confession: i lurk in christian-only communities online and when someone posts about doubting their faith or being in pain over what their faith requires them to do, i PM them sympathy and affirm their doubts
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sympathy and affirmation is just enabling them to continue being stuck
only thing that works is to tell people the truth provided you know it
if you don't know it then save yourself first 🙏
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to be clear i am affirming their doubts, I'm not affirming their faith. I encourage them to stop believing.
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need to give them an alternative, otherwise you are leaving them much worse off
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