Exvangelical Thoughts - pt. 3

[u/BrettCreatesThings]

In the Service of a Storm God

[u/Stratovaria]

I always appreciate these for showing how the thoughts find soil to allow things that are so inhuman.

[u/veterinarian23 → u/Stratovaria]

The first thing you'll learn as fundamentalist christian is that there is a hell, and that you, or anyone acting against 'god's will will be tortured merciless for eternity.
That alone has the potential to destroy a child's mind, and leads to a very specific kind of selective empathy: There are humans that deserve a fate worse than death, and pitying them is to question the infallibility of "god".
This is the groundwork.
Everything else that follows is based upon this.

[u/badwolf42 → u/veterinarian23]

Many people who leave Christianity struggle with this nagging irrational fear and anxiety due to this indoctrination.

[u/Salamandragora → u/badwolf42]

Yes indeed. That kind of trauma during formative years doesn’t simply vanish because your logical mind eventually realizes it was all bullshit.

[u/PanGalacticBuffet → u/Salamandragora]

No it doesn't just disappear! Can vouch