"That's Not God's Fault," Might Be The Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard. My Child, That Guy's Entire Claim

christians love saying people have victim mentalities but the second u push back they become martyred and crucified on the cross itself, you're the meanest worstest eviliest awfullest person and they are but a poor persecuted most villified christian

a little unfinished piece i've been working on

people will defend Christianity like "but it's comforting to me!" like but you believing I will go to hell and my life is morally reprehensible is not comforting to me. If you take comfort in hell then something is wrong with you

The other thing about discussing harmful things about the christian church and getting "that's not what that verse really means/that's not how that doctrine should be applied/that's not actually supported biblically/etc" back is that... at a certain point it doesn't matter. Yes there are varying beliefs within christianity (understatement with 45,000 different denominations lmao), but you don't get to claim that christianity is separate from any harmful beliefs when a lot of harmful beliefs are the majority.

You can say "the bible wasn't ever talking about gay relationships in [xyz] verses" but that doesn't make the average church actually safe and affirming for queer people. You can say "actually hell doesn't have any biblical backing" but that doesn't mean very much when like 75-80% of christians believe in hell. You can say "men and women are equal in the eyes of the Lord" but it doesn't erase the rampant misogyny in christian culture.

If the members make up the church, if members are the church, then at a certain point the cultural beliefs or majority beliefs have precedence over what was intended. You can't say "oh just ignore [belief/doctrine/interpretation/etc]" when that would be dismissing the church's most predominant collective beliefs. You don't get to just disregard harm because that "wasn't the intention". You don't get to look at the result of said harm and decide it doesn't matter because it makes you look bad.

Some Christians always forget about this. Just because YOU have the freedom to worship God/Jesus doesn’t mean you should push those beliefs on others who don’t want to follow Christianity or use Christianity as an excuse to create laws that restrict people from living their best life.

Happy Tears

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

For me it was moral perfectionism, i would constantly feel like i'm evil and immoral. I would sometimes become a doormat and let others push me around for the sake of that sweet, sweet, moral high ground. And back when i was religious, i would cope with others pushing me around by thinking "they'll be going to hell anyways".

Open discussion: has anyone dealt with perfectionism that most likely came from years of religious trauma?

The nonbinary urge to sink my teeth into the divine and Eat God.