Imagine, with John Lennon, a world with no religion. Imagine no suicide bombers, no 9/11, no 7/7, no Crusades, no witch-hunts, no Gunpowder Plot, no Indian partition, no Israeli/Palestinian wars, no Serb/Croat/Muslim massacres, no persecution of Jews as 'Christ-killers', no Northern Ireland 'troubles', no 'honour killings', no shiny-suited bouffant-haired televangelists fleecing gullible people of their money ('God wants you to give till it hurts'). Imagine no Taliban to blow up ancient statues, no public beheadings of blasphemers, no flogging of female skin for the crime of showing an inch of it. Incidentally, my colleague Desmond Morris informs me that John Lennon's magnificent song is sometimes performed in America with the phrase 'and no religion too' expurgated. One version even has the effrontery to change it to 'and one religion too'.
(The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins)
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In case anyone was confused... a meme.
[ID: Squidward, from SpongeBob, saying, as if the statement is obvious: "this is a fuck christianity and fuck christians blog. We are intolerant of christianity here, sir." End ID.]
If they give up on the human sacrifice of the christ for the "sin" of humanity and all of the messed up ways of thinking their ideology entails, I'll stop being "intolerant" 🙄 Until then, every christian espouses an abusive and immoral religion. And it should not exist.
My disagreement is with the religion itself. Not only with the individuals in it who have contributed to its and my history of abuse.
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(un)surprising to see the frustration of theists under my religion related posts. been crying- laughing for about an hour after reading some of the comments. you guys are HILARIOUS🤣
thankyou for putting a smile on my face😉
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Hey I read your post about leaving HCGs and I'm an ex-Catholic. I really felt what you said about being an Exmo and "breaking your shelf" and I relate to a lot of it, actually. I have my qualms and doubts but processing it all has been hard and the only support I have is my 2 atheist/agnostic friends who still don't really Get™️ why I still pretend to be religious just to hold onto my family and friend ties. I'm so, so scared of losing that support system but I want to finally live a life in alignment with what I believe. Can I ask you for the Ex-mo resources you used to help deal with religious trauma?
Honestly, my best answer is Reddit. Reddit has a lot of specific "ex-[religion]" groups and they have good resources and communities, especially as we all have different needs. I didn't grow up with a concept of original sin or hell, so it didn't hit me as hard as it does other Christian apostates.
This seems to be a great resource for ex-Catholics, and I know the term "Recovering Catholic" is used a lot in groups to unpack some of the ideas. R/excatholic and R/exchristian are good places to check out. There are also usually Facebook groups, too (though in my experience Exmo Facebook groups are a mixed bag).
Dare to Doubt is another resource, especially for religious based trauma.
I will say the r/Exmormon subreddit is wide open to all, and we talk a lot about things that are applicable to many HCGs and leaving, and there's lots of resources in the sidebar that might be of use to you as well. We also have excellent memes.
Like, for all the cringey reddit Atheist edgelord memes, it really is a huge and helpful resource for people leaving religion.
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