#ex baptist

[swordsandsoup]

I'm not religious anymore but if Christians can do anything its a chord progression

I gotta give it to em that shit makes me feel things

[resignedseraph]

What a great day to reject the demand to marry a man and have kids

[plague-and-creatures]

*talking about interesting plant stuff with my christian mother*

Mother: it's incredible how god created all this, we could never do anything like that

Me: *immediately no longer interested in continuing the conversation*

It's so hard having conversations about anything interesting with her because she always has to make it about her god somehow

And the thing is, she thinks I make being queer part of my personality just because I have stuff with pride flags on them.

I don't listen to Chappel Roan half as much as she listens to sidewalk prophets and I sure as hell don't find ways to bring up my queerness in a conversation about plants. But suuuure, I'M the one making my views part of my personality

[plague-and-creatures]

Whenever I'm forced to go to church I always feel the need to make myself as unapproachable as possible. I just can't help it. I won't be hostile to anyone, I just won't talk or smile or bother pretending like I enjoy being there when I don't and I'm uncomfortable, I couldn't force myself to act like I'm having a good time if I tried

When I express this, though, it's interpreted as "You don't want them to talk to you because you're scared they're gonna change your mind"

Um, no. I want them to leave me alone the same way you want the door to door internet salesmen to leave you alone. You're not scared they'll successfully convince you to buy something, you're just satisfied with what you have and don't want to talk to them.

I'm happy without religion, I'm happy not believing in god. I don't want to be there, and if I do want to talk about their beliefs it's not going to be in the same way they want to talk about it (I like biblical mythology, it's inspired some of my writing and world building, I just don't want to talk about it with someone who will take my interest as an opportunity to proselytize to me)

[swordsandsoup]

I am a lesbian and was raised southern Baptist, but I somehow dodged most religious trauma because I thought it was just illogical and dumb instead of anything that had any authority over how I live

Especially since I am a good person because I believe in basic human rights not because I believed in god

[husker-fictive]

i was just trying to eat some popcorn and there was a bible verse on the back

what the fuck

[plague-and-creatures]

I need a bible or some other christian book to freely vandalize

My mom told me I had to read some christian conversion therapy book some time ago because "you promised to keep an open mind" (I was lying so she would leave me alone, but even if I wasn't I wouldn't keep an open mind to conversion therapy). Problem is she bought it and if I tore it up or painted on it I'd be in some shit. Also I already got rid of the bible I had a long time ago so can't use that

Universe, please let some form of holy book fall into my possession somehow so that I may vent my frustrations by desecrating its pages please

[notsozenzeneth]

Denouncing organized religion

Imma let my hair fly free, fuck you paul

Imma be so "ungodly" I may look masculine oh no

Imma decorate my body how I want. It's MY temple

Imma buy shit on sunday (already did)

My 10 percent can go in tips to employees or to a non profit and people who actually need it rather than one of the billion corporations claiming to be from god.

Imma dress "inmodestly" ooo my shoulders and thighs gonna damn us all to Hell

Gonna drink a gallon of tea. Its healthier than soda anyways.