Jul 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM

Most of the religious people in my family are some of the most hypocritical and mentally ill people I know. They never practice what they preach, they are manipulative, sin on a daily basis, and so judgmental to others. Christians specifically, they pick and choose what’s in the bible.

 

Jul 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM

I believe in God but also a lil bit of Gnosticism so while I consider myself Christian I’d ironically prolly be burned at the stake any time before the 1900s

I grew up Protestant, became atheist at 12, started kinda having general spiritual vibes in my early 20s and the combination of certain interesting concepts (like someone mentioned the flood just being a ripoff of the epic of Gilgamesh, when there’s proof the Middle East had once-in-a-millenia flooding around the time the Bible states that incident took place) and literally every significant powerful person in the world either believing in an abrahamic religion or occult/satanic ones has led me to believe there’s far more truth to these religions than the baseline modern nihilist atheist lets on

 

Jul 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Grew up Catholic. Went through catechism when I was a kid due to my grandparents but very quickly recognized I wasn’t religious. Since like my teen years I’ve been atheist.

I do think there are some positives that come from religious practice though. In particular the creation of community & being a space outside of work & home to socialize. I tend to feel like those kind of spaces are increasingly disappearing in American society.