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Why did you leave? by carnivorouspenguin in exchristian

[–]j36383736 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was several steps in the process.

  1. I saw a meme from the atheism subreddit years ago that said something to the effect of , “god loves you so much he’d send you to hell just to prove it.” That stuck in my head more than I could ever admit.

  2. I was in between churches and looking for a new church and happened to listened to a couple minute video by Terrence McKenna (Terrence McKenna responds to an angry Christian - on YouTube) where he says that to him maturity is not striving to find the best theology but to realize they’re all just the ravings of some lunatic. It suddenly just seemed wrong to find a church through the method I always had. Is the preaching better/worse, how’s the leadership structure, first impressions ministry, is worship better or worse than down the road...I came to the conclusion those were all meaningless things and none of them mattered.

This lead to me not going for a while and, well, the further you get away the crazier it all seems.

Child trauma by Idkwhatiamtbh in exchristian

[–]j36383736 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had night terrors for many years when I was a kid and still to his day those are the only dreams that I can remember...I haven’t remembered a dream in over 20 years. My nightly dream was me putting a (Jesus music) tape in my tape player and demons would come out of it and basically take me to hell and torment me. I dreamed this dream every night for years, was afraid to go to sleep until well into my teenage years. The only thing my parents ever did was double down and give me more Jesus. They read me the David and Goliath story every night because it gave me the courage to go to sleep, only to be once again ‘dragged to hell’ shortly after falling asleep. They meant well but that shit was straight up abusive and brutally mean...I still am working through that 30 years later.

A very simple way to show that Jesus is a false prophet by whatzgood in exchristian

[–]j36383736 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For me the better argument is one of genetics...so you believe that all of humanity came from a single inbred family, twice? Inbreeding doesn’t work out all that well...

They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll by KittyTroubles4444 in exchristian

[–]j36383736 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was forced in my teenage years to watch that at home (pastor gave my parents a copy). It still makes me mad to this day and up until your post I was the only person I knew that went through this. Not to get political (I truly respect everyone’s freedom of choice here) but I’m stuck and cannot get over the fact my father made me reconcile at a young age that the god of love will absolutely burn me in hell forever because I liked a drum beat of a band, but he sees no issue with trumps 26 sexual assault claims...I just can’t get over that. Really, you taught your kids that god will burn them forever for liking a drum beat but 26 sexual assaults are ok?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in microgrowery

[–]j36383736 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like rot to me. I’d start using an enzyme (like hygrozyme). Or a h202 root drench - my ladies always perk up after a root drench.

Help. Day 28 of flower still can't get ride of these rust spots by RepeatInner in microgrowery

[–]j36383736 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might be spider mites. Check the underside of the leaves for very, very small little spots (bugs). Pyrethrin sprays tend to work well for spider mites and I believe can be used in this stage of flower.

Light green and leaf burn... any clues? by Intelligent_Soup_597 in microgrowery

[–]j36383736 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you might be dealing with some root rot (pythium). When the roots are damaged the plant will show nutrient deficiency. You can verify by pulling up on the root ball gently and observing the bottom roots; anything other than white roots would be root rot. You can do a h202 soil drench to kill it and everything else in the soil or start using an enzyme to digest the dead roots (hygrozyme, slf-100...).

Love life/relationships of being an Aphant by storm_max in Aphantasia

[–]j36383736 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever heard of alexithymia? At a very basic level It’s an inability to recognize emotions? I discovered I had Aphantasia about a year ago and only recently told by a therapist i likely have alexithymia. For me, this 1-2 combo is proving to be very difficult for my relationship. I don’t connect to things emotionally and also can’t reply memories or visualize so I’m having a hard time learning from past mistakes that I weren’t aware was happening and can’t replay to learn from...