• solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    8 months ago

    this is the exact reason why exile, excommunication, shunning, disfellowshipping, and all the rest are so effective. and a big reason people go along with glaringly wrong bullshit

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      8 months ago

      And the internet has given the folks with wrongness in their heart an out to find communities who will act as a bulwark against internal progress. No one around you likes you because you’re an asshole? Go on 8chan and get validated

  • NostraDavid@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    This describes Christianity (to an extent). When I turned atheist (because I couldn’t believe in God/Jesus anymore, not because I didn’t want to) there is this very Church-shaped hole in your proverbial soul that needs time to close. It’s a very sobering, yet lonely, way to live life, but due to the internet you don’t find yourself lonely for too long, but I imagine it used to be a pretty terrifying way to live life pre-internet.

    I am lucky my Christian family still loves me, and I know they only proselytize to me (every now and then) because they care.

  • modifier@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    This is what held me back for a long time, and I have to say, the fear is well founded. It has definitely driven a wedge between me and my community. The breakthrough is realizing that’s okay.