I'm curious are you guys are religious?
@basedbagel - I'm no atheist, but I generally despise churches. The dynamic is all wrong in a church - far too much obedience.
I'm not a Christian either... Trinity never made sense, and after carrying Jesus's message to its logical conclusion, Jesus isn't someone I would choose to follow.
I believe God has many names, and there's room for mystery. I'm leaning toward Paganism these days.
Also, I had a near death experience during a young suicide attempt many years ago, that convinced me of ➡️
@basedbagel - The experience was humbling though, and left me with more questions than answers.
Beyond those three personal discoveries listed above, anything is up for debate, as far as I'm concerned.
And the way I see it, whatever or whoever God may be... If he wants us to know him, then asking questions is always fair game. 🍻
Thanks for sharing, I'm glad you're still here with us.
I actually heard God's voice before just chilling on a couch I've never smoked/drank before so I don't see what else it could have been.
I can't stand the church either as I was bullied there and found most kids were there for the same reason I was: Their parents forced them to go.
@basedbagel @YoMomz 3 days before the vax mandate God gave me 3 fucked up scray nightmares of the future of what the end goal of the vax was going to be, got woken up 3 times that night and the nightmares where one after another, I could not get any sleep that night, the vax is basically the beginning of the marc of the beast, I am never taking a vax ever again in my life neither is my family. Vax ppl are poisoned not just from the vax but from their mind.
@37712 @basedbagel - Yeah... I wasn't anti-vax 3 years ago. But nowadays? Fuck that shit with a rusty hammer.
There are vaxed folks I will miss, but societal collapse is never easy. 🫗 We just do the best we can.
@YoMomz @basedbagel the day that I find a church that actually follows God's teaching I will sit down and listen but so far Islam is the future.
@37712 @basedbagel - That's fair enough. There are a few reasons that I don't go for Islam though:
1) the treatment of "heresy". I don't feel like getting stoned for asking questions.
2) compulsory participation in Ramadan. If I'm fasting, I prefer to be in charge of that.
3) I like property rights in the traditional Western conception.
4) the evangelism. I can't stand bible-thumpers, and I'm concerned that Muslims are generally just koran-thumpers with an AK-47.
5) I don't like theocracies, as a general rule.
6) I'm not sure where the Islamic world stands on free market capitalism, but I'd bet money the West has a stronger tradition of it, cucked though it may be.
7) The Islamic world doesn't strike me as having a particularly strong tradition of using the scientific method (medieval times not withstanding). And even if I'm currently preparing for a dark age, I do like the scientific method.
@37712 @basedbagel - So... for these reasons and others, I'd prefer to de-cuck the West.
I think of the West dying, along the same lines as when a king dies: "The West is dead. Long live the West."
I intend to rebuild what I can, without women's rights. But as long as Muslims can be good neighbors, I have no beef with Muslims. 🍻
Oh yeah... and
8) I like alcohol on occasion. 😉
@basedbagel - some things.
1) There is a God
2) Death is not the end of existence
3) And the implication of me not dying, is that we are meant to live for as long as we are able.
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I understand many people will find this to be unbelievable, or will dismiss a near death experience as hallucination.
I have paid good money to hallucinate before... and I know it wasn't that. But if others are dismissive, it doesn't bother me. 💁🏻♂️ I just happen to know these things, and that's enough for me.