• FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    5 months ago

    I de-converted (and de-baptized myself) from Christianity when I was nineteen.

    Once I was outside of my parents’ bubble, it was easier to take a look around and realize that God isn’t real, and the only reason I was ever a Christian is that I was born and programmed to be that way. I now see my life as finite which makes me value my time and mental well-being much more than I did before.

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        It was a ritual I made up myself. Since you baptize by water, I debaptized by fire.

        I just set up a little tailgate grill, made a small fire, burned my Bible and sprinkled a few drops of my blood onto it. It was a fairly quick thing but very cathartic, as it came on the heels of two years of my brain railing against my programming and I had many, many nightmares about demons and spiritual warfare.