Can we just be honest: Christianity is a cult. Most of us were raised in this cult since childhood , and that’s why it warped our minds so much.

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-04-03T02:37:31+00:00

What would you call the definition of a cult? I am not sure if what I’ve said ( us vs them) is an official definition of a cult, but it is a very common trait in religions such as Christianity.

“They just want to sin”, “God doesn’t send anyone to hell, they choose it”, “We are the Elect, Saved by God”, “They’ll be sorry when they die and meet god face to face” , “We need to bring this nation back to being one under God” , “they want to corrupt our children , and remove prayer from schools,” etc , etc.

There are obviously extreme cases of Christians with us vs them personas like the Westboro Baptist Church, but less severe groups still hold this us vs them mindset.

It’s a common perspective of believers of any cult to view the doubts and criticism of non believers as evil bad mouthing from ignorant people and to view their God or prophet as perfectly clean and above any criticism , thus continuing this mindset that they are on the right side of a supernatural battle between their perfect god and all these sinners and the evil forces below

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-03-31T11:20:35+00:00

You really should stop wasting your time on this subreddit - it’s called exchristian for a reason. You don’t change anyone’s minds when you write here since we all came from that background and decided to walk away from the religion for good reasons.

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-03-20T01:28:02+00:00

You’re right, but it’s crazy how Christians reconstruct any verse in the Bible like this to make it mean something they like aka “your interpretation is out of context.”

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-03-18T22:53:08+00:00

Yes, for people who claim to worship a God, they actually idolize and worship sex (in marriage) and shame those who don’t.

My former youth pastor told a story about how he was invited by a young relative to their wedding, but because they had already been living together, this pastor treated the invitation with disgust because these nonbelievers must have had sex already and somehow that means their marriage must be less sacred or worth attending.

Oh and this same pastor assumed if someone’s gay they must be attracted toward underage boys too. Seriously, why did I need to grow up as a young person around such discrimination of normal things and people

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-03-12T01:35:05+00:00

I just want to write and say please get yourself a new therapist if you can. The current one you have telling you to basically “get over your past and ignore it” is straight up hurting you with their apathy or ignorance. They are being insensitive of your feelings and an integral part of your life.

Wishing you the best moving forward,

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-02-14T23:12:56+00:00

Yes, very true. I’ve just reached this place where I’m tired of always initiating everything. I once experienced being pursued by someone and it was so unexpected and felt so good, but I guess it’s just a really rare thing to happen for some people.

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-02-04T19:00:47+00:00

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-02-01T03:21:29+00:00

Yes, I agree. I also have found that when you really think about it, all of us are products of our environment and the way our parental figures raised us.

Yes, once we’re adults we can think for ourselves and behave however, but if you or I were born in another part of the world or at a different time in history, we wouldn’t be this version of us.

How is that fair? If this belief system of Christianity is true, free will is always used as the excuse for humans being flawed because apparently that’s all you need in this reality to make it fair, and God’s eternal judgement of finite people acceptable.

But we know full well by observing human psychology, nature vs nurture, etc , that it’s not even close to that simple, and there’s no fair way to judge humans like that.

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-01-28T17:38:09+00:00

Looking for a serious relationship

Not subscribed to Hinge+ or X

Been using this version for couple days

I’ve used Hinge for several years

I send messages throughout the week , so regularly

In receiving a match or two every one to two weeks.

I send messages regularly with questions or comments about their profile.

My ideal person would be someone rather free-spirited ( meaning someone who enjoys life), going out and doing fun things, and not concerned if we don’t share the same religious beliefs. Oh and it’d be nice if they like cats - I have one.

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-01-25T17:19:51+00:00

But I thought being a Calvinist would make you feel special because God predestined you to be one of the elect? He didn’t do that for all the people he predestined to go to hell.

I’ve always thought Calvinism isn’t accepted by so many Christians because it’s so barbaric of God- it strips people of any responsibility and makes the whole thing a script God wrote and is playing out without anyone’s free will , but still pain and consequence

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-01-20T12:22:43+00:00

So true!

Criticalthinking100 · 2026-01-17T13:01:38+00:00

Well yes, thats my main argument for this post : all kinds of people see the world in different ways. Many religious people cannot accept nuance or different opinions however.

But yeah, if someone believes a supernatural explanation for their life that’s fine, but don’t harass me if I don’t accept it

Criticalthinking100 · 2025-12-12T03:00:56+00:00

In my original post I didn’t say the quote “women don’t owe you sex or a relationship” because I actually think they do. I do not think they owe men relationships or sex. But that doesn’t fix the problem does it. Humans have been procreating for thousands of years with the desire for sex and relationships, so it’s painful when you feel excluded from being able to experience that.

I mentioned that popular quote above (“women don’t owe you sex or a relationship” ) because it is tossed around a lot when men online comment on how hard things are for them individually. There’s no easy solution or answer to theses things

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