• mayo_cider [he/him]
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    7 days ago

    I went from growing up in a borderline cult to a hardline atheist to some kind of agnostic generalized spirituality in a span of 10 years all thanks to the "rationalism" movement in Youtube

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      7 days ago

      I went from growing up in fundamentalist Christianity to Reddit-style atheism to Soviet-style atheism, lol.

      • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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        7 days ago

        Opposite side of the coin, I went from Padre Pio style Catholicism as a reaction to annoying reddit atheists, to Desmond Tutu and Camilo Torres style Catholicism when I understood politics better.

        • BeamBrain [he/him]
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          7 days ago

          Interesting. Can I ask more about how you became religious again? It wasn't something I ever felt the desire to return to myself.

          • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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            7 days ago

            I never stopped! When I was much younger and a clueless reactionary trad I was mostly operating on vibes. I had some personal experiences that made me catch up with reality, realized how privileged I was and how my ideology was fundamentally unsustainable, then began to rapidly move left and explore the radical traditions that have existed across Catholic history.

            e: wait I see why my first comment was confusing, 'as a reaction to annoying reddit atheists' is all part of the same clause. I mean that I was reacting to that style of atheism by being more 'trad' because I perceived all of the effects of new atheism as really negative and the opposite of what I wanted to be.

            • BeamBrain [he/him]
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              7 days ago

              Ohh, yeah. I guess your comment and mayo_cider's got blended together in my brain, lol.

  • Thorngraff_Ironbeard [he/him]
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    7 days ago

    I must've been a little too young to get sucked into the insufferable reddit atheism thank Allah for that. goku-halal