I think based off neo pagan church (i still havent found a good term for them yet) behavior, there's a lot more reasons why people are exiting churches. Notice, most people are leaving churches but not necessarily Christianity.
Fucking judeo... Neo-Pagan is nonsensical. And it's not much of a mystery that people exit the church because of the church itself and the behavior of it's adherents.
A great example, some of the nicest people i know are Christian BUT don't go to church or subscribe to any traditions based nonsense. Some of the worst, most entitled assholes I know are also Christian, usually subscribing to traditions based nonsense.
Uh-huh. Are these by any chance the same "Americans" that are leaving their kids in the public school system, in spite of the much higher rate of sexual abuse?
churches are institutions of power, that have nothing to do with religion in itself. When you start to see this distinction, you're finally on the right track.
They have everything to do with the religion itself. They've defined it, in totality, for millennia. They translated, interpreted and curated that incoherent book you are all such a fan of. They've dictated canon and interpretation for hundreds of millions of people. The church IS religion. Without church, people believe whatever the hell they want to believe. Perhaps that's your jam if you're a spiritual anarchist. But the average European IQ is now less than 100. Motherfuckers don't sit down to read, objectively study, and explore esoteric truths no matter what y'all claim on the internet. They apply their subjective perspective to string together a bunch of modern ideas they think sound good in order to make their religion. Even modern formal christian study is a pale shadow of the institution Kierkegaard so eloquently apologized for. No matter the faith, be it christianity, Hellenism, The European pantheon, Buddhism, or American Indian shamanism - there are always those who dedicate their lives to the study and exaltation of the divine and help those that spend little of themselves in the pursuit. The abrahamic cults are pure cancer but the choose-your-own-divinity fuckbois that profess the correctness of their unique brand of christianity are worse.
Such a powerful insight. So much of the bible and our interpretation of it is from big churches. It is impossible to divorce the text from the millennia of fuckery from institutions.
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And it's not much of a mystery that people exit the church because of the church itself and the behavior of it's adherents.
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Obesity, drugs and suicide are trends too. ESPECIALLY IN CHINA
GO AHEAD CHINKJEW FOLLOWTHE TRENDS
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Uh-huh. Are these by any chance the same "Americans" that are leaving their kids in the public school system, in spite of the much higher rate of sexual abuse?
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Atheism for example is a jewish religon that worships Satan.
Let me remind you on what worshipping Satan entails.
Hedonism. (instant gratification)
Addictions like porn. Drug.
Escapism. Video game addiction.
Faggotry.
Muh career over children.
All related to anti Life.
And I'm sure most of you recognize the existence of scientism.
Worship of scientific theories, especially those long since debunked.
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They've defined it, in totality, for millennia.
They translated, interpreted and curated that incoherent book you are all such a fan of.
They've dictated canon and interpretation for hundreds of millions of people.
The church IS religion.
Without church, people believe whatever the hell they want to believe.
Perhaps that's your jam if you're a spiritual anarchist.
But the average European IQ is now less than 100.
Motherfuckers don't sit down to read, objectively study, and explore esoteric truths no matter what y'all claim on the internet.
They apply their subjective perspective to string together a bunch of modern ideas they think sound good in order to make their religion.
Even modern formal christian study is a pale shadow of the institution Kierkegaard so eloquently apologized for.
No matter the faith, be it christianity, Hellenism, The European pantheon, Buddhism, or American Indian shamanism - there are always those who dedicate their lives to the study and exaltation of the divine and help those that spend little of themselves in the pursuit.
The abrahamic cults are pure cancer but the choose-your-own-divinity fuckbois that profess the correctness of their unique brand of christianity are worse.
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