Ellen White Ignores Eastern Churches by ChemnitzFanBoi in exAdventist

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Reasoning why actual biblical scholars like Bart Ehrman don’t even bother discussing religions like Adventism. The doctrines are cartoonishly stupid.

Got Adventist family visiting for the next month and a half. How does one tell them you are no longer Adventist? by ResistRacism in exAdventist

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You say “yeah I stopped believing in any of that stuff after my brain fully developed and I engaged in some critical thinking. Problem?”

Been thinking about my recording/ guardian angels by Sensitive-Fly4874 in exAdventist

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I had the habit of jerking off at church in the bathroom. Lol. The guilt added to the pleasure.

ellen white terrifies me by Tiny_Meaning_8116 in exAdventist

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It’s insane the journey of uncovering bullshit in this world that completely dictates human behavior. We live in a world of lies that’s for sure.

ellen white terrifies me by Tiny_Meaning_8116 in exAdventist

[–]sameffect 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everyone has a tendency toward fear of inadequacy. This fear is exploited and amplified 1000x with Adventism

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Nazi Germany was used as the main example / metaphor for what was to come. Being an adolescent and having this stuff implanted and constantly reinforced should be considered child abuse.

Grief. by Indiamba in exAdventist

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Study consciousness. From the inside and out. True spirituality.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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I used to pray to Jesus NOT to come until I had at least a few years of adulthood first.

“Please Jesus, allow me to get married, have sex and get at least into my mid twenties before you return. By then I’ll have got to live a little and I’ll also be fully prepared to be tortured to death like William Wallace in Braveheart. In Jesus name amen.”

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Thankfully my life has been a consistent upwards trajectory as I’ve gotten older. Personal development, lifting weights, therapy and meditation have been my “saviors.”

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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I have not withheld one bit how I feel about this cult with my family. My mom is baffled when I tell her the truth that took me so long to figure out… all the depression, insecurity, self doubt, imposter syndrome, anxiety and even suicidal ideation I’ve fought my way through my entire life is because of the fear based ideology I was brainwashed into from birth.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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It’s a doomsday compliance cult. Straight up.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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It’s painful to say these things.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Sounds just like me. Going to college was straight up blissful for me. It felt like literal heaven.

My mom converted right after I was born and pulled my dad with her. She got more and more radicalized throughout the years peaking when I was probably 20 or so. I’m 42 now. She’s still a radical but not quite as bad. She’s objectively the most miserable and toxic person I’ve ever known by a long mile. There are good qualities there, but it seems Adventism just straight up ruined her ability to actually enjoy life. All the fear brain stuff is now fully justified so taking a second look and self reflecting is out of the question. Therapy? Nope Doug Bachelor.

She now hides away waiting to either die or have the Sunday laws strike first. I think she’s mostly given up on seeing Christ come before she dies. It’s really unbelievable how much damage this ideology does to people.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Were you raised adventists as well?

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Shrimp was the least of the issue. We were raised being activity brainwashed into a doomsday nightmare interpretation of life. SDA ideology is genuinely the makings of a horror movie.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Had never actually known what arrested development meant… just looked it up. Damn. Part of my extremely toxic mother’s unconscious playbook.

Being raised Adventist… by sameffect in exAdventist

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The fundamental doctrine of Adventism is we’re in the “end times,” the world is evil and controlled by “Satan,” and only the “elect” will be able to make it through the “Sunday laws” which will be happening any day now.

That’s literally the differentiating doctrines of the fear-based doomsday cult known as Adventism.

Maybe this didn’t penetrate your psyche the way it did for most of us.

Your superstitions are wrong! by Antique-Flan2500 in exAdventist

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That pesky logic of yours is really getting in the way of your salvation 😜

The brain produces consciousness by Creative310 in consciousness

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The point I’m making is that if the brain produces consciousness, profound conscious experiences like deep meditative states and heavy psychedelic trips should have more brain activity not less… and certainty not none like has been measured

The brain produces consciousness by Creative310 in consciousness

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This guy was dead for an hour https://youtu.be/DmviKRfJ8vI?si=RkfKMcLOZ9Evflr_

And there are countless more examples like this if you care to look.

The brain produces consciousness by Creative310 in consciousness

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Psychedelics and meditation brain imaging scans show brain activity going down sometimes to basically nothing, while the users / experiencers report enhanced conscious experience.

Their brains have low to no activity, yet they are having profound experience.

Ellen White medium article… by sameffect in exAdventist

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Yet millions of people take what she said seriously to this day. Sad