#ex baptist

[the-jesus-pill]

You did the right thing by leaving. 

Even if it feels scary or wrong, your life is ultimately going to be better for it. They made you afraid of practicing your free will because they want to keep controlling you. 

But they can't touch you now. 

You're free. You belong only to yourself. You can rest now. 

Your life is only just starting..

#ex religious #deconstruction #exvangelical #apostate #deconverted #deconversion #exvie #exmo #exjw #exmormon #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex methodist #ex orthodox #extian #ex baptist #ex protestant #ex jehovah's witness #religious recovery #reminders #ex muslim #ex jew

[connieaaa]

#ex fundamentalist #religious trauma #ex christian #exchristian #ex religious #ex baptist #ex fundie #easter #easter sunday

[dirtyheathencommie]

One thing I never admit when discussing leaving fundamentalist christianity…

You miss it. Like an abusive partner. Everything is laid out for you. You have a strict list of rules to follow, clearly laid out roles to play, the assurance of seeing fallen loved ones again, and a sense of purpose and security. There are no questions about your life that aren’t directly answered.

It’s painful, it’s damaging, and a bit braindead, it leaves you with trauma, it’s a stronghold for abuse, but it’s STRUCTURE. And once you leave, you realize that you’ll never be 100% certain about anything again. You’re not supposed to be.

But sometimes you miss it. It’s a sick and twisted feeling.

#ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #religious trauma #ex christian #ex baptist #exvangelical #tw religion #send me asks

[wildfeather5002]

I hate it when xtians reduce my religious trauma to "a religious person said something mean to you once so now you're mad at religion".

Like, shut the fuck up. My trauma isn't just someone being a little rude to me once, it was systematic, deliberate manipulation with the threat of possible eternity of suffering in Hell if I didn't obey religious rules and "keep Christ in my heart". It was "Nonbelievers burn in a lake of eternal fire. Tell your friends to convert to our faith or they'll be damned for eternity".

I have suffered from anxiety, ocd and other mental health issues for several fucking years because of this shit. I've suppressed my sexuality and felt terrible guilt just for the 'sin' of having sexual thoughts. I've feared for my loved one's souls, genuinely believing they would go to Hell for simply not being xtians and that I'd never see them again in the afterlife.

These beliefs are sick and twisted. What I went through was sick and twisted.

I seriously don't know what to say to you if you still think telling anyone, let alone a child, that they're going to be damned for eternity if they disobey 'God's word' is totally fine and not abusive.

Know your fucking place and stop speaking over trauma survivors who have been hurt by your shitty religion.

#ex religious #religious trauma #fuck christianity #anti christianity #anti purity culture #ex christian #ex baptist #fuck conservatives #anti conservative #right wing nut jobs #conservative insanity #online drama #vent post #vent tag #tw hell mention #tw eternal damnation #hell tw

[transhomicidal]

reverse mission trip I rejoin the baptist church to show them they can be a freaky faggot

#.txt #exvangelical #southern baptist #ex baptist

[fire-to-fire]

Call me controversial but I think religion and spirituality should be fun for the individual. If it doesn’t make you happy, what is the point?

#ex christian #apostate #ex fundamentalist #religious trauma #ex fundie #ex evangelical #ex baptist

[resignedseraph]

For my usamerican ex christians, PIMOs, deconverts, and apostates:

#ex fundamentalist #ex christian #esrah talks #ex cult #ex evangelical #ex baptist

[seraphimfall]

the worst thing mormons did to this earth is cause the creation of whatever the hell a “sodie” is—

someone needs to tell the church elders that the strongest nitro cold brew has got to be better than this abomination.

#|| the disciple || #|| mine || #ex mormon #ex lds #exvangelical #ex religious #ex christian #apostasy #ex catholic #ex baptist #ex jw #religious trauma #apostate #religious guilt #ex fundamentalist #ex fundie #fuck the church #anti religion #anti christian

[shitpostsupernova]

#ex christian #exchristian #exmo #exvangelical #exmormon #ex evangelical #ex mormon #ex baptist #ex catholic #ex fundamentalist #ex fundie #ex religious #meeeee

[hereticcoyote]

at this point ive started to think about christians in a similar way that i think about cops: all the good ones eventually leave

#exchristian #exvangelical #ex baptist

[the-jesus-pill]

[Image ID: a tweet by Rachel Myers @rachelsaheretic 

Say no to that coffee invite, don’t respond to that old church friend who is reaching out “concerned” because of your new beliefs, set a boundary with how much of your story you share with those who won’t value it. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your journey.

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#ex religious #deconstruction #exvangelical #apostate #deconverted #deconversion #exvie #exmo #exjw #exmormon #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex methodist #ex orthodox #extian #ex baptist #ex protestant #ex jehovah's witness #pomo #setting boundaries #healing #reminders #religious recovery

[alethianightsong]

If my body is a temple to God...

then God's that rich a-hole with a billion private homes who refuses to let anyone stay in them. He also gets mad when the people who maintain these houses decide to do some superficial decorating cuz it's fun. "Who put liquor in my house?" "But God, you weren't even here, and I didn't even get drunk, just buzzed." "I don't care, I'm punishing you once this temple decays."

#christianity #exchristian #deconstructing christianity #deconversion #religious deconstruction #ex religious #just shower thoughts #religious #christian #bible #biblical #southern gothic #southern us #arkansas #ex baptist #baptist #religious trauma

[dirtyheathencommie]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the perception of good and bad and self-image when recovering from extremist religious upbringings.

I’ve realized that my idea of being a “good person” is warped beyond what I’d originally thought. Fundamentalist christianity teaches that morality is only defined through the word of god. People without it have no moral compass. So you’re raised in it, indoctrinated, and when you come out you have no sense of self when it comes to judging the morality of your own behavior. Wanting to be a good person then becomes a hindrance that causes unhelpful behaviors that ultimately hurt you and your relationships.

Disagreeing with an authority figure doesn’t make you a bad person.

Saying no when people ask for your help doesn’t make you a bad person.

Neither does anger, jealousy, self-indulgence, confidence, vanity… these things SHOULD exist in balance. Feel how you feel. Do what is right for you. Hurt as few people as you can in the process, but know that sometimes it has to happen.

#religious trauma #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex homeschooled #ex homeschool #ex evangelical #ex christian #ex baptist #exvangelical #ex religious #tw religion #religon #ex catholic

[boycentriccplot]

#was raised in both #ex christian #ex baptist #ex pentecostal

[fire-to-fire]

Christians telling non-Christians they are going to hell is kind of funny because it is sort of like telling someone they’re going to Mordor.

Sound like it sucks for sure, sentiment is definitely rude, but it’s not somewhere I think exists so it kind of falls flat.

#ex christian #apostate #ex fundamentalist #ex evangelical #ex baptist #religious trauma #christianity tw #hell mention tw

[resignedseraph]

(This one’s gonna be pretty negative so feel free to skip it)

One of the things that gets me about the theology I was raised with is that the natural conclusion is that you should be grateful God keeps you alive at all, because you don’t even deserve that. Even at your worst, your most painful, horrible moments, you had to be grateful you were still living, because that was mercy.

Like that’s really, 100% seriously the conclusion of the theology I was raised with (fundie, southern/independent baptist, and evangelical).

There’s a reason I ditched that God.

#I don’t think it would be a stretch to say even I’m more loving and merciful than the god I was raised with was said to be #if that’s the base level of his love? I don’t want it #Esrah talks #how it was growing up #ex evangelical #ex cult #ex christian #ex Baptist #ex baptist #religious trauma #religious abuse