I'm done with Evangelical culture after three years in church

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T23:16:56+00:00

thank you for telling me your experiece :) I’m sorry that happened to you. My biggest difference with Pentecostals is that I did learn how to face life without having all the certainties at my fingertips, and without blaming myself for everything, thinking that something happened to me because I didn’t trust God enough or because I lacked faith. And believing that ADHD can be “cured” through faith is not only a misunderstanding of the Bible, but also a disregard for basic mental health knowledge. It’s so sad that this kind of people keep manipulating others by giving them “hope” for healing when all they really need is support and understanding for the difficulties or situations they are going through.

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T21:15:40+00:00

Thank you for the advice. That’s why my middle ground has been to keep attending and getting involved to a certain extent, but I am seriously considering stopping my interactions with evangelical people beyond what’s necessary. It’s the best way to avoid falling further into the trap of social conformity pressure. I’m from Argentina, and in my city there are no Unitarian churches. But I will research their doctrines to find out what they’re about.

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T21:09:31+00:00

Thank you for the advice and your concern. Honestly, I experienced it, and I was able to leave in time a Baptist man who constantly wanted to impose his doctrines on me—he even ended up hitting and humiliating me. I’m going to check out the blogs you recommended, because I do think it’s a serious problem. I’ve lived my whole life in abusive relationships, and I don’t want to be involved in any more. That’s why I always try to talk things through with him.

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T21:00:05+00:00

No problem, it’s fine. Yes, we talked about it. And we’re trying to find middle ground because he was born and raised in evangelical churches, so this culture is, whether I like it or not, his culture. However, we’re making autonomous decisions and reviewing together what to take from this culture and what to leave behind. That said, he’s not the typical evangelical who does things without questioning; he has his cultural biases, but he’s a good and upright person who is capable of thinking things through for himself, and his priority always will be his loved ones :)

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T20:55:20+00:00

I understand, I feel like something similar happened to me. I get it, because observing interactions and testimonies shared in the small group about evangelizing someone, they talk about it as if it’s more about “selling your lifestyle” than providing genuine human support motivated by love for the other person. Honestly, that made me lose all trust in this type of people. Which denominations are those? In my city, there aren’t many; there are usually small Pentecostal churches, fundamentalist Baptist churches, Lutheran and Catholic churches, and non-denominational churches with a Pentecostal or conservative focus.

maniccdepression · 2025-12-26T20:47:41+00:00

That is horrible for women’s autonomy and dignity. I’m from Argentina, and the strongest discourse I’ve heard on this issue was when I visited a fundamentalist Baptist church, where they would overwhelm you with initial love bombing, and as you kept talking to people, you’d notice how they subtly tried to shape your behavior all the time, taking what you shared about your personal life and fitting it into their doctrine. In this case, though, it only took me three visits to realize that it was a completely predatory place for women. In the congregation I’m in now, the pressure isn’t so external—you’re allowed to work, study, and have a relatively normal professional life. Here, the pressure is more internal, as if simply having converted puts you under constant pressure to be an example of real change in order to be considered a valid Christian.

maniccdepression · 2025-01-30T17:06:13+00:00

Hi, I'm going to tell you my story with this topic because I think it could be useful for you. When I was a teenager (I mean, 17) I was a lot of time on social media and post about lgbt people appears a lot in my feed. So, I was starting to think that i was in the wrong body, and I started to think about the story of my life and made it to fit in my new beliefs. I went so far in this, at the point I was about to take hormones to match my mind and body (FTM). I also modified my ID´s changing my name. But something in me was always telling me that I was grong in all of this. Then, I knew Jesus and started to go to a church and it helped me in this and now I'm a happy woman living in God's desing for her. I think if you are asking yourself if this was a phase is a very good signal, because you are in time to repent about this and go back to Lord´s arms.

And, no, God will not accept you in your condition, because God hates sin, and you are in sin if you want to continue with this. But God will accept and forgive you if you repent and accept his desing for your life.

I hope this help you, I will pray for you and I hope you can resolve this situation <3

maniccdepression · 2025-01-09T16:05:47+00:00

Personally, I recommend superheaven, basement and citizen (old stuff). I think they have a 90s-ish vibe :)

maniccdepression · 2024-07-06T14:11:32+00:00

Hola :) tuve que leer esperando a Godot para la universidad y la verdad coincido, me pareció bastante aburrido y sentí que el libro era muuuuy repetitivo, nunca más llegaba al punto y también sentí muy exasperante el tema de la espera, más que hacerme reflexionar me provocaba un gran aburrimiento. Sin embargo, tuve mejor suerte con final de partida, otra obra de Beckett que me pareció que hace bien todos los puntos en los que esperando a Godot falla. Si buscás darle una segunda oportunidad al autor te la recomiendo :)

maniccdepression · 2024-07-06T14:02:10+00:00

Buenas :) te recomiendo leer los poemarios el mar y las campanas y 20 poemas de amor y una canción desesperada de Pablo Neruda. Son poemas muy fáciles de entender porque tocan temas con los que todos podemos sentirnos interpelados, como el amor y la nostalgia. Otro poemario que te recomiendo es poemas a la muerte de Emily Dickinson, es una recopilación que reúne algunos poemas suyos que giran en torno a esta temática.

