just look like another "son of thunder" who doesn't understand the gospel message at all. Judaism believes that God wants people to be good and do good, whether or not you're part of a church. Donald James Parker's Unexpected Bar Mitzvah in addition to horrifying antisemitism, slams Christians who don't speak in tongues and baptize by immersion. Bad things happen to Christians and non-Christians alike. Others said that the concerts were satanic rituals. Since that did not happen, and since we’re now 1900 years down the line, the only reasonable conclusion is that Jesus is not coming back. Xtianity survives, per se, on the fear of hell. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. This thread is archived. As an ex Christian myself, I can give a bit of perspective of how I felt before I dropped the idea itself. An "ex-atheist" Christian. If they’re subjectively not let’s fixate on how gross they are all the time!! Anything good that happens is because of god. one time a homeless man walked into our church hoping to be invited in for service, meet people and grab some food. I need somewhere to express this. Donald James Parker's Unexpected Bar Mitzvah in addition to horrifying antisemitism, slams Christians who don't speak in tongues and baptize by immersion. At least not directly. • 3 yr. r/exchristian Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. It's better than actual abuse those, because they realise it and their invisible friend helps them keep their hands off actual kids. Please be considerate and respectful to each. Homosexuality is Punishable by Death even in the New Testament. You are wanted. Not only that, all of this is FREE. They reject common descent because it doesn't make them feel special enough. /r/Christians is also a Protestant-based forum upholding the Five Solas of the Reformation, including salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. A place for ex-Christians to meme as they please. I was pretty disturbed that her first thought about my partner and I moving in with eachother was about sex. They will eat you up from the inside, especially when the target of that hatred does not exist, so that hate has nowhere to go and so they re-direct themselves back inside you. So, yup, they have to believe they are persecuted. How we became a Christian is a different story for all of us, just as our stories for how we came to leave Christianity. Guilt: making you feel guilty about everything you do, telling you you're going to burn in hell forever over literally nothing. Hey ya'll! (Feel free to scroll to the bottom sentence) I feel like I have to give my credentials to avoid the lukewarm Christian claim, but I was a church goer 2-3 times a week, mission oriented, LTC attender, youth group leader, fully into apologetics Christian. Jesus supports OT law and reveres the prophets (such as moses) and their atrocities. If you feel that gives you nothing to do in the sub, I’m sorry for you. No one can provide any documentation or valid evidence of a hell or heaven existing. They seem to mostly be that way due to family or church trauma. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. 148 votes, 48 comments. r/exchristian Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. There’s also the whole god creating a stumbling block for Jews so that they won’t believe because they rejected his son. Technically, no. Please be gentle with yourself, that being said. Every time there’s a major event it’s a fulfilled prophecy. Jews are an intelligent people. You might even have seen it on a. Great job leaving the church! I try to keep having regular conversation with my family about the things they learn and the spins that are put into religiously adjacent political programming, and I try to keep educating my family about science and the value in testability over faith. Much later in the middle ages and early modern period, in mystical literature, clearly under Christian and Islamic influence, Satan takes a. r/exchristian • 5 min. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. Christian apologists and their tricks. People who never grew up in the church don't know how good it feels to swear. It wouldn't be a cult, but it could also still be really harmful to lots of people. A Senate staffer is out of a job after the publication of a video appearing to show two men having sex in a Senate hearing room. The saying about what makes someone an atheist is them reading the bible has a lot of truth to it. So which one do ex-muslims prefer most and why so? I became a follower of the one true God:. The Bible to me seems like a bunch of contradictions and someone reading it should not come to the natural conclusions that Christianity does. I wouldn't be friends with intolerant religious people but if they were reasonable, LGBTQ+ affirming and didn't think I was going to hell for being different than them, I could be friends with them. You can't do things that are fun. Frustration with LGBT christians. 