Moxie Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I used to believe that Unitarian Universalists had orgies during their congregational gatherings. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disillusioned Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I was a young earth creationist. So there's that. I also thought that the return of Christ was likely to happen before I reached adulthood. Too many others to mention. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymistake Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 When I was 17 I thought maybe I was humble enough that Jesus would choose me as one of the two witnesses who gets to die publicly during the Great Tribulation. I was so humble that Jesus was lucky to have me. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castiel233 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 That I could use telepathy to send magic thoughts to an invisible being who would then help me 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
◊ DestinyTurtle ◊ Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 5/19/2018 at 8:31 PM, mymistake said: When I was 17 I thought maybe I was humble enough that Jesus would choose me as one of the two witnesses who gets to die publicly during the Great Tribulation. I was so humble that Jesus was lucky to have me. You know, to be honest, I vaguely remember having a similar fantasy in my teens? Wow it's so weird to remember that, now. I was bonkers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Objective reality? (haha) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhim Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Similar to @disillusioned. I was an Old Earth Creationist. While doing research towards my PhD in astrophysics. ...yeah, evangelical Christianity can have that much of a stranglehold on one's mental faculties. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydie Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Young earth creationist. I’m mortified I talked that shit to people. Dinosaur bones explained away with some bullshit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydie Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 My face is actually getting all hot thinking about all that shit I believed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhim Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 On 5/28/2018 at 3:54 PM, Lydie said: My face is actually getting all hot thinking about all that shit I believed. I get pretty embarrassed whenever I decide to look at one of my old posts on various Christian forums, or when I look at old Facebook messages I sent to other Christians. You are far from alone, I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eowynesque Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 That being imprisoned/tortured for my faith was something to aspire to...I daydreamed about it. I thought it would make me a perfect Christian and all but guarantee a "well done" from jesus Gag. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunea Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 On 5/28/2018 at 11:54 PM, Lydie said: My face is actually getting all hot thinking about all that shit I believed. I haven't contributed to this thread yet because I have a hard time deciding on THE stupidest thing I used to believe. I have so many! BTW, I too was a physics student and a believer. I had all these explanations for why angels couldn't be measured in the lab and stuff. I believed in old Earth and that evolution was the way creation was done, but that's far from being the stupidest thing. Hmm. Okay here's one. Believing that atheism was active denying of the Christian God every day, just to piss him (and Christians) off. That was pretty stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtheromanroad Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I kind of let people talk me into believing there was such a thing as "speaking in tongues". Hahaha! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtheromanroad Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Oh gosh, and then there was this guy who was totally into backward messages and for some time, I kind of believed there were from the devil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaskingquestions Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 ANYTHING ABOUT THE NOAH'S ARK STORY OH MY GOD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That if I am a good enough Christian I might actually hear God's voice speak to me one day! Now I'm glad he never said a word.... It's really stupid but, if someone told me they actually heard god's voice tell them something I'd believe it because no one would lie about something like that! Right? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHO Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 24 minutes ago, Lucy said: That if I am a good enough Christian I might actually hear God's voice speak to me one day! Now I'm glad he never said a word.... It's really stupid but, if someone told me they actually heard god's voice tell them something I'd believe it because no one would lie about something like that! Right? Don't get me started about people who tell you that god actually spoke to them. Be it in an actual voice or whatever. The next time I hear that I think I'll say "Wel god really DID speak to me and he insists that you stop BULLSHITTING PEOPLE!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene39 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Good topic! Ditto for a lot of the Christianity stuff mentioned here. As far as something not related to Christianity, astro-meterology would be high on the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted July 1, 2018 Super Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2018 Stupidest thing I ever believed? god. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsathoggua9 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 When I was little, I thought that retarded children were the result of premarital sex. So stoopid! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag_NO_stic Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 You know.....this actually has the potential to make me cry for no good reason whatsoever.....but I was convinced up until a few years ago that I actually deserved hell. I was petrified of it, so I was a good little christian girl who did my best and repented all the goddamn time when I messed up and was all neurotic. But deep down, I believed that I had been saved from eternal torment when I otherwise deserved to go. That my being saved was "merciful." That's really stupid and fucked up. Everyone has things they aren't proud of, but I don't even think the worst of the worst "sinners" deserve indefinite torture for a finite crime. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
◊ DestinyTurtle ◊ Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 53 minutes ago, ag_NO_stic said: You know.....this actually has the potential to make me cry for no good reason whatsoever.....but I was convinced up until a few years ago that I actually deserved hell. I was petrified of it, so I was a good little christian girl who did my best and repented all the goddamn time when I messed up and was all neurotic. But deep down, I believed that I had been saved from eternal torment when I otherwise deserved to go. That my being saved was "merciful." That's really stupid and fucked up. Everyone has things they aren't proud of, but I don't even think the worst of the worst "sinners" deserve indefinite torture for a finite crime. Same here. That fear and paranoia about hell took me over a decade to get over. They really drill it in deep. Sorry you had to go through it as well. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHO Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Man. So many asshats are willing to induce such psychological ill and trauma on so many just so they can rape our wallets and control our sorry butts. I would treat each and every religious pundit with such disdain but I know so many are innocent victims themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riven Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I actually believed "god" was listening to every single thought I had. I'd go to bed every night, running over my entire day (including thoughts) and pray for forgiveness for everything that was considered a sin. I lived this way for 25 years. I'll probably spend another 25 trying to figure out why I believed this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intheory Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 God, where do I start... believing God cared which socks I wore (as a young child, lots of weird compulsions that were god related in those early years). believing that tongues-speakers were evil later believing that tongues-speakers were the only ones that were saved believing that’s Jesus would come back to Rapture the church “Thief in the Night” style (did anyone else see this when they were 6-7 years old and have it scar them for decades???) Believing in the “harmony of the gospels” I think that’s enough for now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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