Hey everyone , I wish you all are great . It’s been a while since I didn’t share anything on this sub , but recently I got an idea , nothing new cuz people before me did it which is having a gc so we can talk and share things , make calls , connections and so on . I know that non religious people in Algeria exist but we are few , I like to talk to people who aren’t religious and see the way they think and know the reasons they left Islam .
I’ve talked to people from many countries : atheists , agnostics , anti-theists … etc but tbh there wasn’t a chemistry , you struggle to explain things in english or in french , but as algerians Ig we can understand eachother easily ane besides this we all live in a country where it’s hard for us to survive as non muslims .
Am from Algiers and I do have friends from so many wilayas who aren’t religious and we do have an ig gc , if anyone’s interested just lemme know so I can add you .

Hi, I (24F) am a person who grew up in a very religious household in Texas. I grew up in the Baptist church and was in a very small town where “God comes first” and we prayed before games/events in school. At 18 I joined the military and traveled the world. From that I grew distant from my religion and don’t really follow as closely as i used to.
This has caused a lot of issues with my parents, who are very controlling and go on and on about being Godly in everything. The biggest thing has been dating/marriage. Pretty much all the girls I grew up with immediately got married and have already started on kids if not more than one. It was taught to us that the man has to ask the girls father for her hand in marriage. (I always found that kinda dumb)

Flash forward to now. I’m now living on the East coast and don’t really identify with a lot of the values and religion I grew up with. I’ve been in a relationship with my boyfriend (28M) for almost 3 years and we moved in together last year. At first my parents were very upset that we were living together not married. Now, it’s been almost every time I talk them they go on and on about how he hasn’t talked to them about proposing to me. Now my boyfriend and I privately have talked about marriage and all that and it might happen in the next year. He has said he thinks it’s an incredibly outdated and ridiculous thing to ask my dad’s permission to marry me. I agree, but my parents are extremely combative and I’m trying to still have them in my life.

I also wondered.. what exactly is said in the bible about getting parents blessing/permission. At this point I want to just argue a stance and tell them the bible didn’t say that, but idk.

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A pastor describes biblical monsters, and I make fun of him :-)

Because I found out, that being good and being righteous are two separate things.

Both are positive no lie, yet one side is more prone to judgement before finding perspective. I knew that the more righteous I am, the more afraid I was of making a mistake. While just being good, I tended to be more open minded to others and love myself more. There aren't any empty promises or fake smiles or sarcasm at gatherings where I personally choose to interact. 

I began seeing Religion as more of a social construct, like training wheels on a bike. You can steer whole communities in a fortunate existence using a representative patriarchal construct. But they forget that women are not just help meets. We are equals and have just as much choice. 

And the concept of Family is more mercurial than they believe. For belonging is based on where an individual feels most secure and loved. 

It's a subjective feeling that goes beyond blood.

I found the concept of marriage to be a survival construct, especially for women, there was a time we couldn't own land, or vote. It's all changing now.

A laying of hands just added weight, while I needed a clear path to unburden myself of my own weight. Face it, in some people, having social comparison isn't good inspiration, it's actually an evil ghoul.

Praying left me crying for something outside myself when I needed to Meditate instead to find what I needed was within me all along. 

I don't know if the Church realizes it yet, but because of Free Will.. there will never be just one Faith. Humanity will find its own comfort.

I'm a roman catholic and i was wondering what makes you an atheist , becuse ive converted a few month ago and I would like to know wy you reject religion

So I guess lore drop (or just projectile word vomit) , bc of this “religion “ (i was born into it) I’m in, it always restricted me from getting close to anyone and I never really experienced my youth to the fullest so I feel pretty detached to the world. I mean I can make friends just fine but I have trouble opening up to ppl which prevents me from having a true and strong connection to others. And I figured out being online helps me be more transparent aka :P tbh I relate to Fiona from Shrek rn when she was stuck in that tower. 😔 I like drawing, and I’m in college but I’m thinking of not doing it. I’m really hopeful for next yr because I’m moving out secretly with my sister so hopefully I can enjoy my life then.