36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household. No, it’s the death of the human soul. Almost like you purposefully search for things that confirm your world view. They value education, science, logic, creativity, humanitarianism and genuinely want to do good in the world and make it a better place for all. They believe they are so special that they shouldn't need to be considerate. If you know Jesus, and Jesus knows you, you are born again. I can’t believe there are over 100,000 users on that sub. Me :I was a Christian for the majority of my life. Now at almost 18 I have found myself aligning with deism but I find. Hello everyone! So I often think about the story of Samson and how made up the entire thing sounds. If they’re subjectively not let’s fixate on how gross they are all the time!! Anything good that happens is because of god. As an ex-Christian this hurts me. In my opinion, there's a very good reason why Christians call marital relations a DUTY, like people did in the 1800s. But should an apostate wish to return to Christianity at some later time, they don't need to be re-baptized. Please refrain from proselytizing to members of this community. Their attitude is women are subservient. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. The Bible to me seems like a bunch of contradictions and someone reading it should not come to the natural conclusions that Christianity does. Jesus spends a lot of time talking about damnation and hell-fire. Hello all, I've been raised Christian and attended private schools my entire life. Yet she also posted a picture of herself with her boyfriend at the beach. Luke 10:15 “And thou, Capernaum (that rejected Jesus), which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. 3 awards. Christianity and the Bible just doesn't make any fucking sense. And not even just 'Original Sin' either; all sin makes no sense. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. I feel like I was always stifled from being who I truly was and from enjoying the things I truly loved, out of fear of not meeting Christian standards. Gardens through which rivers flow, therein to abide, and blessed dwellings in Gardens of perpetual bliss; and greater than that is Gods pleasure with them. All she's meant to do is bear children and serve her husband. r/exchristian • 4 mo. 3- There was a couple in youth group, both well-rounded, mature people. In fact, he intends to create family wars and he "brings a sword," not peace. This isn’t the end of the world, MUCH worse has happened a million times over, and everyone thought the world was ending then too. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. the answer to your question, in the bold faced part of your post, is: there's no such thing as a former Christian. So the slavery in the Bible don't apply to them, they don't have a history of oppression associated to it. Not only that, all of this is FREE. • 2 yr. This mentality led to me feeling extremely guilty for feeling anything resembling sexual desire towards a woman. And god isn't even there. 95559 points • 2317 comments. Also probably being weirded out by the ritualistic focus and the saintly icons. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. It sucks. Idk why but Reddit keeps suggesting the r/exChristian subreddit to me. I joined that group at age 12. r/exchristian Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. No spam posts. • 5 yr. All she's meant to do is bear children and serve her husband. Just saw on one of the Christian threads that someone posted (like it was a good thing) that Piper said the following: The mechanism in people that is supposed to throw up the red flags is broken with these people. Jesus spends a lot of time talking about damnation and hell-fire. I am 27 now and much happier. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. When I consider all the things it means to be a Christian in the modern era, identifying as NOT that says quite a lot of really important things about me. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left. So he will enjoy heaven as if I never existed, relieving him of the pain of knowing I don't believe. Posts should be related to ex-Christianity, and/or the ex-Christian experience. The man depicted in. • Recovering. I was raised an agnostic atheist by my father and came to faith around 23 when I was depressed and found myself serving at a non-denominational church as a musician, and saw my responsibilities expand as my abilities. Me: That you opinion but I was just as convinced of my faith as you appear to be of yours. I had to get her to repeat the question three times before getting her to clarify that apparently moving in with my boyfriend means we'll immediately be having sex apparently. r/exchristian Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. And those go keep panicking about it are inducing mass hysteria. It’s a myth. They reject common descent because it doesn't make them feel special enough. It’s a myth. Your post should be relevant. Trigger Warning - Toxic Religion. Other things like purity culture wouldn't work as well without the peer pressure. No one has EVER returned to demonstrate their existence. A lot of Christians hate Mormons and Catholics too. And I kind of silently can't stand LGBT christians. