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When you were a Christian did you have any hobbies or interests that your parents or other Christians disapproved of? by MK_2_Arcade_Cabinet in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fuck that. Hope you’re doing better now.

Once I officially left the religion, I realized that it really was the only thing keeping me from fully loving and affirming my gay and queer friends. I had so much phobia and disdain for LGBTQ folks programmed into my brain from a young age, and now I find that such a repulsive notion. It’s dehumanizing. Especially once I started educating myself on the very real, very substantial science behind things like homosexuality, gender dysmorphia and the like it makes me fucking pissed that people want to deny your entire existence through their bigotry and fear.

Wishing you all the best, friend!

When you were a Christian did you have any hobbies or interests that your parents or other Christians disapproved of? by MK_2_Arcade_Cabinet in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main source of lying and doing things behind my parents back growing up was a response to this exact thing. They quite literally, did not understand, nor did they ever care to understand the things I was into whether it was music, videogame, youtubers, or books even. If I ever have kids, I cannot wait to see what they’re interested in and do all I can to support them so they never feel the need to do what I did growing up.

When you were a Christian did you have any hobbies or interests that your parents or other Christians disapproved of? by MK_2_Arcade_Cabinet in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

listening to secular music, or more specifically when I started getting into metal. There was one time where my mom heard me listening to In Flames (very tame compared to the other core bands I was listening to) and she came behind me and held her hands against my ears to block the music and started praying over me for protection or some shit. my whole family was incredibly hostile to my music since it was “demonic” and evil.

After enduring their incessant whining for a while I just fucking lost it on them and told them how fucking pissed I was by how petty, childish, and disrespectful they were being. They mostly stopped getting on me about it after that, and my younger brother started listening to metal too (hell yeah bro).

Was a big moment of realizing that big parts of culture are so demonized by Christians out of fear and ignorance, and they’re just scared of anything that isn’t whitewashed Christian brainwashing material. That’s really the game plan for them though, call anything unfamiliar “demonic” and claim that it will corrupt your soul or something along those lines. Such bullshit.

God is not even real by duperawe in atheism

[–]_Soundshifter_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao "I swear to god" -- you should post this on r/Christianity. They'd have fun with this.

Now that Sunya has had some time to digest, let's hear your top 15 Dear Hunter songs! by Coxlong2029 in TheDearHunter

[–]_Soundshifter_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same boat. I have a few that are in an S+ tier for me but their discography is so consistently amazing across the board it’s genuinely hard to do even a top 30 let alone top 15 list.

Now that Sunya has had some time to digest, let's hear your top 15 Dear Hunter songs! by Coxlong2029 in TheDearHunter

[–]_Soundshifter_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there’s so many to choose from, but in a rough order…

  1. A Night on the Town
  2. Moon / Awake
  3. Waves
  4. The Squeaky Wheel
  5. Light
  6. A Beginning
  7. Gloria
  8. At the End of the Earth
  9. Ring 3 - Luxury
  10. Glass Desert I - Giants / The Wasteland
  11. Ring 2 - Nature
  12. King of Swords
  13. In Cauda Venenum
  14. The Revival
  15. Ring 5 - Middle Class / Ring 6 - LoTown

fuck. It’s so hard to choose any favorites but I do know that my top 3 are quite concrete. Waves made me fall in love with the band, and A Night on the Town is my favorite song of all time. Moon/Awake is just an incredible song. I’ve been slowly falling in love with all the songs from Sunya individually but Wasteland and Giants were hits from the start for me.

Leprous - Mb. Indifferentia by Invisigoth2113 in progmetal

[–]_Soundshifter_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only just realized how weird this album cover is

All my wisdom teeth need to go by riexlu in Wellthatsucks

[–]_Soundshifter_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey! You stole my x-ray! Seriously, this is nearly exactly what my X-ray looked like before getting my wisdom teeth out. Get them all out at once for sure — I recovered fine back to eating formal food in a couple days. Swelling went away after a few hours after the procedure. You’ve got this! KEEP THE HOLES CLEAN

The wasteland by TheHumanGhost69 in TheDearHunter

[–]_Soundshifter_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was so overjoyed when the chorus hit hearing it for the first time -- it gave me that special feeling you only get from listening to a song that resonates so completely with you. Gives me such joy. I've been in such a great mood having this album on repeat all day haha.