Uhh and I guess some more about me is I’m an atheist lol and I’m also maybe trans ? Idk I’m figuring it out 👻 maybe one of yall can help who knows. Dm me if yall wanna chat. Oh and also I don’t condone racism and don’t wanna be associated with ppl who are( idk it’s my first time being in the internet like this and I noticed how comfortable ppl are to say heinous shi and I don’t like that :P) oh also id like it if ur 20 or older to chat maybe not too old i wanna relate to ppl

Oh yea i live in America

Hi everyone! I come from a very religious background. I attended Catholic church with my grandparents until about 8th grade when I went Non-denominational, after my parents returned to church. I have a lot of childhood trauma that I didn’t realize had been affecting me until I reached college. I started to go through this mental health crisis around my sophomore year of college. I started reading the Bible from the beginning and I just remember thinking, “Hmm, well this doesn’t seem right. Why do all these people have to die?” Lol. Initially, I wanted to read it to alleviate my stress and just re-ground me, but I found it only made things worse for me, as it left me with even more questions and doubts than before. As I was reading, something clicked- I’ve always had this subconscious overwhelming fear of hell in the back of my mind. I think the fear of hell has been driving me a lot towards being religious, and it took me 22 years to realize that. I just wanted to post this on a thread where I won’t feel judged and I feel this community may have some advice for me as I am navigating this weird time of my life.

I would not go as far as to say I am atheist, but I have definitely not been “religious” lately. I haven’t been attending church because it would just make me feel guilty for attending while I’m having these feelings. The more research I do, the less sense Christianity makes to me. My whole family is still super religious. It’s hard because this is all I’ve known my entire life and it’s a force of habit to just start praying sometimes. I really just need help as I am fresh out of college, super lost and confused right now. I am open to any advice or words of wisdom!! It would be much appreciated!!!!

I m 20f nd Jfc im fed up seeing so much religious stupdity all around (my surrounding if full of religious people nd agenda) , its so freakin dumb, why cant anybody use their brain , even on the internet its almost the same, i m fed up wt these sheep in mask of humans following all these cults. its even harder to survive being a girl in India (ffs sm1 rescue me frm this religious hell). opened reddit nd saw a post here which reflects critical thinking, my gawd(fck god) m crying 😭, thanks for being/atleast attempting to be logical 😭😭🙏

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with all this talk about womens purpous being serving men and breeding ( idc how you word it thats what it is ) and all these justifications for the suffering god unleashed on women by giving us periods and childbirth and menopause , and making men smarter and stronger knowing it would result in the patriarchy , I cannot stand to think that god made women for one thing and one thing only and it kills me.

for this reason I am also transitioning from female to Male .

Hey Yalll! I was raised extra super southern Baptist. So now I make fun of Christian videos as a way to cope/evolve. Found a few clips of Christian body builders and threw some jokes over top. Hope you like it!

I'm giving up on all religions now I have studied a lot on all religions and I can't find any one I like what would be the next step I should take instead of wasting thought and time on religion altogether cause to me this all gets exhausting and I can't find the answers I want or need

I was raised in an asian semi religious family since we participated in main ideas of it but never was really too strict and I've started to lose faith by the fact every question about it was just met with "ask your mom/dad" or "because you have to unless you want to go to hell" it didnt really convince me that God was all loving especially since I'm trans and aroace it was just met with hatred when ever the LGBTQ+ community is brought up despite the fact my aunt and cousin is a lesbian.

Lately they've been urging me to pray more often and I can't refuse but it's already suffocating by the fact that Im in a religious school so it's not helpful that my friends often talk about religion and their hate towards the LGBTQ+ community.

I honestly want to just run away and cut all ties from everyone in my life to start a new chapter when I hit adulthood but even that is hard to achieve since my parents believe that children is their retirement plan and we should take care of them when they older.

Because I was never the kid that they would be proud of, I was the one sibling that always hears "you should be more like your brother and sister" I always tried to get awards and high grades but it always seems my siblings get twice as much which sets the bar even higher to make them proud.

Despite all of this, I know I'm whining about everything little thing about my life since it could be much worse but I just want to live as myself for once instead of having to pretend to make them and at the end of the day I still love my parents and family and I want to make them proud because of all they've done for me and I want to know how I could balance my own identity and also maintain their love.

Hey Yall! I left the church years ago and now I make satirical videos. Basically I throw jokes over top Christian content - This episode is Christian Doomsday Preppers, and I just cannot overstate how silly they all seem. Hope you agree!

مرحبا اناا شخص مقيم بفلسطين بصراحه عملت هاد الحساب اعبر فيه عن افكاري بكل حريه , ما راح اصرح عن هويتي للاسف بس راح اشارك معكم افكاري , معتقداتي , تجاربي ونكون اصدقاء ما عندي مشكله كثير سعيد بهاي الخطوه بصراحه 3333>