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all cultures promote child abuse

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OK but for real real? I was raised by a evangelical mother and a catholic father and I can 100% tell you that compared to evangelicals catholics enjoy life more.

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Christian doctrine is like very fucked up at its core. and it's hard to explain how fucked up it is because people will say "noo it's not the doctrine or Bible it's the people being bad!" but like all of those things are Christianity. The people, the doctrine, the texts themselves, the way those texts were chosen and put together. Also I don't care how nicely you say you think someone is going to hell, it's still not kind or just. The way you say that doesn't matter.

And sure there's people with a version of Christianity that removes many of the problematic elements, but it's such a minority of people and is it even really Christianity at that point or something else?

I remember learning that churches that don't require difficult demands of their followers struggle to maintain members. like the problematic elements and the control ARE what make people join and stay. It seems nobody is "on fire" for things that aren't problematic.

I dunno.

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I've been thinking about resurrection eggs today, those plastic eggs with items related to the crucifixion they give to kids around Easter, and thinking about how disturbing the whole thing is

Like, I think the whole concept of essentially celebrating human sacrifice is disturbing enough, but imo it's even more disturbing that we're told about the crucifixion as kids, that we're told about the torture and violence in detail, that we're told his suffering is our fault because we specifically are so evil and horrible and sinful that someone had to be tortured to death to make up for it, that we're told it should have been us up there, that we deserve suffering and violence and abuse and torture simply for existing... and probably other things I'm not thinking of right now, it's all just so sickening

But to do all that while trying to wrap it in a ‧˚₊*̥∗*‧˚₊*̥ uwu cute and innocent little interactive activity for kids uwu ‧˚₊*̥∗*‧˚₊*̥ where they physically have items like a mini spear that represents the one that pierced his side, a crown of thorns to represent the one he was forced to wear, nails to represent the ones that were used to hold him on the cross, leather cords to represent the whip he was beaten with, dice to represent casting lots for his clothes, cloth to represent the linen he was wrapped in after... i don't really have proper words for how disgusting it feels to me now. It's such a "look at what you've done, look at how you did it, look at what you personally contributed to by existing being sinful" while actively trying to make it more appealing to kids in the hopes that they'll internalize it better

Idk. The whole thing is just extremely repulsive to me. It's one thing to talk about the resurrection specifically, but I don't understand how so many people believe graphic depictions of torture and violence are totally fine for kids on its own even without all the other shit that comes with it

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There are trenches carved into my mind.

I have never heard the boots ring, nor seen the field smoking.

And yet my mind is drowned in trenches, bombs, bullets, and casualties.

What kind of war could be justified against a child to leave such carnage?

What crime against the future of humanity did the mind of a child form to justify these wounds?

Why is there a thousand yards behind the eyes that have never even seen the sea?

Ever door slammed is like a firework to a veteran.

Every shout like a car's backfire.

I am left with the wounds of a war I was too young to ever win.

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mormon april fools idea: replace the sacrament water with carbonated water

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I was forcefully forged in faith fuled flames.

Nothing but inconsiderate, incessant, and inconsolable.

These flames hotter than a hell never heralded.

But despite the verses and vocab and veritable verocity of education,

All I can say now is:

Why do they get to be upset,

I was just a fucking kid.

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I love explaining the mormon church to people who have rarely been exposed to it, because what's normal to me is so batshit insane to literally everyone else it makes me laugh

Literally everyone ever after I explain the urim and thummim, the three nephites, and the endowment temple ceremony:

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I am 100% certain that going on a mission is a brainwashing speedrun designed to break young people as quickly and efficiently as possible in order to build them into better members while dodging the cult allegations.

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I’ve trained my dogs to expect their dental treats when I offer them “the body of Christ”. Is this heresy or blasphemy?

A rare occasion where it's both! Animals can't receive communion/experience the sacraments because they have no souls. Additionally, I am going to safely assume you aren't a priest, so you aren't allowed to perform transubstantiation. Additionally, the Eucharist cannot be made of dental treats. Finally this whole thing is making a huge mockery of one of the single most sacred acts in Catholicism. Well done!

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Actually I'm thinking about this again. It (ex-catholic) basically said "no the bishop doesn't do that, he's busy he's got other shit to do."

And like. Why is interrogating teenagers about their personal lives such a high priority? (I know why and I know why we were all groomed to not question it but c'mon man)

shattered my poor wife's innocence today (asked how often Catholics get interviewed and got a "INTERVIEWED, WHAT IS THE BISHOP GIVING ME A JOB")

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when I was 8 my dad told me that now that I was baptized, there was an angel in heaven who tallied every sin I made in a little book.

im 27 now and the image of that book pops in my head every time I swear 🙃🙃🙃

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Idk if it's talked about much how being raised in a cult destroys your critical thinking.

questioning authority is NEVER allowed (for your safety, of course). but always question what everybody else says because theyre likely lying out their asses to GET you. but then these outsiders say things that Make a Lot Of Sense and suddenly you dk what to believe.

only 'good' thoughts are allowed. you're siding with the enemy if you ever agree with them. but the enemy thinks you're a bad person for these mentalities.

and then one day you grow up and you realize not a single opinion you hold is yours, nor is your personality. your personhood has been completely moulded for the authority's convenience-- you're the perfect mommy, the perfect therapist, the perfect maid. if you see any new opinions you immediately adopt them, even if you actively try not to. critical thinking? whats that?

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I value human life specifically in a way contradictory to God.