Started #EMDR #therapy on Monday. It’s completely different than any other therapy I’ve done. I didn’t go too deep into #trauma from my past, but it was still emotionally taxing.
Taking a 6-week leave of absence from work. Only 2 days left until that starts. Need time and space to find myself and get grounded. The last 2 months have been so intense.
#Grief #PTSD #ReligiousTrauma #ExChristian #ChristianityIsACult #PanicAttack #ItsOKToNotBeOK
COME LE RELIGIONI HANNO PRESO LE IDEE LE UNE DALLE ALTRE
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fu6qlxQaG54&si=Fd8rGHoY6YC0qSGE
#ateismo #atheism #exchristian #exmuslim #exjew #storia #history #teologia #theology #religione #religion
When a real #Christian leaves #Christianity
#religioustrauma #exchristian #deconstruction #exvangelical #atheism #atheist
The #ArmorofGod #Deconstructed & Rebuilt with #Reason!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxh1R5jHoMM&list=WL
#atheist #mindshift #atheism #exchristian #christiandeconstruction #deconstructionhelp #counterapologetics #philosophy
I think one of the things I appreciate about a film like Wake Up, Dead Man which reflects on the harms of religion (specifically Christianity), but also has an interest in what draws people into it & the beauty & meaning it has for them.
I don't just see myself in characters who have left the faith. I also see myself in the faithful ones.
That was me. That will always be a part of me, & there is a sweet sadness in that.
The moral takeaway is a vague sense of "just believe" that falls flat when you grow up and realize that kind of thinking simply doesn't work. I don't "just believe", and neither should you. Demand more from your ideas. Put the responsibility on the unproven claim and not on yourself.
#atheist #ThePolarExpress #Religion #atheism #rant #christianity #ExChristian
When Billy is singing a song about how Christmas never works out for him (his family is poor and/or fractured in some way), the girl sings to him about how great Christmas while listing off a bunch of good things about it; things that Billy doesn't actually experience. Christmas sucks for him but because it's great for her he's supposed to just believe.
#atheist #ThePolarExpress #Religion #atheism #rant #christianity #ExChristian
On the other hand, in The Polar Express, the kids are supposed to just believe. Even though the main character has ample evidence not to at the start of the movie, his disbelief is treated as something weird or nonsensical by most of the other characters.
#atheist #ThePolarExpress #Religion #atheism #rant #christianity #ExChristian
In RotG, the responsibility rests on the aforementioned Guardians to do their job so that kids believe in them. When kids wake up with no money under their pillows (due to sabatoge) they stop believing. When the Easter Bunny fails to put all the eggs out on Easter (again, sabatoge), they stop believing.
#atheist #ThePolarExpress #Religion #atheism #rant #christianity #ExChristian
Alright, who's ready for an ex-christian rant about The Polar Express?
I think the reason I dislike The Polar Express so much while liking Rise of the Guardians (another movie centered around believing in mythical beings) is that each movie puts the responsibility of belief onto completely opposite parties.
#atheist #ThePolarExpress #Religion #atheism #rant #christianity #ExChristian
David Leszcynski (he/him)
Cafè Indipendèntzia
Steve Dustcircle 🌹
Artemis
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