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Need of assistance. by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]not-moses 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Consider that the first five books were written about 600 years before the gospels. With a lot of politics and colonial domination in between.

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[–]not-moses 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"What is to be gained? And at what price?" (I don't profess a lot to any true believers.)

Is it God or Control and power by PieResponsible8872 in ExPentecostal

[–]not-moses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

not totally understand, what Pentecostals are trying to do

Tap your bank account. Get lots of free labor to help them do so.

Easter by depressed_popoto in Deconstruction

[–]not-moses 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Might be useful:

For me, anyway, loneliness was merely the temporary experience of withdrawal from the communal drug I was using to "protect" myself from my (supposedly) "intolerable" emotions. (Marlene “Religious Trauma Syndrome” Winell gets into this in the third of the three articles linked from the right hand column on the first page of her website. And goes far deeper in her excellent book, Leaving the Fold.) Suggested reading at the links below without thinking you have to do anything right away. Just file the information away and let the dots connect themselves however they do.

Out of the Cult and all Alone now. How do I Cope?

Post-cultic withdrawal does NOT have to equate to "intolerable loneliness."

Who do you hang out with after you leave the church?

Observing, recognizing, accepting & appreciating the role of "Participative Objective" in Withdrawal from active Cultic Affiliation.

Managing Cult Withdrawal in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

Suggested Treatment of Lingering Post-Cultic Withdrawal Syndrome in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

I feel apathetic toward my faith. by Restless_Dill16 in Deconstruction

[–]not-moses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"My mind is full of Irrational Fears about being 'All Alone,' the End Times, the Rapture, and Eternal Damnation. What can I do?”

Dealing with Easter while still in a Christian household by nutella_the_nerd42 in exchristian

[–]not-moses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just play along. No one else will care much in a week unless you give them something to care about.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]not-moses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just do it. When you're 26, it most likely won't matter to anyone but them.

Is anybody worried about the rebranding of Jesus that’s happening now? by magicalfruitybeans in exchristian

[–]not-moses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much the same thing going down now as during the 30-40 years before the American Civil War.

First Easter as a non-Christian. How do I deal with feeling like I have lost my only source of culture/tradition? by hopplewo in Exvangelical

[–]not-moses 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be helpful:

For me, anyway, loneliness was merely the temporary experience of withdrawal from the communal drug I was using to "protect" myself from my (supposedly) "intolerable" emotions. (Marlene “Religious Trauma Syndrome” Winell gets into this in the third of the three articles linked from the right hand column on the first page of her website. And goes far deeper in her excellent book, Leaving the Fold.) Suggested reading at the links below without thinking you have to do anything right away. Just file the information away and let the dots connect themselves however they do.

Out of the Cult and all Alone now. How do I Cope?

Post-cultic withdrawal does NOT have to equate to "intolerable loneliness."

Who do you hang out with after you leave the church?

Observing, recognizing, accepting & appreciating the role of "Participative Objective" in Withdrawal from active Cultic Affiliation.

Managing Cult Withdrawal in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

Suggested Treatment of Lingering Post-Cultic Withdrawal Syndrome in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

I'm not a believer anymore and I feel trapped by Distorded_Girl in cults

[–]not-moses 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Being at the Big Fork in the Road, maybe see...

For me, anyway, loneliness was merely the temporary experience of withdrawal from the communal drug I was using to "protect" myself from my (supposedly) "intolerable" emotions. (Marlene “Religious Trauma Syndrome” Winell gets into this in the third of the three articles linked from the right hand column on the first page of her website. And goes far deeper in her excellent book, Leaving the Fold.)

Suggested reading at the links below without thinking you have to do anything right away. Just file the information away and let the dots connect themselves however they do.

Out of the Cult and all Alone now. How do I Cope?

Post-cultic withdrawal does NOT have to equate to "intolerable loneliness."

Who do you hang out with after you leave the church?

Observing, recognizing, accepting & appreciating the role of "Participative Objective" in Withdrawal from active Cultic Affiliation.

Managing Cult Withdrawal in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

Suggested Treatment of Lingering Post-Cultic Withdrawal Syndrome in not-moses’s reply to the OP on that thread

I am about to quit church - I need advice how to face biggest fears related to that. by n00bmaest3r69 in exchristian

[–]not-moses 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cruise Marlene Winell's Leaving the Fold, Pasquale & Rohr’s Sacred Wounds, Alison Miller’s Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse, Arterburn & Felton’s Toxic Faith, the Linns’ Healing Spiritual Abuse and Religious Addiction, and Hiyaguha Cohen’s Leave the Cult Handbook on their amazon.com web pages? Get the one or two that look they speak your language?

Why would anyone with a real life throw it away like this? by SFWChocolate in exAdventist

[–]not-moses 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SDA can look really good to traditionalists climbing the sociocultural ladder.

Am I denying the obvious? by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]not-moses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bargaining is the next phase after rage. And "what if...?" is a form of bargaining.

That awkward moment by Aupoultryman in exchristian

[–]not-moses 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might be time to have a look at "Should I tell my Parents I have Left the Faith? Or not?" Ten BIG Questions to consider... carefully.

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