why i left christianity & i don’t think god exists.

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  @00st307-m · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  always think it’s funny when people brag about an ego death as an accomplishment (“I killed god”), and then go on to make a <b>public statement</b> about it. 🎶 isn’t it ironic 🎶 <br><br>‘Ego death is a &quot;complete loss of subjective self-identity”’. Most people who really go through this don’t talk about - bc it’s usually a socially shamed experience - like psychosis, near death experience, grief or complete failure / identity breakdown.

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  @CSTBFO_jad · 2 years ago

  Well said. I’ve gone through a similar process in recent years. The real tipping point for me was understanding that saying “I don’t know” is a much more humble, honest, and human response during arguments, rather than trying to convince others (and myself) that what I believed was true.

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  @darkur13 · 8 months ago (edited)

  It’s so scary to say out loud for the first time that you don’t believe in God if you were raised in it and at one point a “true believer”.

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  @raffertymetcalfe · 2 years ago

  Inb4 all of the comments trying to convert you back with a YouTube comment 😂

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  @schnitzelfilmmaker1130 · 2 years ago

  I’m a Christian, but definitely appreciate the honesty you showed in this video. Videos on this topic from Christians and non-Christians can tend to get very silly, but there were many things you said that not only displayed honesty but demanded that what you said was taken seriously, and things that as a Christian I’ve also noticed

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  @addy8078 · 2 years ago

  Every believer that I know was either raised in a Christian household or converted in adulthood after a traumatic experience. I’ve never heard of a kid having christianity as their childhood hobby! I can tell this will be one hell of a story

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  @iggy_the_enby_iguana532 · 2 years ago

  This was very thought-provoking and made me think and reflect on my own experience with christianity and realize that I need to practice some radical acceptance in my life right now, too. Also, love love love your videos keep up the great work 🥰

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  @lovedivepilot · 2 years ago

  something this video made me think about is how important choice is. i really admire how you can find positives and not resent your past beliefs. i also am no longer christian, but i was raised christian and had no choice and i honestly couldnt find a single positive ive gained from that experience. idk it might not be very relevant but i think being able to choose your own beliefs, even if you abandon them later, will entirely change your perspective of them.

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  @benharwin6521 · 2 years ago

  Yay new video!<br><br>I found your channel from the Jeremy Kyle video.<br>I have watched all your videos since.<br>Thank you for all you do here ❤️

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  @PrzemyslawSadula · 2 years ago

  I simply remove judgment, sins, guilt, shame, guilt and contempt from my life, I also reject things like hell, the devil, evil, etc. I have just started living my way from within and I simply feel better in my everyday life. And in the end there is no such thing as failure it is just human experience.

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  @merpuccino · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcsrkORpDdE&amp;t=1253">20:53</a> You said it right. When your belief in God collapses, it&apos;s like your whole outlook on life caves in. You kind of have to start from scratch.

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  @dillona1001 · 2 years ago

  I feel like your mind and mine are 2 sides of the same coin sometimes😅 I was raised Christian, am literally 26, went through a breakup, unofficialy moved in with the parents, and have unironically been boasting my newly perceived lack of ego lmao I personally still consider myself a Believer but I&apos;ve definitely been reexamining the shortcomings of the institution, patriarchal besmirching of doctrine, and general toxicity that breeds the religious trauma we&apos;ve all discovered we have. It&apos;s definitely a beast of a thing to reconcile and still hold on to, and I respect your flow of logic that brought you to your conclusion.<br><br>One thought I&apos;ve had pertains to your perception of self. You&apos;ve talked on your channel about your mental health extensively like in your defense of Trisha P, and I&apos;ve heard before that dealing with the kind of minds you and her lean toward having, it can be difficult, damn near impossible to reconcile your already delicate identity and sense of self with the modern ideologies we implement with modern day Christianity. I&apos;m deathly curious if/how your perception on that front impacts your idea of God and how you see yourself? I have more thoughts but one can only communicate so much in a YouTube comment😅 Also I&apos;m gagged at the fact that your idea of &quot;short-form, low effort content&quot; is frickin &quot;ego death and why I shifted my entire dogma of truth before 30&quot;💀 you&apos;re legendary for that💯🫡

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