• @[email protected]
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    862 months ago

    When I was young growing up Southern Baptist there was one time where the pastor preached about this verse, and the whiplash I felt when I heard family members bad-mouthing immigrants the moment they stepped outside is partly what led me to read the Bible myself, which led to me losing my faith.

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      72 months ago

      Hello fellow former southern Baptist.

      I hate to admit it took me way too long to realize the blatant hypocrisy.

      Glad you made it out.

    • @[email protected]
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      -52 months ago

      did you ditch the family too? sounds like the Bible was actually ahead on this one so itsweird you dump the faith instead (not overall, just the way you told the story had a whiplash of its own)

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        82 months ago

        I suppose I excluded some important detail. The reason I had wanted to read the Bible then was so I could better understand God’s word and confront my family with that understanding. But reading the Bible didn’t clarify things for me the way I thought it would, instead of clear instruction on right and wrong I found more hypocrisy and contradiction, as well as a disturbing focus on the appropriate conduct of slave-owners and the treatment of women as property.

        Reading the Bible gave me the same whiplash I felt seeing the hypocrisy of the people around me, which made me realize that it wasn’t in spite of their faith, but because of it.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 months ago

        They probably just lost their faith in the society around them.
        And started reading Bible with understanding instead of faith

      • Todd Bonzalez
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        12 months ago

        Just because you disowned your family doesn’t mean you have to project your misery in everyone else.

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          22 months ago

          The people I know that have cut out parts of their family are happier for it, not miserable.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Sort of like cutting off an infected limb. You are happy to be alive but still would rather have the arm.

            Its still a sad thing even if it improves their life.

          • @Shapillon
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            Yeah, this is a hard decision that isn’t usually taken on a whim ^^`

            Personally I only speak with one of my sisters and a cousin.