#exvangelical — Public Fediverse posts
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Promise Backlund (@eve_wasframed) is a former worship leader turned counter-apologist. I first heard of her on Seth Andrews’s podcast. She wrote a book called Gospel of Lies (the title sounds harsher than it actually reads).
There’s one chapter where she discusses the impact that music, architecture, mood lighting, and large gatherings can have in producing feelings of transcendence and euphoria for the human “spirit.” She writes of going to her first secular rock concert and finding it just like church. “My belief that God was as involved with a rock concert as he was with a worship service turned out to be closer to the truth than I realized. It turns out God was equally uninvolved. But my confusion was by evangelical design, as there is little difference between their worship services and a live concert. Music is already manipulative by nature; that’s why we listen to it.”
She doesn’t mean that musical manipulation is necessarily a bad thing–we listen to music to help us feel good; it’s like art or literature, where the creator of the piece is trying to evoke certain thoughts or feelings to the audience or reader. But you need to be aware that it’s human-made. Otherwise, “these emotional moments can convince you that of course there’s a god…”
“Music’s ability to impact our emotions, physical state and behavior has been widely studied and universally recognized.” Look at the minor keys for the “Imperial March” in The Empire Strikes Back or the Emperor’s theme in Return of the Jedi and contrast that with the uplifting major key of the Rebel fanfare. That’s John Williams who did that, not God.
As a worship musician myself for many years, I have experienced the manipulation from both sides. If a pastor wanted to really turn on the tears during a prayer service, he would give me the nod and I’d gradually shape the improvisational droning of my violin into an upwelling theme that sounded like something out of the Braveheart soundtrack. I didn’t see myself as doing manipulation in that moment, though; I thought I was just being “used by God.”
Find her book here: https://medialabbooks.com/products/9781964487557_gospel-of-lies #atheism #exvangelical
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Promise Backlund (@eve_wasframed) is a former worship leader turned counter-apologist. I first heard of her on Seth Andrews’s podcast. She wrote a book called Gospel of Lies (the title sounds harsher than it actually reads).
There’s one chapter where she discusses the impact that music, architecture, mood lighting, and large gatherings can have in producing feelings of transcendence and euphoria for the human “spirit.” She writes of going to her first secular rock concert and finding it just like church. “My belief that God was as involved with a rock concert as he was with a worship service turned out to be closer to the truth than I realized. It turns out God was equally uninvolved. But my confusion was by evangelical design, as there is little difference between their worship services and a live concert. Music is already manipulative by nature; that’s why we listen to it.”
She doesn’t mean that musical manipulation is necessarily a bad thing–we listen to music to help us feel good; it’s like art or literature, where the creator of the piece is trying to evoke certain thoughts or feelings to the audience or reader. But you need to be aware that it’s human-made. Otherwise, “these emotional moments can convince you that of course there’s a god…”
“Music’s ability to impact our emotions, physical state and behavior has been widely studied and universally recognized.” Look at the minor keys for the “Imperial March” in The Empire Strikes Back or the Emperor’s theme in Return of the Jedi and contrast that with the uplifting major key of the Rebel fanfare. That’s John Williams who did that, not God.
As a worship musician myself for many years, I have experienced the manipulation from both sides. If a pastor wanted to really turn on the tears during a prayer service, he would give me the nod and I’d gradually shape the improvisational droning of my violin into an upwelling theme that sounded like something out of the Braveheart soundtrack. I didn’t see myself as doing manipulation in that moment, though; I thought I was just being “used by God.”
Find her book here: https://medialabbooks.com/products/9781964487557_gospel-of-lies #atheism #exvangelical
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Promise Backlund (@eve_wasframed) is a former worship leader turned counter-apologist. I first heard of her on Seth Andrews’s podcast. She wrote a book called Gospel of Lies (the title sounds harsher than it actually reads).
There’s one chapter where she discusses the impact that music, architecture, mood lighting, and large gatherings can have in producing feelings of transcendence and euphoria for the human “spirit.” She writes of going to her first secular rock concert and finding it just like church. “My belief that God was as involved with a rock concert as he was with a worship service turned out to be closer to the truth than I realized. It turns out God was equally uninvolved. But my confusion was by evangelical design, as there is little difference between their worship services and a live concert. Music is already manipulative by nature; that’s why we listen to it.”
