(June 5, 2024 at 1:55 pm)Lucian Wrote:(June 5, 2024 at 1:50 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I joined something similar to a cultist group after leaving Catholicism. Everyone at Mass always seemed happy and well put together, while the cultists seemed more despondent. I can read people's energies very well and my new friends didn't seem depressed, but something was definitely wrong. I have no way of knowing if those people would've benefited from God or religion being a part of their lives.
I seem to recall discussing with a fair few Christians their problems showing their real struggles when at church. I have bipolar disorder, so lots of really long enjoyable depressive phases with a few very pleasant times (as long as I am careful). Pretty much felt like I had to hide that depression at church so as to not be a downer. Difficult to tell whether the joy and "got it togetherness" we see in people at church is real.
I am assuming you left the group you ended up in?
Yes, I left, after spending a few years in the group. The financial cost of being in the group had become prohibitively expensive, otherwise I would've stayed. The joy of the people at church is real, although they might just be naturally joyful people and it might not have anything to do with being religious. I've never heard of a group you could join that would be straight up humanist.
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