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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 8:59 am
For me it was mostly a fear of hell and a lot of depression when I tried to figure out what was wrong with me for not believing it.
Also, it did plant some good old-fashioned homophobia in me during my young adult years, and during that time, I voted for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in my state. It passed. Obviously, my vote wasn't the deciding factor, but I did my part on voting for that stupid amendment. On the plus side, at least it looks like it might get overturned in the near future!
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 9:21 am
(June 10, 2014 at 8:51 am)Cato Wrote: (June 10, 2014 at 8:37 am)archangle Wrote: Yeah, I held back road raging an old lady because of it.
I should of beat the fuck out of her ... damned religion teaching me to be nice .... fuck them.
Anybody needing religion as an impediment for beating the fuck out of old ladies needs to be institutionalized.
yep, you is smart ... lmao.
You quoted Stanford. now take some engineering to see how it really works.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 9:40 am
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(June 9, 2014 at 5:25 pm)Jose Wrote: dsquared: What theology or religion did they practice in that church? In Christianity, sex is a gift given by God, it becomes sinful when you practice it out of marriage. And socializing with girls is not sin, neither feeling attraction towards them.
Roman Catholic. I meant to write they say sex before marriage is bad. That idea always made me feel guilty about sex.
(June 10, 2014 at 8:59 am)RobbyPants Wrote: For me it was mostly a fear of hell and a lot of depression when I tried to figure out what was wrong with me for not believing it.
Also, it did plant some good old-fashioned homophobia in me during my young adult years, and during that time, I voted for a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in my state. It passed. Obviously, my vote wasn't the deciding factor, but I did my part on voting for that stupid amendment. On the plus side, at least it looks like it might get overturned in the near future!
I think you nailed it on the head right there...depression via trying to figure out what was wrong with me for not believing.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 6:20 pm
dsquared: Why does it make you feel guilty? You can get married and have all the sex you want. Believe me, you'll be happier that way.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Says the man who has obviously never been married!
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Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 6:50 pm
(June 9, 2014 at 7:03 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote: Because the church said sex is evil,
The church only says that when it doesn't involve a priest and a little kid.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” That solves everything.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 12, 2014 at 11:13 am
(June 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm)Jose Wrote: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” That solves everything.
Not really.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 12, 2014 at 11:38 am
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I've learned that you shouldn't wear shorts in church (even on a very hot day), so i deliberately wore them just to piss off the priest i didn't like 
But i never taken seriously anything i've heard in there, so i would say i never experienced any direct suffering from what i learned in church.
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RE: Anyone suffering from things they learned in the church?
June 12, 2014 at 11:39 am
I grew up in the church. My parents were very strict on the subject of sex. Movies, music...any reference to the subject was off limits. In fact, my parents were so uneasy about it they didn't even give me "the talk". I never had problems with ED, but I felt uneasy with girls if something sexual would happen...not that I didn't want it, because I did but I would feel horrible about it, and fear burning in hell. Me and my wife have an amazing sex life, however in public when ever she does anything intimate (non sexual) other than holding hands or hugging, like kissing. I get uneasy. I think because when I grew up, my parents hated seeing anyone expressing affection in public and they let me know about it. I get worried about what people will think, instead of "this is my wife, why does it matter."
What really helps me is this though: if the god of this universe created us with urges and natural attraction to a person....why would he be such a dick to condemn it to the level of burning in hell for it..Humans are programmed a certain way...it's a fact, and I don't feel guilty about that, and neither should anyone else.
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