Christianity is extremely pervasive. When I finally left the extremely strict church I was raised in, I thought I was going into the "world"...where everyone would be free of christianity and they would see through all the lies. Then I discovered that out in the "world," away from the "one true church" I was raised in... that people were not that different after all. People didn't think... and very, VERY few of them ever questioned anything. What a shock that was. Even though in the church we were drilled again and again that we were "God's chosen few" and that "the gate is narrow" etc etc, I discovered that ex-christians were FAR, FAR rarer and much more persecuted!
Hey Corey, yeah - this is a nice break from Facebook, where some of my fundamental xtian family are my "friends". Going to be cleaning house over there eventually as well as tweaking my privacy settings. Ugh.
I've been out of the church for a while, but just recently been able to say out loud, "I am NOT a christian!"
I'm furious about the loss of self-worth & pain that was inflicted on me by the church, and it's followers. Their arrogance is so maddening to me. I've worked a lot of years to try and get my self esteem back, but the baggage can be pretty damn heavy.
Still need to post my ex-timony over on the main forum. Trying to put it into a condensed version. NOT and easy task after years of bullshit, LOL!
It's great to make some friends who can relate - looking forward to getting acquainted with this board.
I can understand your anger and frustration. There are tens of thousands of people leaving churches in the Western world every week. The Christian RELIGION just does not have any meaningful explanations for the purpose of life!
I don't know if I will EVER recover from the psychological impressions christianity has made on me throughout my life. I am angry about the time I have wasted in my life considering the claims of christianity. I am FURIOUS about the DAMAGE that was done as a DIRECT result of putting my faith and trust in "jesus christ." I offer validation of anyone elses anger and frustration over the effects of trusting christianity on people's lives.
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I've been out of the church for a while, but just recently been able to say out loud, "I am NOT a christian!"
I'm furious about the loss of self-worth & pain that was inflicted on me by the church, and it's followers. Their arrogance is so maddening to me. I've worked a lot of years to try and get my self esteem back, but the baggage can be pretty damn heavy.
Still need to post my ex-timony over on the main forum. Trying to put it into a condensed version. NOT and easy task after years of bullshit, LOL!
It's great to make some friends who can relate - looking forward to getting acquainted with this board.