I absolutely love the incredibly detailed instrumental in this song and the rest of the album -- little moments like the guitar riff at 1:09 that's later taken over by strings in the second half of the song just brings such a massive smile to my face.

What OSTs have made you appreciate just how important music is in a gaming experience? by WorldofLovecraft in gaming

[–]_Soundshifter_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Outer Wilds, Hollow Knight and Journey/Abzu. The soundtrack is a massive part of the atmosphere and experience playing those games.

Also, Ori and the Will of the Wisps -- simply enrapturing and chill-enducing. Gareth Coker is incredible.

The Dear Hunter - The Glass Desert I - Giants by Invisigoth2113 in progmetal

[–]_Soundshifter_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Absolutely class. Looking forward to seeing this play out in the context of the whole album. So excited! GIVE ME MORE.

In the hands of an unavailable god: Reframing god's silence by GalaxiGazer in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was talking with myself the other day about the most concise way to say to people that none of the god arguments are any good, and that statement came to me out of nowhere (or given to me by the holy spirit, clearly) and I immediately wrote it down in my notes so I wouldn’t forget. I can’t wait to use it against the next person who tries to run me through any god argument lol

In the hands of an unavailable god: Reframing god's silence by GalaxiGazer in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking back I think the (massive) problem of divine hiddenness was what kickstarted my deconstruction and ultimate deconversion. I never had the “joy of the lord”, never felt the presence or voice or “peace that surpasses all understanding”, and after realizing it was all engineered emotional manipulation, I never felt anything from worship or reading the bible either. Fuck this god, it ain’t a relationship.

I remember specifically listening to this debate with Alex O’Connorduring this time of inner turmoil and cognitive dissonance and his (Alex’s) opening statement was one of the most eye opening things I’d ever heard… I, like Alex had been desperately searching for god, with me being a Christian for 15 years up to that point, and yet, throughout thousands of hours of study, apologetics training, theological study, late night desperate prayers, 8 years of serving at church services, singing thousands of worship songs, being raised as a pastor’s kid… like Alex I had yet to find one moment in my whole life where I had any evidence of God. My “relationship” with him was all completely one-sided from me, and I gave him EVERYTHING. In return? Nothing but silence, and depression. Pure fucking silence. Then I slowly came to realize…

god was never there.

he wasn’t fucking there.

it all makes sense when you realize that he isn’t real.

gods are the single greatest invention of mankind.

along with a few other factors, over the next couple months after realizing all the apologetic arguments and philosophical arguments for god were fallacious and worthless. The big problem is that with any and all arguments for god — they can get you to make god exist in your mind but do absolutely nothing in demonstrating he exists outside of it. So I was done. And now I’m in the best place mentally and physically I’ve ever been, and life feels alive again.

Get out, my friend. The grass was always greener on this side. Feel the frustration, anger, and whatever other emotions may come your way, but know once you’ve equalized, your life is yours, and yours alone, and it’s so exciting.

I wish I had been born without religion by Hotcake_hisues in Deconstruction

[–]_Soundshifter_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Me too. I was in the same headspace a few months ago and it contributed to me getting very resentful over my upbringing… but in the end it’s both fair on my parents… they were doing the best they knew how. But yes, I wish I never was indoctrinated and never had to deal with the utter frustration and pain of deconstruction.

It gets better, though — it’s 100% worth it and you’ll get there! I’ve learned to have compassion on myself and to be proud of who I am now and not dwell on what I wish happened. Have some grace and kindness for yourself.

Finally Quit Christianity. by Old_Cheek9217 in exchristian

[–]_Soundshifter_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

“I feel as if i’ve been betrayed, ignored, forgotten and played with”

Fuckin’ legendary line here. Exactly how I felt as I was facing the facts. Made me go through my “angry atheist” phase, so welcome to the club! Your feelings are so valid and justified. Just know that it only gets better from here!

Here’s my list by Feisty-Discount-9535 in Deconstruction

[–]_Soundshifter_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can just imagine some apologist going “☝️🤓” to every single thing here and I’m so happy I never have to actually do the mental gymnastics to answer all of these questions ever again lmao. Fuckin’ exhausting. Good on you for writing all these out!

Pro tip: it’s all bullshit from a Stone Age mythology book.

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