i grew up deep in bibleland. memorized over 800 verses as a kid, for years we did bible study 5 times a week, went to church 3 times a week, i approached my first nonchristian in public to debate them when i was 7, super familiar with elaborate theology, family were professionals
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i remember after getting out of all this and losing my faith, i felt really... idk, cheated? like i'd spent a huuuuge amount of time and effort learning the elaborate details of a world that turned out to not exist. feels like well fuck, all of that was a waste?!
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kinda feels like being a world expert on a way more depressing version of lord of the rings
(fwiw im no longer super knowledgeable on christianity, i stopped thinking much about it since i left and now im super rusty)
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Can you pull up bible verses and go into scripture battles with other scripture kiddies
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we would do bible drills, where wed have to sit with bibles up above our heads, holding by spine, adn then the teacher would yell a verse and wed all slam the bibles onto the table and whoever got to the verse fastest would stand up and immediately read the verse. i was good
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Go out there and become an anti-missionary. Leverage your knowledge to beat devout Christian’s at their own game and convert them to AI safety researchers. For the greater good.
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I grew up Mormon, so maybe just a half-step behind that level of dedication. I added up all of the time I spent in a church and it came out to a literal year of my life. Left the church when I joined the Army and felt the exact same feeling of loss, betrayal, and disillusion.
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Do you have any favorite verses or things that still have personal meaning from that time - that presumably survived your loss of faith? I went on a similar path although Catholic and not evangelical. Priest suggested seminary for me, cause I knew Bible well (actually read it)
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