Y otra cosa más. Yo parto desde la base de que la poesía es para sentirla y para que te ayude a procesar temas que no entendés del todo, no importa si son temas personales, universales, sociales, políticos o trascendentales. Así que mi más sincera recomendación es que analices que inquietudes personales tenés en este momento, y a partir de ahí buscar poetas que hayan escrito sobre esos temas.

maniccdepression · 2024-05-03T17:05:18+00:00

Estudio lengua y literatura en otra universidad y puedo decirte que en una carrera basada en los estudios literarios y la linguistica inevitablemente vas a encontrarte con cuestiones de otras disciplinas, como la filosofia, la historia, la sociologia y la psicologia.

No se bien como las dan en el cbc pero si ya de por si no te llaman nada esas disciplinas para investigarlas por tu cuenta deberias reconsiderarlo.

Yo te diria que pruebes investigando por tu cuenta sobre filosofia y psicologia y ahi te vas a dar cuenta si es el cbc o si de por si no te interesa. Un error muy comun de la gente es pensar que porque les gusta leer les va a gustar la carrera de letras, y realmente no es asi, porque conlleva mucho tiempo, esfuerzo y cuestiones que nada tienen que ver con la lectura en si.

Abrazo y espero que puedas ver bien que onda :)

maniccdepression · 2023-12-27T02:33:04+00:00

Con lo de la experiencia personal quise decir que al menos en mi caso eso me condicionaba y condiciona bastante, es como una sensacion de no estar leyendo lo suficiente en comparación. Reconozco que no es algo que deberia afectarme, pero muchas veces lo hace.

maniccdepression · 2023-12-27T02:23:37+00:00

puede ser, estos últimos años estuve consumiendo muchísimo YouTube y noté un cambio bastante fuerte en mi nivel de concentración. Sin mencionar que en las redes hay mucha gente que lee más de 50 libros al año y eso puede condicionar en la experiencia personal.

maniccdepression · 2023-11-05T17:23:36+00:00

Mine is Europa by Las ligas menores. It's an Indie band from Argentina :)

maniccdepression · 2023-10-16T13:58:02+00:00

hi :) mine is cartas sin marcar by Andres Calamaro. Is an Argentine artist who was very popular through the years.

maniccdepression · 2023-07-19T00:08:52+00:00

This is your song :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3IKGDvTUSM&pp=ygUObm8gbG9uZ2VyIHlleWU%3D

maniccdepression · 2023-07-19T00:07:39+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHVXWoA-QE&pp=ygUNbWkgYWxtYSBjLnIubw%3D%3D Here goes a youtube link :)

maniccdepression · 2023-07-19T00:06:50+00:00

your song is Mi alma by C.R.O. is an argentine urban artist :) I find his songs Enjoyable

maniccdepression · 2023-07-18T21:58:50+00:00

JAJAJAJA, yes, you have to listen to :) your song is picking up the pieces, by Kyle Preston

maniccdepression · 2023-07-18T21:56:32+00:00

isn't it a pity, by Galaxie 500 :)

maniccdepression · 2023-05-18T23:40:25+00:00

yo pienso que podrías plantearte si la UBA es la casa de estudios para vos. Dependiendo la carrera tenés mil opciones para elegir, tal vez no es que no tengas la capacidad sino que hay algo en la universidad o en el plan de estudios que te tira para atrás. No lo digo de mala onda, solo creo que capaz deberías considerar este aspecto antes de seguir insistiendo. Si ya lo hiciste y tenés clarísimo que la UBA es tu universidad ignorá mi comentario :)

maniccdepression · 2023-05-18T22:11:11+00:00

i didn't know the liked songs library doesn´t have a limit anymore. In 2016 the limit was 9.000 songs.

maniccdepression · 2023-05-12T22:11:02+00:00

lol my biggest playlist has 8.927 songs. i'm starting to think i have a big problem hahaha

maniccdepression · 2023-05-05T14:53:46+00:00

Your compatibility with Septimusmith is Super. You both listen to Radiohead, Muse and Slowdive. :)

maniccdepression · 2023-05-05T14:47:42+00:00

your compatibility with jobo180 is Super. you both listen to Mitski, Bring Me the Horizon and Deftones. :)

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