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I genuinely want to see my kid(s) would grown to believe on their own.
I never understood how when the bike is proven wrong it’s the proven fact that gets turned away
There is no Satan in hinduism and countless other religions.
Maybe, but idk. A lot it sounds like kids made it up.Religion wouldn’t exist without childhood indoctrination.
I’m gonna make an assumption based on these posts ..
You guys aren’t really atheists
So when her boyfriend told her, “prove to me from the Bible that it’s wrong to give head,” Williamson was at a loss: She couldn’t.
This is real. As I said before, I grew up Christian up until my late teens. When I went away from it I felt like it was a matter of time before god hit me with a bus, car accident, get sick, etc. Guilt, fear, etc, all going through my mind. Took a while to shake that off
Can Religion Give You PTSD?
Meet the “exvangelicals” seeking therapy for religious trauma.
ILLUSTRATION BY EVA REDAMONTI
When Ana Sharp Williamson came home from her honeymoon in the summer of 2019, she moved in with her husband and began the process of deciding which church they should go to. She didn’t want to go to her childhood church, so decided to go to his until they found the right fit. It was only 15 minutes away from their home in Independence, Missouri.
But every Sunday, Williamson had a severe panic attack five minutes from the church parking lot. “I would start to feel very upset and panicky and start crying and hyperventilating,” the 24-year-old said. “I would pull it together in the car, and we would go in and sit through the service, and I would have another breakdown when we left.” Once, after the pastor made an offhand joke about women not being able to preach, Williamson had a panic attack in the pews.
It took a little over a month for her to realize what was going on. Williamson had spent the previous year “deconstructing,” leaving behind many of the conservative evangelical beliefs she had been raised with. By the time she graduated from a theologically conservative Christian college that spring, she knew she didn’t believe most of the doctrines she had been taught. “I was just left with this question mark,” she said. “If I don’t believe this, what do I believe?”
Can Religion Give You PTSD?
Meet the “exvangelicals” seeking therapy for religious trauma.newrepublic.com