androgynousApocalypse 5 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 I'm not all that good at introduction but my name is Jess and I'm an eighteen year old from Colorado. I was raised in a Christian family (as in pretty much the entirety of my family is either Christian or Catholic). I started questioning Christianity when I was maybe 6 or 7, stopped identifying as Christian at 12, and started identifying as agnostic at 16. I've been struggling to de-program myself for quite a while but it's proven to be quite a challenge. I wanted to join ex-christian.net so I could hopefully find support and helpful advice. Thanks for letting me join. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
realityrunt 56 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 6 hours ago, androgynousApocalypse said: I'm not all that good at introduction but my name is Jess and I'm an eighteen year old from Colorado. I was raised in a Christian family (as in pretty much the entirety of my family is either Christian or Catholic). I started questioning Christianity when I was maybe 6 or 7, stopped identifying as Christian at 12, and started identifying as agnostic at 16. I've been struggling to de-program myself for quite a while but it's proven to be quite a challenge. I wanted to join ex-christian.net so I could hopefully find support and helpful advice. Thanks for letting me join. I've noticed people here have kick ass avatar's, that's got to mean something. I frequent Christian forum's, and a lot of their members avatar's are so cheesy. Sorry you are having a hard time deprogramming, took me about 3-4 years to get that junk out. But there is always residual memory left over (I got that from Ghost in the shell) Hey, you know what cheers me up? Laughing. Watch some comedians who debunk Christianity. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator LogicalFallacy 4,099 Posted December 11, 2017 Moderator Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Welcome Jess Deconversion is very rarely easy but there is plenty of combined wisdom and experience on this forum. Ask questions and read through the many topics here. I agree with primary zero - watching comedians shred religion is great education and entertainment. Watch some of George Carlin who in my opinion was the king of atheist comedians. Cheers LF 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quark 22 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Welcome Jess, I hope this site will be of as much use to you as it has to me. I'm more or less on the tail end of disconcerting myself, but am an "atheist in the closet" as it were, amidst a family of fundamentalist Christians. And comedians are always fun, I've actuallky been listening to a lot of Tim Minshin recently who has a lot to say about religion. I'd also recommend listening/reading the works of Christopher Hitchens if you haven't already. His book "God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" really went a long way to help me deconvert. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geezer 3,787 Posted December 11, 2017 Report Share Posted December 11, 2017 Welcome. Glad you found this site. I think you will find this site helpful. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MOHO 1,866 Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hey, @androgynousApocalypse! Welcome to the Ex-C! Glad you found us! Deprogramming is a bitch - we all know. Took me about two years and I was never "on fire for Jesus!" My biggest challenge is getting on with the fams. Bunch of screaming fundy-ass, uneducated (for the most part), verbally violent, misguided coke-soccers they are. If you want to see a picture of them grab any encyclopedia (or google) and look under SELF-RIGHTEOUS. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
androgynousApocalypse 5 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 12/11/2017 at 1:45 AM, primaryzero said: I've noticed people here have kick ass avatar's, that's got to mean something. I frequent Christian forum's, and a lot of their members avatar's are so cheesy. Sorry you are having a hard time deprogramming, took me about 3-4 years to get that junk out. But there is always residual memory left over (I got that from Ghost in the shell) Hey, you know what cheers me up? Laughing. Watch some comedians who debunk Christianity. That actually sounds like some really solid advice, thank you. Do you have any specific comedians that you could recommend?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
realityrunt 56 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 2 hours ago, androgynousApocalypse said: That actually sounds like some really solid advice, thank you. Do you have any specific comedians that you could recommend?? Go to YouTube and search for comedian's debunk religion. That's how I started, back when I was deprogramming. Also look up Thunderf00t Darkmatter2525 The cult of dusty The Amazing Atheist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator LogicalFallacy 4,099 Posted December 15, 2017 Moderator Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 33 minutes ago, primaryzero said: Go to YouTube and search for comedian's debunk religion. That's how I started, back when I was deprogramming. Also look up Thunderf00t Darkmatter2525 The cult of dusty The Amazing Atheist On the topic of youtube atheist channels the following are great for debunking religion Cosmic Skeptic (Young but brilliant) RachelOates The Atheist Experience Potholer54 (For science related stuff, the guy is awesome) Answers in Insanity (has many debates linked to his channel) Viced Rhino Armored Skeptic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ExTeknon 10 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I found a link on this site that listed many youtubers: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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