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I am sorry. It must be frustrating for you. If I'm understanding what you are saying here. If it's traumatic it seems it would be really important to be able to discuss it with someone. I can't understand what you mean by religious trauma? You don't have to reply to my comments. I'm thinking out loud. God bless.Pretty much.
A lot of religious trauma that is hard to talk about. I've met a few people online who experienced the same.. but overall I don't really have any outlet to vent.
Also as someone with a language disorder, it's extra hard to accurately express my thoughts.
I am sorry. It must be frustrating for you. If I'm understanding what you are saying here. If it's traumatic it seems it would be really important to be able to discuss it with someone. I can't understand what you mean by religious trauma? You don't have to reply to my comments. I'm thinking out loud. God bless.
Dogs,yuck!!Cats!!!! Yikes!
Do you feel you can tell me about the experience so i can understand? I can't think what it might have been. Don't be pressured though. We will just move onThank you. I believe I am psychologically better off than I was a few years ago. Each passing year my former spiritual life becomes more and more of a distant hazy memory. I occasionally make short posts about my traumatic religious experience. Usually nothing with any real depth. Back during my early days of being an atheist on this website I used to be more vocal. I just don't have the stomach for it like I used too.
Usually, I just don't comment much about Christianity. I'm really into the psychology of it, but I don't see much here to comment upon.
While I have not read every post made on this website, I have used the search feature and am shocked how I've never really seen any posts talking about similar spiritual experiences I had. The only time being when a Christian woman private messaged me on here in utter shock that someone else had the same spiritual experience as her. While I was in turn shocked that she was so self-aware yet still remained religious.
Even within atheist circles I seldom see it talked about. Occasionally though.
I saw that on scripts news i think it was. But i didn't get to see what all the fuss was about, the cup. Must be something special.I'm glad the F-trend in book titles has waned. It was disconcerting to see a plethora or f-bombs on the shelves. We can do better than that.
The Stanley Cup debacle is equally strange. There's a video where a man jumped the Starbucks counter at Target and stole a box of them. He was tackled at the door by irate shoppers who'd stood in the cold to buy one. You can't make this up.
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I saw that on scripts news i think it was. But i didn't get to see what all the fuss was about, the cup. Must be something special.
Do you feel you can tell me about the experience so i can understand? I can't think what it might have been. Don't be pressured though. We will just move on
Maybe start by explaining your signature, lol. Are you talking about an experience you had because you are atheist and the other was a believer?
I have the same feelings most of the time and I'm sure you know what people tell you as to why we must suffer. I get it some what. But it's hard to accept why a loving.....and yet he had his own son suffer and die for us. So who am i to complain in comparison. See, the same old song and dance. I said all that to say this. I understand where you're coming fromHmm. I guess I'll say I feel like a lot of Christian circles glorify suffering. The church I went to was what I'd call plain and nothing special. Yet martyrdom and suffering was glamorized.
I remember watching a cartoon in Sunday School where these kids traveled back in time to the ancient Roman era. Lol.. I find some of this stuff funny. I can't remember the plot much.. but they wound up being in the colosseum with lions trying to eat them. The cartoon at least had the decency to let them escape. But I remember becoming self aware even at that age.. there was a scene that was just panning through the crowd shouting nasty stuff at the Christians. I remember thinking.. "what are we doing here?" "Why do we have to get up early on Sunday morning to watch this crap?"
As an adult I finally became hyper aware of all this suffering glamorizing and I spent a lot of time having to detox myself from this mindset.
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