I was interested in go to church tomorrow for the first time in over a decade - mostly due to a recent breakup, and fuck it, why not? Unfortunately all the churches near me are either mega church subchains, or would likely be spewing hatred due to the other lovely holiday happening tomorrow.
While I expected the latter, I’m disappointed by the former. I’m curious to hear anybody’s experiences finding or having faith while having a distaste for capitalism.
It's a cult and a creepy experience if you're not wrapped up in the indoctrination of it all. If you don't join their club they'll act like they're so concerned for your non-existent "sOuL" until it's clear you aren't interested, and then the fake ass concern turns to scorn and disdain. They take delight in the idea of the people they don't like being tortured forever, and will brag about it while still pretending to care.
The Bible contains passages condoning murder, rape and slavery, yet can't seem to say "owning people is wrong", nevermind the countless examples of YHWH being a total fucking bastard to his own creations. For every "good" passage (that honestly, you don't need religion to understand) there's another passage either being used to spread bigotry, or it simply is just bigoted in of itself.
I could go on but I went through the whole song and dance for almost 20 years before I got out and it took me a long while to get out. I know all their tricks and how they think. You don't want any part of that.