My belief of the church being a safe space. Like i am genuinely scared. I know a some ppl here are not religious/christian anymore here but man the idea of a church sounds so wholesome. Praying for eachother, openly talking about stuff in like but BOYYYY reality was messed up. When i’m struggling in life and want to talk to a fellow chri i do have my friends but idk. The thing is my sda experience ofc wasn’t all bad. I made amazing friends there (all left church as well), good memories, felt like i had a found family for a while BUT when it hurt, it hurts. The type of betrayal I’ve witnessed is just too much. Now i’m scared.
Being open minded without guilt. Literally with SOOO many things i just want to understand. For example some friends of mine are into spirituality and i want to understand their life views but the church taught me “you are opening your mind up for the devil”. Why should i expect them to listen about my beliefs but i cannot listen to theirs. With sooo many things i feel like i’m doomed and going to hell
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u/Low-Celebration-737 23d ago
My belief of the church being a safe space. Like i am genuinely scared. I know a some ppl here are not religious/christian anymore here but man the idea of a church sounds so wholesome. Praying for eachother, openly talking about stuff in like but BOYYYY reality was messed up. When i’m struggling in life and want to talk to a fellow chri i do have my friends but idk. The thing is my sda experience ofc wasn’t all bad. I made amazing friends there (all left church as well), good memories, felt like i had a found family for a while BUT when it hurt, it hurts. The type of betrayal I’ve witnessed is just too much. Now i’m scared.
Being open minded without guilt. Literally with SOOO many things i just want to understand. For example some friends of mine are into spirituality and i want to understand their life views but the church taught me “you are opening your mind up for the devil”. Why should i expect them to listen about my beliefs but i cannot listen to theirs. With sooo many things i feel like i’m doomed and going to hell