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as. If God can’t be bad and wouldn’t send good believers to hell, then the only way to reconcile it is to victim blame and assume the people that. They can overcome this alienation any time by choosing to leave that religion. I was convinced I had a relationship with the risen Christ. Hello everyone! So I often think about the story of Samson and how made up the entire thing sounds. You can show up to any Kingdom Hall and they will give you a full size ~10”x~8” large-font Bible with a faux-leather covering for FREE. Heaven wipes away all tears. This Ex-Christian Made Me Question My Faith. 125K subscribers in the exchristian community. All this to say I wouldn't be afraid /scared of what your body is telling you. She got a new boyfriend a year ago and he converted her. I met him once, at Camp Regeneration (the summer camp put on by Grace Community Church). A Senate staffer is out of a job after the publication of a video appearing to show two men having sex in a Senate hearing room. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. No matter what your belief now, or if you have no belief at all. Bad things happen to Christians and non-Christians alike. For example, if a supposed ex-atheist Christian insists that all atheists know deep down that there is a God but they're just angry at him, then I know that they don't really understand how atheists think. The answer is that if Jesus did prove his power over death by resurrection; then he proved himself to be God and his life, his words, his actions vouch for the "reality" of Christianity. 109 votes, 40 comments. I feel like i need to return to my faith, and my head is full. A tale of christian dumbfuckery. This thread is archived. Videos and article posts must have descriptive titles. I was a naive little fangirl and just wanted his autograph. sylmar drug bust, ebony blow jobs porn
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Every once in a while in the comment sections of videos about aliens and UFOs I see a. Because religion is "extra" part, the part you don't need at all, that they tack onto the belief in god in order to get status and wealth and power. Because they are door to door salesman without an actual product, and they come in pairs. I didn’t exist, there were no thoughts. But I also think there should be a level of tact when dealing with other humans. Every time there’s a major event it’s a fulfilled prophecy. Just saw on one of the Christian threads that someone posted (like it was a good thing) that Piper said the following: The mechanism in people that is supposed to throw up the red flags is broken with these people. net I was a Christian. Starting with Eve and original sin, continuing with examples of those promiscuous women tempting men to sin, all the way down to making purity culture a purity content between women. They are required to be poor, to give up their lives, etc. Wash my hands of my religious trauma and get on with my life. A lot of the posters on r/exchristian, as well as other ex-religious subs like r/exmormon and r/exmuslim, grew up in repressive, insane and toxic fundie backgrounds. However, I still feel like my former faith is pulling me on. Technically, no. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. It is a category and special pleading fallacy that only Christians cannot have former Christians. 148 votes, 48 comments. Problem for Ray is that the 10 Commandments DON’T APPLY to the Gentiles. In some ways, Jesus is darker than the god/entity of. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. r/exmormon and r/exmuslim are both pretty great and interesting, usually filled with pretty shocking testimonials and stories. For example, if a supposed ex-atheist Christian insists that all atheists know deep down that there is a God but they're just angry at him, then I know that they don't really understand how atheists think. There's christians who believe that aliens and UFOs are just demonic deceptions. I am leaving the Eastern Orthodox church. As a recent deconvert a couple years ago, the sub was extremely helpful in helping me find my bearings. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. 3- There was a couple in youth group, both well-rounded, mature people. The Old Rugged Cross blasts the Prosperity Gospel and "once saved, always saved" as bad. In that sense, to love themselves to the pathological extent they do IS to hate you, to the pathological extent they do. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. You need to focus on your real world actions and how they may affect others instead of worrying about how you may be affected by a satirical cartoon videogame. This isn’t the end of the world, MUCH worse has happened a million times over, and everyone thought the world was ending then too. A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Yes, you can be an ex-Christian. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left. And you know damn well they have no intention of paying you for what will amount to a full time job either. