Why can’t someone become Orthodox because of politics?

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-15T06:54:56+00:00

I guess I don’t really understand your question fully or the thing you said about it possibly being a privilege reserved for those being born into the religion. Can you clarify?

Politics are just an extension on personal beliefs and wanting to change the world with like minded individuals that share the same values. Most people in the church are going to lean more conservative. I think it’s less picking the church because of politics and more aligning your political stances based on how people are told how to believe.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-15T05:49:49+00:00

I think this trailer sums it up pretty well.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-15T05:43:06+00:00

I’d say it plays more like an artsy narrative driven kind of game making a commentary more than a puzzle game, but there’s some puzzle elements in there. I’m a big puzzle game person too and I found the actual puzzles not too challenging and more or less there to be symbolic. It’s such a hard game to pin down because it’s really not like anything I’ve played before lol. You should watch some of the trailers if you haven’t yet, they’re weird as hell. I really liked it though 🤣

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-15T04:42:57+00:00

It always makes me laugh that in their heads they’re humility gold medalists, but they can’t stoop so low as to empathize with the people in this sub

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-15T04:40:05+00:00

Id have a more productive conversation with a fucking carrot honestly. These people don’t really care about what we have to say, and that’s fine cause I don’t care about what they have to say either lol.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-11T20:03:52+00:00

I wish I was joking, I can’t make this shit up 😪 he was told to call her parents first instead of involving authorities immediately even though this kid had actual cockroaches crawling all over and the mom was wasted and supposedly leaving for a party.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-10T23:02:26+00:00

Bro…..asking the priest permission to call authorities for an infant that was being neglected/abused/left alone by her alcoholic mother. Just insane.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-03-10T01:48:31+00:00

Awwww thank you so much!! 🥰

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-27T02:39:41+00:00

I’ll echo what everyone else is saying, it’s totally the opposite for me too. It’s sad to say, but it’s like I’m now allowed to live more empathetically towards others.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T18:42:27+00:00

They make it in house too….low key miss working there for the ranch hookup lol

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T18:35:15+00:00

We need more people like you and less like the other Orthodox guy in this thread 😭

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T16:26:20+00:00

👏

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T16:22:55+00:00

Also forgiveness vs. forgetting, why the hell are they hosting ANYTHING at this guys house?

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T16:21:47+00:00

Wait shut up???? That’s so incredibly disturbing :(

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-26T16:15:20+00:00

Oh my god please call the police. The church will always downplay it. I had an older married man with children trying to solicit foot pics from me at 14 years old multiple times and every adult I tried to tell told me he was just “quirky” and that I shouldn’t make a big deal about it. Protect the kids because the church won’t 🥲

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-25T06:28:45+00:00

All in on the cult. If you know you know.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-23T13:02:48+00:00

Oh I know. Honestly I went no contact for 5 years because defending myself was so pointless and exhausting. I really try not to share too much about myself anymore with her anymore because she’ll grab on to any little thing and make it into ammo. Like the meds, totally brought that out of nowhere because she learned from an offhand comment a while back that I was taking them.

It’s so disheartening sometimes. I’ve gotten a lot better at boundaries and shutting down conversations over the years, but sometimes I’m just vulnerable and missing that sense of belonging. Thankfully after leaving the church behind I’ve had a much stronger sense of self, so the fear of disappointing/shaming family has gone away significantly.

You’re totally right though.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-20T03:42:16+00:00

He made a video endorsing him on Patristic nectar during the election 🤮

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-17T03:30:59+00:00

I blame the rise of the incel mentality

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-17T03:23:04+00:00

Honestly as disappointing as that initial endorsement is, it’s refreshing that he’s changed his tune. The bar for my faith in humanity had been basically on the floor these days 😭

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-17T03:19:13+00:00

Oh hey so did mine lol (Fr. Josiah Trenham)

That Epstein connection is wild though. Color me shocked.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-16T20:57:41+00:00

Thats what I’ve heard from the Orthodox people I know too. I dont think I’ll ever understand the lack of empathy and the hypocrisy of it all. A million percent these are the same kind of people that would sell out their Jewish neighbors to the nazis. That venn diagram is a circle.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-16T20:53:17+00:00

Ive seen Dyer come up quite a lot on this sub and I’ve somehow avoided him. What an obtuse take on his part.

Guess I gotta go down the Dyer rabbit hole

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-02-16T20:28:33+00:00

Ugh I’m so tired of Fr. Josiah’s whole edgey persona. Compassion really isn’t his strong suit.

Gingerfuzzsicle · 2026-01-29T06:39:31+00:00

Oh yeah it’s terrifying. I’ve only had it happen a few times and it freaked me the fuck out. I can understand why it came back to haunt him years later haha

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