If you are formerly religious, how did you leave your religion and what made you do it? (literature.cafe)

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What happened after you left? Do you still have ties with your family? Did people bother you to try and make you come back?

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[-] silly_goose@lemmy.today 5 points 6 hours ago

I left the religion I was born into only inside my mind. I still go through every "ritual" that comes with it mechanically but subconsciously I lack belief.

I get lots of support and positive emotions from my community. It's not worth losing it.

[-] Karl@literature.cafe 6 points 5 hours ago

Having a supporting community makes it harder.

[-] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

This might hurt a little.

I don't know what religion you are.

But for you it is support and community.

There is with near certainty someone who feels shamed, hated, less because of those same people.

However you feel about that, you are standing with them. For the reward of "community", which I promise you does not require a religion to find, you are one of the faces they look at and feel the opposite of what you're getting.

[-] silly_goose@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

There is with near certainty someone who feels shamed, hated, less because of those same people.

Maybe quite indirectly in ways I don't know about. Our community doesn't preach, shame, or discriminate against other religions.

But overall the religion does. You definitely gave me something to think about.

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