• nocturne
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    497 months ago

    The Bible series, but things really jumped the shark with the Book of Mormon.

    • @reversebananimals
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      7 months ago

      The Bible did fuck me up as a kid.

      But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

      Matthew 5:28-5:29

      Reading this as a super religious + horny 12 year old was terrifying. I felt extreme guilt for not maiming myself for a few years before I finally realized religion was bullshit.

      • nocturne
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        107 months ago

        My wife was raised Southern Baptist, she has a lot of sex hang ups, despite having been out of the church for about 30 years.

      • @PandaPikachu
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        6 months ago

        “If a man is considered guilty for what goes on in his mind, then give me the electric chair for all my future crimes.”

        -Prince 1989

    • @mysoulishome
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      97 months ago

      That one is crazy how the main character does shitty things like wiping out civilizations just out of spite, then he impregnates a teenage girl and the baby grows up and is all nice and loving but says he is actually his dad and he/his dad love everyone. So much gaslighting.

    • @Treczoks
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      46 months ago

      Indeed, among the religious books I have read, the Book of Mormon takes the top position on the loony pile. What kind of indoctrination and drugs do you need to believe that?

      • @[email protected]
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        16 months ago

        Grooming the youth, that’s the kind of indoctrination you need. As a missionary, the only non-indoctrinated adults who got into the BoM were, let’s say, simple.

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      I had full access to the internet growing up (the secret was to be awake when other sleep lol) and reading the bible made me feel like I was viewing age inappropriate content then anything else