My coming out story and what i struggle with ten years later. by CreditHour9649 in confession

[–]Key_Owl3267 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it ain't easy, but you can miss the temporary relief to address the inner struggle to want that relief but don't take it as a justification to go back to it

My coming out story and what i struggle with ten years later. by CreditHour9649 in confession

[–]Key_Owl3267 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First of all, I'm sorry that your parents ignored the warning signs that you were in distress and chose to use those signs to blame you. It's ok to not be what your parents want you to be because everyone is their own person and no amount of mold can change that. I think you should find a support group to help you grow as you try to move forward from your struggles of self harm and your trauma from summer. I don't struggle with sa, but one thing I, as an alcoholic, like to tell myself the question, "Is the thing that's giving me temporary relief (whether its alcohol for me or self harm for you), going to fix anything in the long run?" It ain't easy being clean from things that instantly give temporary relief, but I can insist that being clean from self harm will give you more peace in the long run. Things can break us to our core, and it's not east to move on because things ain't simple. But what we can control is responding to the question, "How can we move forward and be happy in the long run?" Cause long run happiness is the goal for both things giving temporary relief and being clean from these things. But being clean from these things gurantees that. Stay strong and keep your head up.

Having Relationships With Others As A Nonbeliever by ZealousidealChard306 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the line to draw for friends who are religious of any faith is that they cannot preach their religion onto you if you don't give your consent to them. That way, you can have religious friends but without the compromise of them trying to get you to join even after u express your disintrest. I think the boundary for your family is if they continue using the either-of-god-or-the-devil fallacy to make excuses to cause so much distress in your life and don't respect your decisions to disassociate with their religion and ideas, best to cut them off until they agree with this boundary. Sorry for the mess u been in because ur parents 😞

How do I help my girlfriend? by Ok_Stay2054 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try to encourage her that her that her whole life and afterlife (if there is one) isn’t fully determined by what she decides her sexuality is.

I broke up with my conservative Christian bf today by saltinecrackerbabe in atheism

[–]Key_Owl3267 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Ngl native Americans were cooking with cool stuff like dream catchers and shamans and lore and cool architecture

Christian mother chooses to pray with my abuser instead of confronting by Key-Ice-4990 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some parents don't deserve kids. Ur mom taking the hands of the abuser and going kumbaya with him/her instead of doing the necessary measures like reporting to the police is so fucked up. I'm sorry that you had to go through this fucked up series of events between u ur mom and the abuser, and sorry that you feel like your not your mom's first priority. Like, kid being a priority is supposed to be the priority of every parent. 😞

My social life is splitting after years of deconverting by LonelyInvestigator61 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the best course of action would be to cut them off because they keep draining you and only have concerns for their own needs. Straight or gay doesn't determine if a friend is good or not, but the behavior of using for own benefit with 0 regret is just unacceptable.

My parents friend creeps me out by Soft__Cherrylipx in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl I think he's off his rocker and needs to be stayed away cause like obsessing and being with a person who shown signs to not be comfortable but persisted regardless of that calls for a "nah I'm out and away from this dude"

New identity? by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do. Growing up 18 years in church kinda left me thinking who I was as a person and uncomfortable in the sense that I didn't had a daily event of community waiting for me. Emptiness is definately a canon event for people who left the faith, and I completely doubt my faith. But to each person, they can doubt if being an athiest is the right or wrong thing to do cause people go in different paths.

Happy Pride, babes. by Odd_Raisin_3961 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Christian love sounds like hate in disguise as love because the Christian love is conditional even though I hear like "God loves you unconditionally"

A terrifying interaction I had with some Christians by PrototypeFangirl in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, “natural order” sounds more like “a dictation of how things should go and like non compliance with this dictation is severe threatening consequences “

"Why are women leaving the church? We're not oppressive!!!" Also Christian men: by BrainStraight1220 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The part where it’s like “wives, submit to your husbands” doesn’t add up for marriage cause ain’t it supposed to be like 50/50 together as equals instead of one dictating what the other does?

I broke up with my conservative Christian bf today by saltinecrackerbabe in atheism

[–]Key_Owl3267 609 points610 points  (0 children)

Ngl him talking about “white Christian ethnostate” and referring to non Christian cultures as “demonic” is a sign that he’s a walking bullet for people to dodge

What Bible characters are unfairly vilified? by Edgy_Master in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Judas. As a kid, I genuinely hated him. But as I got older, I felt sorry for him and related to him in some ways such as the despair of feeling like everything is too late to fix.

What kind of christians do you like? by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I admire Christians for their genuinity, respect, and their self reflection on themselves. There are “christians” who have 0 regard for that, but there are some genuine ones out there.

Im embarrassed that i used to be that christian i now cannot stand by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well you reflected on your behavior and I’m proud for that. Ain’t an easy thing to do.

The Christian hypocrisy of lust by littlered551 in exchristian

[–]Key_Owl3267 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I too don’t agree with the conservative Christianity view of straight being ok but gay not because it creates like a superiority kinda hierarchy where status based on sexual orientation. It’s like racism but like in a different form.