She doesn’t mean that musical manipulation is necessarily a bad thing–we listen to music to help us feel good; it’s like art or literature, where the creator of the piece is trying to evoke certain thoughts or feelings to the audience or reader. But you need to be aware that it’s human-made. Otherwise, “these emotional moments can convince you that of course there’s a god…”
“Music’s ability to impact our emotions, physical state and behavior has been widely studied and universally recognized.” Look at the minor keys for the “Imperial March” in The Empire Strikes Back or the Emperor’s theme in Return of the Jedi and contrast that with the uplifting major key of the Rebel fanfare. That’s John Williams who did that, not God.
As a worship musician myself for many years, I have experienced the manipulation from both sides. If a pastor wanted to really turn on the tears during a prayer service, he would give me the nod and I’d gradually shape the improvisational droning of my violin into an upwelling theme that sounded like something out of the Braveheart soundtrack. I didn’t see myself as doing manipulation in that moment, though; I thought I was just being “used by God.”
Find her book here: https://medialabbooks.com/products/9781964487557_gospel-of-lies #atheism #exvangelical
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Promise Backlund (@eve_wasframed) is a former worship leader turned counter-apologist. I first heard of her on Seth Andrews’s podcast. She wrote a book called Gospel of Lies (the title sounds harsher than it actually reads).
There’s one chapter where she discusses the impact that music, architecture, mood lighting, and large gatherings can have in producing feelings of transcendence and euphoria for the human “spirit.” She writes of going to her first secular rock concert and finding it just like church. “My belief that God was as involved with a rock concert as he was with a worship service turned out to be closer to the truth than I realized. It turns out God was equally uninvolved. But my confusion was by evangelical design, as there is little difference between their worship services and a live concert. Music is already manipulative by nature; that’s why we listen to it.”
She doesn’t mean that musical manipulation is necessarily a bad thing–we listen to music to help us feel good; it’s like art or literature, where the creator of the piece is trying to evoke certain thoughts or feelings to the audience or reader. But you need to be aware that it’s human-made. Otherwise, “these emotional moments can convince you that of course there’s a god…”
“Music’s ability to impact our emotions, physical state and behavior has been widely studied and universally recognized.” Look at the minor keys for the “Imperial March” in The Empire Strikes Back or the Emperor’s theme in Return of the Jedi and contrast that with the uplifting major key of the Rebel fanfare. That’s John Williams who did that, not God.
As a worship musician myself for many years, I have experienced the manipulation from both sides. If a pastor wanted to really turn on the tears during a prayer service, he would give me the nod and I’d gradually shape the improvisational droning of my violin into an upwelling theme that sounded like something out of the Braveheart soundtrack. I didn’t see myself as doing manipulation in that moment, though; I thought I was just being “used by God.”
Find her book here: https://medialabbooks.com/products/9781964487557_gospel-of-lies #atheism #exvangelical
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Promise Backlund (@eve_wasframed) is a former worship leader turned counter-apologist. I first heard of her on Seth Andrews’s podcast. She wrote a book called Gospel of Lies (the title sounds harsher than it actually reads).
There’s one chapter where she discusses the impact that music, architecture, mood lighting, and large gatherings can have in producing feelings of transcendence and euphoria for the human “spirit.” She writes of going to her first secular rock concert and finding it just like church. “My belief that God was as involved with a rock concert as he was with a worship service turned out to be closer to the truth than I realized. It turns out God was equally uninvolved. But my confusion was by evangelical design, as there is little difference between their worship services and a live concert. Music is already manipulative by nature; that’s why we listen to it.”
She doesn’t mean that musical manipulation is necessarily a bad thing–we listen to music to help us feel good; it’s like art or literature, where the creator of the piece is trying to evoke certain thoughts or feelings to the audience or reader. But you need to be aware that it’s human-made. Otherwise, “these emotional moments can convince you that of course there’s a god…”
“Music’s ability to impact our emotions, physical state and behavior has been widely studied and universally recognized.” Look at the minor keys for the “Imperial March” in The Empire Strikes Back or the Emperor’s theme in Return of the Jedi and contrast that with the uplifting major key of the Rebel fanfare. That’s John Williams who did that, not God.
As a worship musician myself for many years, I have experienced the manipulation from both sides. If a pastor wanted to really turn on the tears during a prayer service, he would give me the nod and I’d gradually shape the improvisational droning of my violin into an upwelling theme that sounded like something out of the Braveheart soundtrack. I didn’t see myself as doing manipulation in that moment, though; I thought I was just being “used by God.”
Find her book here: https://medialabbooks.com/products/9781964487557_gospel-of-lies #atheism #exvangelical
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Can I interest you in a little exvangelical novelette, featuring opposites attract, a bi man, a woman discovering her inner strength, a second chance at love, found family, nineties vibes, and Canadianisms?
