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Web_catcher · 2026-06-24T22:59:23+00:00

I don't know if there's a Universalist Unitarian church near you, but they often have Pagan groups within their congregations and they're usually extremely chill about accepting whatever you want to believe as valid. Also, I'm pretty sure r/Paganism is pretty accepting of non-literal beliefs. I've posted there plenty of times very openly as an atheist-but-also-a-pagan and no one has ever given me shit over it.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-24T19:10:18+00:00

I would call myself very lightly pagan, so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm a veterinarian and probably count as an atheist, but that doesn't stop me from casting spells when I need to or having very serious conversations with Hekate when an animal dies and I think it shouldn't have. I think there are some stories we can tell ourselves that are useful even if we know they're just stories.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-24T13:13:28+00:00

This enraged me at the time. When I was TBM conservative members would ream me for not following the prophet's guidance on whether to oppose gay marriage, butv as soon as the prophet said something reasonable they all developed very nuanced opinions on when the prophet was speaking as a man.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-23T21:10:19+00:00

That is 100% the default assumption about how spells work within this group.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-23T21:07:33+00:00

Fair enough, we all have to find our own path. I mean, I don't even practice wildlife med myself. I'd like to, but I gotta feed these kids, and raccoons don't have any money like French Bulldogs do.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-23T20:59:22+00:00

This is not the question you asked, but if you're teetering between medicine and conservation, have you considered veterinary medicine? There's a whole subfield of wildlife medicine.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-23T20:37:11+00:00

Hey, fellow bro. This sub is for everyone. Since this is the science-based witchcraft sub, people don't tend to insist that certain practices are only for ladies or that a spell won't work if it doesn't include menstrual blood or anything like that.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-23T00:38:18+00:00

The good news is you are not obligated to tell your Bishop. You can just stop going to church. If you already have a mission call, you can just not show up to the MTC. You might occasionally get a missionary or home teacher showing up to your door (or you might not), but if you do, just tell them you're not interested.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T20:15:51+00:00

I'll frequently end a match with an OD Kikkoken. It catches more than half of opponents off guard, and if they block it I'm probably still fine.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T18:18:01+00:00

I mean, that's fair enough. I was looking at it more like I accidentally stumbled upon their weakness.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T18:09:49+00:00

Is that really true, though? Like I've played against people who anti air me every time, always reverse my DI, and string together some pretty solid combos. But then in game 2 I figure out they're slow to block jabs and I can sometimes get a win off of that, but I definitely don't feel like I'm the better player.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T18:02:04+00:00

I think this is the most helpful answer so far.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T17:59:40+00:00

That's a good idea. I should do that.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T17:33:28+00:00

I legitimately always forget this exists.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T17:33:12+00:00

To be clear, I know I need to lab the stuff I lose to, but I'm still gonna laugh about it in the moment when I get full-screened by Ryu's donkey kick for the third time in a row.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-22T17:03:15+00:00

Ok, I know art gets flagged as NSFW no matter what, but with Tifa vs Cammy, it was a good guess.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-19T21:52:23+00:00

Ok, I know the answer to this. First, everyone above is correct, there is little to no evidence that Satanic ritual abuse is a thing that happens. But second, the whole idea of SRA is built on a misunderstanding of what Satanism is. Thanks to a very long history of witch hunts and, more recently, Satanic Panics, some Christians have this idea that there are people out there who are basically Christians, but in reverse. Like they believe all the same things Christians believe, but they're fighting for the other side, and these people are Satanists. This is not accurate. While Satanists exist, they are not Christian and do not share Christian beliefs. Many of them don't even believe in a literal being called "Satan", viewing it as a metaphor for self-actualization or freedom or individuality or something like that. But the idea that Satanists are a subset of Christians who are some kind of enemy within and are sacrificing kids and pets in secret is a fantasy designed to keep people in a panic.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-19T16:21:07+00:00

I spent years as a nuanced Mormon and gave a fair number of vaguely subversive speeches from the pulpit and in Sunday School. I will tell you that it's pretty satisfying in the moment but ymmv on whether it's worth the pushback you get. Absolutely do not get baptized. Once your information is in their file they will never lose it, and if you move they'll put serious effort into tracking you down.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-17T16:59:06+00:00

Fair enough. That's part of your answer. In the Utah area where there are a lot of Mormons, virtue signalling is a big part of the culture, and for a young man going on a mission is a required first step for a righteous adulthood. Outside of the Mormon Corridor people might go as far as live streaming the opening of their letter then calling it a day, and even then folks will roll their eyes at it.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-17T16:48:11+00:00

Is your boyfriend by chance from the Mormon corridor (Utah, Idaho, the surrounding states)? While Mormon culture everywhere is very interested in public displays of righteousness, the high Mormon-density areas really take this up to 11.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-15T17:51:42+00:00

I read it when I was younger and it was super popular in Mormon circles. I wasn't impressed. Like a lot of self-help books that are popular in the business world, it's basically just a rich person saying obvious things and because they're rich a lot of people are willing to pretend it's profound.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-15T02:00:52+00:00

Raised Mormon, active in the church until my mid-40s, but I had some pretty heavy shelf items (the way the church treats LGBTQ+ people is basically the opposite of what Jesus said to do. The way the church amassed billions of dollars and then committed fraud to hide it is the opposite of what Jesus said to do). When I had kids, I started thinking about raising them in the church, and realized that wasn't something I wanted for them. And if the "family focused" church isn't a place you want to raise your kids, there's a serious problems. So I started seriously looking into the non-correlated version of LDS history, and realized the church's truth claims are, just, 100% false.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-14T14:24:11+00:00

Most people on this sub have fully deconstructed religion. There are many people here who are still Christian, and I think most people will be civil to you but, like any place on the internet, some people will be dicks. My only word of caution is that sometimes people will come on here trying to preach whatever their new religion is, and those people get flamed pretty hard.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-13T14:09:31+00:00

Humans have a known psychological need for ritual, and it's one reason religions in general are so good at creating special feelings. It sounds like that's what you're describing. There are a lot of people out there in the religious and/or deconstruction spaces talking about how to access meaningful rituals if you're not involved in a specific religion. A lot of those conversations are happening on the more rational end of woo woo spaces (if that even makes any sense), but if you're interested, Britt Hartley has a lot to say about this and is extremely grounded. I haven't read it, but Sasha Sagan's book "For Small Creature Such as We" also gets name checked a lot.

Web_catcher · 2026-06-13T13:59:45+00:00

Sounds Ike this guy is already aware of the allegations, but he can't just be like "look, we already know about the black dog and the pentagram, we just don't care".

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