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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Atlas3d.eth
@Orwelian84
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@Aella_Girl
Same exact thing happened to me. Southern Baptist young earthier who was happy to go to bat with evil atheists. My fall was long, painful, and full of a lot of anger. Took almost a decade to see the other side. No thanks to the new atheist movement, lost years to their anger.
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Chad Miller
@TastyChad
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@Aella_Girl
You could think of it like being brought up in any family business, and then finding out that industry isn't for you. While the info doesn't carry value, the mechanics you used to learn, retain, and process that information were/are useful. Like sports fans with stats retention.
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Almost Ironic
@Almost_ironic
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@Aella_Girl
I get this. When I lost my faith in my teens, I spent the rest of my time in school really angry and distrustful of authority. It was only years later that I realised why. I'd felt lied to on a colossal scale.
Dan D 🌎🌍🌏
@DanielCDolmar
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@Aella_Girl
Unlike LoTR, the Bible is also the basis of much of western art from Shakespeare to Bosch. And you probably also learned the Golden Rule very early. And the "sinner among sinners" orientation helps you learn how to forgive others and yourself. It's not all wasted time, surely.