🩷💜💙
Free Indeed: Tim & Darlene (Queering Edmonton #0.5) by Casey Shepherd is up for pre-order.
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Can I interest you in a little exvangelical novelette, featuring opposites attract, a bi man, a woman discovering her inner strength, a second chance at love, found family, nineties vibes, and Canadianisms?
🩷💜💙
Free Indeed: Tim & Darlene (Queering Edmonton #0.5) by Casey Shepherd is up for pre-order.
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Can I interest you in a little exvangelical novelette, featuring opposites attract, a bi man, a woman discovering her inner strength, a second chance at love, found family, nineties vibes, and Canadianisms?
🩷💜💙
Free Indeed: Tim & Darlene (Queering Edmonton #0.5) by Casey Shepherd is up for pre-order.
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Can I interest you in a little exvangelical novelette, featuring opposites attract, a bi man, a woman discovering her inner strength, a second chance at love, found family, nineties vibes, and Canadianisms?
🩷💜💙
Free Indeed: Tim & Darlene (Queering Edmonton #0.5) by Casey Shepherd is up for pre-order.
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Can I interest you in a little exvangelical novelette, featuring opposites attract, a bi man, a woman discovering her inner strength, a second chance at love, found family, nineties vibes, and Canadianisms?
🩷💜💙
Free Indeed: Tim & Darlene (Queering Edmonton #0.5) by Casey Shepherd is up for pre-order.
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Happy #BandcampFriday! If you're a fan of #indie #folk and protest music, I hope you'll like my latest album. You can download this single, my nonbinary, queer anthem, for free. My entire back catalog is free/name-your-price as well.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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Happy #BandcampFriday! If you're a fan of #indie #folk and protest music, I hope you'll like my latest album. You can download this single, my nonbinary, queer anthem, for free. My entire back catalog is free/name-your-price as well.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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Happy #BandcampFriday! If you're a fan of #indie #folk and protest music, I hope you'll like my latest album. You can download this single, my nonbinary, queer anthem, for free. My entire back catalog is free/name-your-price as well.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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Happy #BandcampFriday! If you're a fan of #indie #folk and protest music, I hope you'll like my latest album. You can download this single, my nonbinary, queer anthem, for free. My entire back catalog is free/name-your-price as well.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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Happy #BandcampFriday! If you're a fan of #indie #folk and protest music, I hope you'll like my latest album. You can download this single, my nonbinary, queer anthem, for free. My entire back catalog is free/name-your-price as well.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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Sometime back, maybe 5 years ago, I came across the phrase #exvangelical . It resonated with me as I was exploring #orthodoxy and some of my deeply held convictions were fraying at the edges. Just a few days ago, on seeing the term in someone's bio, i realize I have fully walked that path now. I am thankful for my time in #protestant land as an #evangelical but I am glad to have joined the ancient church.
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Other authors are out there “protecting clean fiction” and trying to “make smut unthinkable”.
Me? Nah. Purity culture needs to die in a fire. Clearly now’s the time to start writing sweary, spicy books about queer people recovering from toxic purity culture.
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Getting told that Christian performers died because they lost “The Lord’s Protection” did a number on me.
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Do you remember the book & Windows CD-ROM "The Bible Code" came out or was your family not as wildly evangelical pentecostal as mine?
:blobcatthink: 😅https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_Code_(book)
BTW, it was published by Simon & fucking Schuster. Not some niche Christian press.
#Evangelical #EXvangelical #bible #TheBibleCode #TTJ #Christian #ChristianNationalism
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BLOOD MONEY GOSPEL wants * you* to rescue Jesus for Lucifer.
Limited time only: Three ways to live in the book forever! (Audio recordings & other alternative awards negotiable.) https://ko-fi.com/revcasey/shop
Read the full thread to preview the #exvangelical J-splatter #TTRPG fever dream coming soon!
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Happy #BandcampFriday to all who observe it. I offer my latest album for your consideration. :) Digital downloads are $8, CDs are $15. And you can download this single, my little queer anthem, for free.
https://arendleejessurun.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-the-way-i-am-2
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RE: https://mstdn.party/@mcspocky/117011267732384614
Apparently this pastor paid less attention in Sunday school than I did. They really need to read the red letters & I think that's the perfect insult for #MAGA #Evangelicals
Signed,
An #EXvangelical that "got it" -
@theogrin It has been my lived experience over decades.
I wish it was common knowledge, but I'm not sure of much of anything these days.