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. In my opinion, there's a very good reason why Christians call marital relations a DUTY, like people did in the 1800s. Early on, or when they get triggered, or at holidays. Meanwhile, r/exchristian is 99% whining about the most petty stuff and le enlightened reddit atheists mocking and bullying regular nice christians over the most ramdom stuff. Christian condemnation of sex in general - at least non-marital, non-procreative sex. Ex Christian. I cannot fathom how they can willingly worship a deity, even if they believe it's real, knowing their god has caused unimaginable suffering to other people. They reject common descent because it doesn't make them feel special enough. I distance myself as much as possible from Christian groups as nowadays they usually have toxic, unrealistic views of the world bordering often on blatant fascism which is a. He created humans with emotions, pain, anger, at times illogical minds with sex drives especially in the young who are in need of biological sustenance--food, shelter etc, in a dangerous world and have to compete for it and then got angry because they weren't measuring up to his impossible standards. 106 votes, 37 comments. In my opinion, there's a very good reason why Christians call marital relations a DUTY, like people did in the 1800s. Best I can tell it's because evangelicals are still stuck in the 16th century and still see the RCC as "corrupters of True Christianity". • 3 yr. "A priest told me that the reason I developed an autoimmune condition was because I wasn't living a life free from sin and it was my punishment. Yet here are these people doing what they love and yahweh isn't striking them dead. As someone who studied apologetics for over a decade and nearly went into a career of apologetics (actually started but dropped out due to details of the specific job), the dishonesty of the field drives me insane. Beast is the anti-christ. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. Im more upset than I probably should be, but it's maddening when something like this happens and they only blabber a few words at night (if they even remember). madlyqueen • Skeptic • 2 yr. It is the big, unnecessary, fake add-on to the foundation, which is god. The Orthodoxy Study Bible I bought which is worse quality was $45 fucking dollars and there’s no such thing as a free Orthodox book. 100 votes, 20 comments. In some ways, Jesus is darker than the god/entity of. Job is my favorite book of the Bible both pre and post conversion for completely different reasons. Aside from their more vile and sadistic tendencies, Christians on the whole come off as relatively bland and uninteresting individuals. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left. That's the short answer anyway. I believe there is a story on Reddit somewhere about another users Grandma who was part of a church and when she needed them they didn't show until her death. They believe they are so special that they shouldn't need to be considerate. Yet here are these people doing what they love and yahweh isn't striking them dead. Great job leaving the church! I try to keep having regular conversation with my family about the things they learn and the spins that are put into religiously adjacent political programming, and I try to keep educating my family about science and the value in testability over faith. New beliefs vs old beliefs and uncertainty. The most harmful have to be the ones that preyed on the financially vulnerable. There are only ex-sinners. I've been a Christian witch myself in the 1990's, before converting to Paganism. There is not much that is concrete and Christians tend to make up whatever is scariest and will work in whatever era they're in. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. This is not a place for debate, this is a place to help each other through the trauma of leaving behind an integral piece of our identity. ago MEGATHREAD to answer the question "Why did you leave Christianity?" 148 205 u/Sammishly • 5 hr. The next millennium will mark the end of Christianity as a politically powerful force. The movie also makes it sound like divorce means failure and it's unthinkable, but in reality some people just need to call it quits. A U. Strange things your Christian parents didnt let you do as a child? My parents are very religious and up until grade 7, most of my friends were too since I went to Christian school for five years and was homeschooled for two. Main Preacher: You weren't truly a christian because if you were then your life would have been transformed like mine was. For the Christian hate, it's because the JWs believe in stuff that's counter to the larger, popular Christian narrative. You can't do things that are fun. I don't hate Christians. I don't know why they believe this but it's a thing. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. With some people it’s like you’re stuck in the ‘40s. It's better than actual abuse those, because they realise it and their invisible friend helps them keep their hands off actual kids. God is like a mad perfectionist abuser. People say to “trust God’s plan” and “everything happens for a reason. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left. I bet that if the worst happens and America becomes a Christian theocracy, they’ll still say they’re being persecuted. To this ex-Christian you just look like another "son of thunder" who doesn't understand the gospel message at all. I don't need advice, this is more of a rant/cautionary story. The first passage in the gospels that makes the time for. Welcome to r/exchristian, a support community for people who have left Christianity as well as Christians who are considering whether or not they want to get out. A community for former Christians of all denominations. . amateursporn