I’m sure we’re all familiar with the judgement day threats from Christians of pretty much any denomination. The idea that god will reveal all your sins to the world and you will be ashamed and cast into hell with your shame for all eternity.
I feel like if all the world suddenly knew everyone’s sins, most of us would just think god was kind of a dick for caring. I’m just imagining god on a stage yelling at everyone saying stuff like “and you Dave! You fucking asshole! You masturbated to thoughts about your neighbors wife!” “ don’t roll your eyes Edith! You skipped church to watch a house marathon!” And the whole crowd literally doesn’t care at all because we all recognize how utte
Today I got a call saying that a good friend of mine had relapsed after three years clean and sober and died of an overdose. This isn’t the first person I loved that I’ve lost, and not even the first I’ve lost to heroin, but it’s the first person I’ve lost without a religious crutch to lean on and it’s so much harder without any of the nice comforting Christian bullshit that I’m used to hearing and believing in times like this. I’m angry, I’m shocked, and I’m really tempted to lean back into the comfortable Christian bullshit even though I know it’s absolutely worthless. I don’t really know what I’m looking for here, I guess I just needed to share, and maybe ask for advice from someone who’s