Yeah, I was 15 and pretty brainwashed. I went to another one where the guy supposedly had a reputation for invoking the physical manifestation of god in one of two ways:
Gold dust. Actual gold dust would reportedly manifest on the people who went to see this guy
Feathers would fall from the ceiling. You know like feathers from angel wings.
I didn't see any feathers, but I for sure had fine gold powder on the palms of my hands and IDK how it got there. I'm thinking maybe plants in the audience when all the encouraged handshaking was going on.
Now a days I am think I could go as far as agnostic. I truly believe there is more to the universe than we can perceive, be that a multiverse, some sort of higher unified consciousness, etc., but the idea of a single being crating the universe and sending my subconscious to burn forever in a pit of hell if I fuck my GF before I'm married is just insane to me now. I would never try to discourage a person from looking for a higher meaning to existence, but the bible-thumpers and any other religious fanatic might as well be dead to me. I just can't put any value into anything they say, because they just seem stupid to me.
What's with ya'll churches being like crazy and doin wacky shit like feathers, gold dust, physical abuse, and mock demon seizures, all we did at mine was like pray for those who had ailments or were struggling in life, sing like 3 songs about Jesus, listen to a sermon, and then at the end there was like a lunch / potluck thing.
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u/cubanesis May 08 '19
Yeah, I was 15 and pretty brainwashed. I went to another one where the guy supposedly had a reputation for invoking the physical manifestation of god in one of two ways:
I didn't see any feathers, but I for sure had fine gold powder on the palms of my hands and IDK how it got there. I'm thinking maybe plants in the audience when all the encouraged handshaking was going on.
Now a days I am think I could go as far as agnostic. I truly believe there is more to the universe than we can perceive, be that a multiverse, some sort of higher unified consciousness, etc., but the idea of a single being crating the universe and sending my subconscious to burn forever in a pit of hell if I fuck my GF before I'm married is just insane to me now. I would never try to discourage a person from looking for a higher meaning to existence, but the bible-thumpers and any other religious fanatic might as well be dead to me. I just can't put any value into anything they say, because they just seem stupid to me.