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TheJay :
Deconstructing from Christianity actually made my faith 10x stronger. Always question everything and never, never sleepwalk through the existence of life
2026-11-11 16:57:23
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Human Being :
YES! When I was around 13, my extremely religious mom forced my brother & me to attend Catholic church activities practically every SINGLE day. We eventually stopped going to youth group, & when she found out, she punished us & dragged us to speak w/ a priest. I was crying & upset when he took me aside privately. I explained that I wasn’t questioning my faith, I simply didn’t believe in any of it. Even at that age, I found the Bible contradictory & illogical, more like a fairytale than anything grounded in evidence. Growing up in such a religious household, I was terrified to admit that. To my surprise, he confessed that he was an atheist himself. He shared his own struggles w/ faith during seminary & reassured me that it was OK not to believe, just to live life w/ a good morale compass. That conversation gave me a sense of validation I’d never experienced before, & we kept it between us. So I know firsthand that some religious leaders don’t believe what they preach. I’ve rarely shared this bc I respect people’s faith & understand the comfort & community religion provides. I have no interest in challenging anyone’s beliefs (unless they’re being bigoted or hypocritical). Personally, I’m agnostic bc I can’t prove or disprove God’s existence, & I don’t claim to have answers to things I simply can’t know.
2026-11-11 17:29:42
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user83716251910 :
‘San Manuel bueno, mártir’ is a short story that’s exactly about this I highly recommend it for those of u who read in spanish
2026-11-11 19:24:15
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Caedus :
One of my hardest times with faith was taking a Christian scripture class in university and seeing all the influences in the ancient Near East that led to worship of God. Really broke down my sense that all of it was novel.
2026-11-11 03:55:27
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John Paul Jamep :
The vast majority of priests even if they have thorough engagement with critical scholarship will still have a hermitic informed by some dogma and give God some philosophical weight and eminence beyond a social construct.
2026-11-11 06:41:26
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Spenryandme :
I think that's a stretch. especially in a Catholic context.
2026-11-11 19:33:22
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willisridiculous :
What is really real anyway
2026-11-10 22:57:30
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farared :
This is why the priesthood interests me as much as it does, and why I, as an atheist, have always had some level of interest in the path even without religious beliefs. People vastly underestimate the community impact and authority clergymen hold. To the parishioner, their priest is their bridge to GOD, the one with the authority to baptize and deliver last rites, the one they go to to confess the darkest parts of themselves. A parish priest is the guide to an entire PARISH—hundreds of individuals with struggles and hopes to be fulfilled that a single man has the role of delivering. A priest has the responsibility of a parent, of a therapist, of a divine connection, of a brother to the family that is his community. His duties are far more than that of a social worker or a therapist despite those positions being more grounded in reality. It’s a path I wish I could follow, not for religion, but because nothing else has such a vast and direct connection and influence to a community.
2026-11-11 05:24:57
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paulmcveigh7 :
my friend, your argument is so general as is social construction..everything living creature, energy force etc is unique so your argument is false at the beginning unless you know, think, believe, sense that everything is not unique? However, as the guardian newspaper in uk used to say " Free Thinkers Welcome", the key of philosophy and you are a philosopher
2026-11-10 23:19:09
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ColSmedley :
Hmmm it’s as if they see God as the source of moral authority. For some that might be true, but it is obviously not necessary.
2026-11-10 23:50:49
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jeff17453 :
to collect money
2026-11-11 01:10:39
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Josh :
I have genuinely always felt like the Pope knows this too. Idk. It’s just so obviously created by men.
2026-11-11 17:24:28
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MrNewBuddy :
Which priest? Of what denomination
2026-11-11 16:29:45
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darthmalekfrfr :
Unmoved mover goes crazy
2026-11-11 17:02:34
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Sam Hughes :
The thing is not necessarily, the more you learn you just have more information of the History of the Christian God, you still may have the same faith
2026-11-11 13:15:35
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O.J. :
spot on
2026-11-11 16:23:31
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Pika Boom :
Period👏
2026-11-11 00:28:46
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Josh :
I’ve had a disdain for religion for a while now for many reasons. This is a very interesting video, though. You articulated my thoughts beautifully. Very interesting.
2026-11-11 17:28:28
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Philokalos :
In seminary now, this is complete bullshit. Idk if its different over in america or in protestant seminaries but when we enguage with historical scholarship we get both sides of the argument there is no consensus for literally anything you said.
2026-11-11 17:18:51
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Russ :
Bro not a mystic
2026-11-11 18:35:17
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Ⓓ ⓐ ⓥ ⓘ ⓓ :
I would have been totally ok with being an atheist and a gay kid and a Catholic kid growing up
2026-11-11 12:55:51
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Adam Coleman Author :
You’re obviously a deep thinker. So, bravo! But I’m not sure that the two versions of God you talk about are mutually exclusive. Yes, there is a human need there, leading to a human construct. But are all those billions of believers over millennia necessarily wrong that the spiritual world, and God, exist? I’m not sure. Also, my lovely Christian ex hated it when I suggested that the devil is real. But, seriously, the Nazis, Islamist fanatics, communist murderers, vicious antisemites - are we so sure he doesn’t? We are capable of so much evil. Maybe we have help?
2026-11-11 06:44:39
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Jona :
I’m sure that they feel that their benefits outweigh the issues you have presented
2026-11-11 15:26:42
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canweoverthrowthemyet :
Those initiatives of community charity are diluted by the fact they’re gate kept by the faith itself. The same goes for missionaries trying to spread their ideology in the global south. Areas that were extracted and exploited for their resources and land are now given aid and assistance by the same people who spout their spiritual beliefs. It’s all a mirage used to perpetuate and alleviate the suffering and issues we are not willing to collectively address and change. Missionaries used to massacre people who chose not to abide by their beliefs. Sure there has been progress from those times but society is both cognitively & emotionally stunted by these religions. All of them.
2026-11-11 17:24:16
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Tim :
Socially constructed does not necessarily imply that that thing is untrue. Westerners like to treat myth and fact as distinct domains - if Jesus existed as he’s portrayed by the church, he would definitely fit in both.
2026-11-11 16:14:31
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