"The guilty dog barks the loudest" comes to mind, though.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@lnsy_dev/117011847340339614
Umm...I actually read the red words.
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."
Matthew 6:5 NIV -
Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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Do you want to read about an ex-vangelical and his drag queen boyfriend solving a m*rder in space?
Of course you do.
M*rder on Donut Station is available now on my website!
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Both because it is absolutely necessary AND there is already a blueprint for it in the Judeo-Christian worldview. I use to hear about the "Year of Jubilee" growing up in #evangelical church.
This #EXvangelical supports #JubileeOrWar2028
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“As children, we were held to this standard [1 Cor. 13] in order to receive love. If we were jealous, we were deemed unlovable. If we were rude, we were considered unlovable. We were required to love unconditionally, yet we were disqualified from being loved unconditionally. We were not allowed to keep a record of wrongs. However, you reminded us of our sins daily.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/thestrongwilledchild/p/no-contact-to-one-who-raised-us
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Hello, exvangelicals.
I’m looking for book title suggestions for queer romance stories about people finding love after/while they deconstruct from the toxicity of evangelicalism and purity culture.
I’d love suggestions that play on common words/phrases/titles in the evangelical community. But, you know, flipping them on their heads.
Suggestions? Please and thanks.
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Book 19 was Gay the Pray Away, written and read by Natalie Naudus.
Queer teens deconstructing from evangelicalism ⛪️
Purity culture is toxic 🚮
Sapphic first love👭On sale at Libro-fm: https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798874727499-gay-the-pray-away
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Tonight I celebrated the solstice with friends.
It marks a point in the year that feels so much more right than the christian festivals I was brought up with.
I have had a good evening.
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Oh, Christians are oppressed and persecuted all right.
By Christian leadership!
#ReligiousTrauma #AbuseCulture #exmo #exvangelical #exmormon #exvie
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Do you want to read about an ex-vangelical and his drag queen boyfriend solving a m*rder in space?
Of course you do.
Pre-order M*rder at Donut Station now.
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I was particularly offended at the funeral when the #evangelical preacher anticipated that some present would not share their belief. He actually said, "Some of you don't believe that, because you've never been quiet enough to hear what the still small voice of God is trying to say to you."
Fuck you, pastor, I spent twenty years of my adult life sincerely believing in Christianity, and it was proven to be false. I tried it; it failed. But pastor must slander to maintain "faith."
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Religious people often think that religion helps people grieve. But let me tell you that #evangelical funerals are god-awful! I just attended one of a more distant family member, whom I hadn't seen in probably ten years, and it was all about the necessity of submitting to God to go to heaven. Readers, I literally never heard this man mention God, not once, in decades.
If dead men tell to tales, it's amazing how many words can be put in their mouths!
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Book 2 was A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, written and read by Tia Levings.
After growing up in purity culture, Tia finds herself married to an abusive, controlling man. She has a whole quiver full of children before leaving him and restarting her life.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8637a616-92d3-4416-8e8c-7bd767258d10?redirect=true
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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The ICSA has a journal article about how career counseling can help protect vulnerable kids from trafficking and cults.
Surprise! Poverty increases risk. Having a solid sense of identity helps prevent risk.
Abstract: 'Human trafficking is a rapidly expanding global criminal industry that frequently targets children and adolescents by preying on their vulnerabilities. This article presents research identifying seven categories of susceptibility in Generation Z, with a specific focus on how poverty and low personal achievement increase the risk of being trafficked. The authors propose that career counseling can serve as a vital preventive measure by building self-sufficiency, motivation, and a long-term “career self-concept” that helps youth reject the immediate gratification offered by predators.'
(Sorry, it's Substack.)
https://icsatoday.substack.com/p/could-career-counseling-help-protect
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical
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TFW you realize that your parents used "The Strong-Willed Child" by James Dobson as their primary parenting text.
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The very evangelicals that have fallen for his bullshit warned my entire childhood about the #AntiChrist.
Is that irony or just incredibly fucking frustrating?
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As an #exvangelical, it is a huge deal that not a single person has wished me happy Easter today (or tried to initiate the "He is risen / He is risen indeed" thing). Feeling really fucking happy and proud of my life choices. My nervous system is so much calmer today than it was 20 years ago.
