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I find it increasingly difficult to put effort into convincing people I'm still a believer.

It used to be a normal and subconscious process for me. You just say what you know you're supposed to and that's the way you will always be. It was casual survival. Now, I'm outgrowing this persona. I feel more and more like an individual who can actively have their own thoughts without guilt, and then having to turn around and restrict that hurts. I spend so much of my time having to listen to their drivel and act like I agree, despite the now obvious logical fallacies and bigotry.

I don't know how much longer I can even let the mask i show my family "be molded by Jehovah".

Kids who were called "one of the most deep spiritual thinkers I've seen" by their pastors are all apostates now

In the country i live in, christianity is not the dominant religion, and it’s pretty crazy how the christians always mention religious freedom when another religion tries to convert them, yet the same people would then go around harassing non-christians and trying to convert them.

The worst part is they always target people who are at a low point in their life where they’re desperate and vulnerable. Not surprised though, the bible basically told them to force others to convert under the belief that they’re “saving” people from the eternal abyss of hell or whatever.

I also find it weird how hypocritical they are in general and not just on this specific manner, like how they cherry pick which rules to follow on the bible, like not getting tattoos for example and then they go off wearing mixed fabric (which is apparently forbidden.)

Religious conservatives love talking about trans people “mutilating their genitals” and then go off to circumcise their children without their consent 😇

Private celebration in my bedroom during a voice call with friends ended when i got forced to attend church for the new years. How memorable. What a terrific way to start the new years. Please do keep preaching about eternal torture while everyone else is having the time of their lives.

*dips my balls in the holy water font*

This blog is a space for apostates/ex-religious, self-proclaimed heretics/heathens, secular/irreligious celibates.

With this blog, i post and reblog topics related to severing my ties with god and religion.

Growing up as religious, I was taught that my purpose is to get married, reproduce, and increase the population of believers, which i reject.

I’m on a journey to find meaning through philosophy and celibacy, without needing to depend on relationships or religion to have purpose in life and find individuality.

I think my Adventist upbringing is responsible for my fascination with cosmic horror and esotericism

One of the many reasons why I left that religion- and I ain't never looking back.

maybe it’s just my ex-catholics vibes, but the way evangelical christian circles treat mother mary and mary magdalene always rubbed me the wrong way.

their roles as disciples of christ are often so shamelessly downplayed that it’s laughable.

mary magdalene is never given any mention outside of “whore who closed her legs and repented” despite being one of jesus’ closest disciples and the first one to be notified that christ had risen. not to mention the belief that she was a prostitute before becoming a disciple is not biblically supported.

mary the mother gets the same treatment— albeit a further fall from grace given how highly regarded she is in catholicism. evangelicals remove every trait from mother mary except for her submission and willingness to get pregnant. they never talk of her anguish at the cross, or her hand in jesus’ ministry. they also shame the concept of veneration towards her. they teach that she was not born without sin, she was not assumed into heaven, and she cannot intercede on behalf of people who pray for her. she is essentially stripped of her title as “queen of heaven”. she’s just some woman who god picked to bear his child. there was nothing special about her and she receives no title or reward for her unimaginable struggle.

these women, and others like them, travelled alongside jesus and his apostles for their ministry journey. yet, you would never know according to evangelical teaching.

at the end of the day, catholicism is sexist as hell— but at least it gives mother mary and mary magdalene the honor and attention they deserve.

I got stuck with casting crowns and insurmountable religious trauma

it is a parents responsibility to play good music during their child’s formative years. make sure the nostalgia playlist is a banger

This woke up my christian childhood like a sleeper agent. Immediately started singing it

Ekko: oh my gods I can finally have Powder back even if it's for a short While! I get to tell Benzo that I love him. I have the comfort of knowing they're alright in another timeline. My inner child is healing!

Meanwhile Jayce: Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death-

living in TX is so disheartening like i have to work my ass off to afford anything much less anything fun

but also TWO employees i have within the past week have been kicked out/cut off from their families by their parents. and as someone who also got kicked out what the fuck?? both of their parents likely voted for abbott, as did mine, and it just makes me wonder like why is this their decision?

why have these parents decided that their child is wrong, and the best way to make them realize is to send them out with no support in any form, hoping they either guilt themselves out of it or… what? nearly die from homelessness or financial strain and just show back up, weary and exhausted? i’ve been worried that my mom was right sometimes despite me KNOWING she isn’t, because that’s just how deep family and guilt runs in the bible belt i guess. seeing it happen to other people breaks my heart especially because i am in no place to give them everything they need but lord do i want to, because this is the bleakest i’ve felt in awhile. anyway anyone else having a hard time living in texas lol

would like to memorialize this ironic, pathetic, and disgusting post from my former pastor. “ACT LIKE MEN BE STRONG.” shame on you. shame on you for encouraging men to continue hiding their emotions and feelings. shame on you for making men think they cannot be vulnerable. shame on you for using aggressive words and sentence structure to scare and excite your trusting congregation. shame on you for spitting hatred toward members of the LGBTQ+ community. shame on you for spitting hatred at the “sinners” who trust your word. i trusted you and i have never been so disappointed by a former leader.

there is no hate like christian love.