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Hey, so I believe in a higher power but I'm not on board with any particular religion. Anyone else think it's cool to just fly solo as a good human, no religion attached?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was raised in a very religious family. It's very hard to break free but I have decided to go on my own path.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I trust you'll find it a healing process. Most importantly, be patient with yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you mean by healing process?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to my perspective, having autonomy is core to being human and most religious structures actively work to squash autonomy and force conformity. I think that is harmful for everyone.

For me, it's taken time to even recognize how hurt I was and I'm still going through a healing process.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you, the same to you as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There is significant propability by just beeing here that you were hurt in the past and you didn't heal properly. First step before acknowledging the pain is to go to a safe place, where there are no toxic people and where your basic needs are met. Hurt people are like magnet for toxic people, and hurt people are comforted by familiarity of toxicity.

I am just guessing here.