Please don't ruin this by wishing me a happy Easter lol 😆
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My name is Laura, but y'all feel free to call me Lala if you like. Or Tink. Or Ishe. I'm here for {in no special order}:
#bulletjournaling
#dogs
#Caturday
#crochet
#Appalachia
#AppalachianHistory
#actualadoptee
#bookwyrm
#wolves
#phonephotography
#Irishlanguage
#pizza
#art
#StardewValley
#music
#stationery
#witchy
#drawing
#buckdance
#donorconceived
#notparentexpected
#formerfosteryouth
#exvangelical
#AuDHD
#Bridgerton
#DerryGirls
#FruitsBasketanime
#manga
#anime
#humor
#yallmeansall 🌈
#tattoosPlease boost, if you'd like. I may edit this in the future. If you've a similar list, I'm happy to boost in return.
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My name is Laura, but y'all feel free to call me Lala if you like. Or Tink. Or Ishe. I'm here for {in no special order}:
#bulletjournaling
#dogs
#Caturday
#crochet
#Appalachia
#AppalachianHistory
#actualadoptee
#bookwyrm
#wolves
#phonephotography
#Irishlanguage
#pizza
#art
#StardewValley
#music
#stationery
#witchy
#drawing
#buckdance
#donorconceived
#notparentexpected
#formerfosteryouth
#exvangelical
#AuDHD
#Bridgerton
#DerryGirls
#FruitsBasketanime
#manga
#anime
#humor
#yallmeansall 🌈
#tattoosPlease boost, if you'd like. I may edit this in the future. If you've a similar list, I'm happy to boost in return.
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My name is Laura, but y'all feel free to call me Lala if you like. Or Tink. Or Ishe. I'm here for {in no special order}:
#bulletjournaling
#dogs
#Caturday
#crochet
#Appalachia
#AppalachianHistory
#actualadoptee
#bookwyrm
#wolves
#phonephotography
#Irishlanguage
#pizza
#art
#StardewValley
#music
#stationery
#witchy
#drawing
#buckdance
#donorconceived
#notparentexpected
#formerfosteryouth
#exvangelical
#AuDHD
#Bridgerton
#DerryGirls
#FruitsBasketanime
#manga
#anime
#humor
#yallmeansall 🌈
#tattoosPlease boost, if you'd like. I may edit this in the future. If you've a similar list, I'm happy to boost in return.
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My name is Laura, but y'all feel free to call me Lala if you like. Or Tink. Or Ishe. I'm here for {in no special order}:
#bulletjournaling
#dogs
#Caturday
#crochet
#Appalachia
#AppalachianHistory
#actualadoptee
#bookwyrm
#wolves
#phonephotography
#Irishlanguage
#pizza
#art
#StardewValley
#music
#stationery
#witchy
#drawing
#buckdance
#donorconceived
#notparentexpected
#formerfosteryouth
#exvangelical
#AuDHD
#Bridgerton
#DerryGirls
#FruitsBasketanime
#manga
#anime
#humor
#yallmeansall 🌈
#tattoosPlease boost, if you'd like. I may edit this in the future. If you've a similar list, I'm happy to boost in return.
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Do #Bible #Scholars Just Make Stuff Up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjYkiQkF0ds
#ReligionHistory #AncientHistory #BiblicalArchaeology #HistoricalJesus #ReligiousOrigins #AncientMysteries #EarlyChristianity #BiblicalHistory #AncientTexts #ReligiousStudies #AncientReligions #LostGospels #BiblicalMyths #ReligiousHistory #AncientMyths #ComparativeReligion #HistoricalResearch #AncientSecrets #BiblicalControversies #ReligiousEvolution #HistoricalEvidence #AncientBooks #Exvangelical #Skeptic #Atheist #Agnostic
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#PromiseBacklund:
#NoFear. #NoShame.TheThinkingAtheist
Promise is best known for her "#EveWasFramed" videos, and for co-hosting "Chewed Gum" on #TheLine. She escaped #fundamentalism and today helps others to do the same.
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Why #Deconstructing From #Evangelical #Christianity Is SO Important and SO Difficult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltuEEsqgU08
#deconstructingchristianity #exvangelical #exchristianThis is a short clip from a full episode of The Kayse Melone Show. Here, I talk about why I think #Deconstruction from Evangelical #Fundamentalist Christianity is so important. Also, what happens after we go through Deconstruction?
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The Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes wrote again and again in his journal "I will sell out the Rogers Center". He was doing something called manifesting, which has taken off on Tiktok. But what exactly is it? I investigate:
https://oblivionwithbells.com/2024/10/19/thoughts-and-prayers-is-really-just-thoughts/
#Manifesting #magicalthinking #manifestation #Christianity #Christian #Prayer #Faith #Belief #God #Jesus #ExChristian #Exvangelical #PostChristian #PostChristianity #Doubt #Praying #Deconversion #Deconstruction
