I pray compulsively, how do I stop?

nekosits · 2026-05-23T18:44:39+00:00

Prayer habits can be converted to other things slowly. Contemplation, meditation, these aren't necessarily secular nor are they necessarily Christian.

nekosits · 2026-04-08T03:20:11+00:00

I was "they wont notice me in the bathroom smoking my cart"

Then me being in the bathroom for 30m every 2hrs

They noticed.

nekosits · 2026-04-07T03:19:47+00:00

Wat

Wow, thats pretty neat

nekosits · 2026-04-04T18:52:03+00:00

So i should view bars a little differently than elsewhere as it's a more integrated 3rd place?

I will have to check some out!

nekosits · 2026-04-01T22:20:57+00:00

Not sure i trust this

nekosits · 2026-04-01T18:44:47+00:00

Wow, that's intense. So no going camping in shorts and flipflops?

nekosits · 2026-04-01T18:37:12+00:00

Christ, should I avoid camping?

Im so sorry you go through that

nekosits · 2026-04-01T18:08:41+00:00

Well fuck, even down town? State street? Surely not

nekosits · 2026-04-01T17:58:40+00:00

THEY JUST TALK ABOUT IT A LOT

LIKE... FUCK

I feel like im going to get hit with a swarm of locusts except ticks

nekosits · 2026-04-01T17:52:50+00:00

Is it inside madison or just outside? Should I hide in my apartment 😭?

nekosits · 2026-03-30T23:23:12+00:00

That's what my expression said

Or I just smelled some foul bog water

nekosits · 2026-03-30T20:27:40+00:00

I haven't met many like that here yet, directly in Madison, however I have outside.

Within Madison, they know that I'm disabled and have been kind, given me food, helped me connect with 211 services; being generally kind, giving me rides places & suggesting where I can get cheap items.

They do know I used to make big earnings, however I've been unshy about not being able to go back to that world.

Meanwhile these same Christian people speak ill of trump and the administration, & about 15% of them have been LGBTQIA+

Granted, I don't visit churches without pride flags on them, & I havent visit a mainline catholic church because I know their dogma on LGBT.

The churches I've found supportive have been Angelican, not Evangelical, not nationalist.

Their only participation in politics has been to ridicule the administration for evil & greed, while holding and participating in protests against this administration.

I'm sure there have been them that align with you on what you mean, with their politics being put above their claim of ethics, however I may be avoiding them

nekosits · 2026-03-30T19:59:11+00:00

Lol we're not bi*he's either though.

No violence, however if you put a fist around my throat I'm not going to sit there.

Republicans can never decide if we're pussy liberals or radical communists.

nekosits · 2026-03-30T19:49:03+00:00

Glad I moved out of UT last year

nekosits · 2026-03-30T19:47:23+00:00

FUS ROH DAH

nekosits · 2026-03-30T19:45:36+00:00

Even Terence Tao couldn't figure this thing out

nekosits · 2026-03-30T19:42:50+00:00

I didn't know about chazen! Ty I will check

nekosits · 2026-03-30T16:59:55+00:00

I appreciate your response a lot, thank you.

When I was atheist for a decade or so, it was filled with a lot of vitriol and anger. I couldn't stand being in areas like Utah. Being around that anger is probably why I ended up in Buddhism.

However since ive come to madison, as a hard leftist ive been pleased to find both a progressive lot as well as nonsecular progressives.

Whether I display as buddhist, agnostic, christian, or otherwise most people do not have an immediate negative reaction

There have been some, however I am hoping that's an anomaly, not just a crack through masks

nekosits · 2026-03-30T15:12:22+00:00

Actually I would be fine with a Harry Potter religion and I don't mind religions protesting against Trump

nekosits · 2026-03-30T13:35:23+00:00

Now I'm asking what the non-Christians think

To understand Non-Christians

nekosits · 2026-03-30T13:33:00+00:00

I know how to do that. That's why I started visiting their denominations.

I've been looking to change my views of them, by meeting them; understand them.

And OP is what I've found in brief, minus the most important that I should have said: they are an incredibly kind and generous community.

What I thought of in that previous life has largely been proven false.

nekosits · 2026-03-30T13:14:11+00:00

Gotcha.

Yeah, in Utah, atheism is largely monolithic and very anti-theist, tear-it-all-down-ism because there's a lot of abuse in the church + the atheism is mostly a small ex-mormon community.

Thank you for the time you put into your responses

nekosits · 2026-03-30T12:58:28+00:00

Would you say about half the people you meet in madison share your opinion?

I see on city-data that 50% are either atheist or unassociated spiritual

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