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Losing my religion (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 113 points 4 months ago (17 children)

As someone who grew up in a conservative, Baptist home, I can tell you that this 100% isn't the most insane thing I've heard or seen, but it falls right in line.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

    My cousin wouldn't let his daughter watch Wicked because they whisper a spell during the movie.

    I literally asked "Are you fucking serious?"

    The query went right by his perception of me questioning his sanity as if I was making a remark in regards to the film itself.

    Yeah, man. They're everywhere.

    "r-right."

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    My parents nearly didn't let me read or watch Harry Potter "cuz witchcraft". There is a lot of stupid out there.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    My step-siblings were not allowed to watch or play Pokemon in the late '90s because "they are demons that people catch and carry around with them."

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I heard about how Pokemon say their names because they are demons and repeating their names increases their power in the world because you summon demons by chanting their names and playing drums.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    BRB, going to buy a drum and try this for myself.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago*

    Seriously, a lot of southern churches have this thing about drums because they believe some conspiracy theory that African Religion is actually "Demons!" and that they used drums to summon the demons.. And that rock music is bad because it uses drums, which summon demons.

    It's stupid and racist

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Insane how grown ass adults believe in absolute fairy tales written by the rich/kings to keep the lower classes subservient. In 2026.

    I'd love to ask someone in the 1940s what they'd think of 2026. I bet they'd think we were all living on other planets and half cyborg by now. But nah. Trillionaires.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Yep. My mom is the last thing I hold any level of doubt for. I let her have her Christian thises and thats and I indulge her just enough to keep her happy. She was and is a great, loving mother who deserves to go out comfortably, and I'm seeing to it.

    .. but the very week she's gone, the filter is off and is never going back on. No one else deserves it and it literally sucks the life out of me to nod along to someone else's insanity when they're around. It's draining.

    I have to wash off with NetGeo documentaries, Nova episodes and Twain essays after every visit.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I think my father in law still believes Hurricane Katrina was a punishment to the people of New Orleans from God Himself. I've never heard him say similar things about other natural disasters though.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    My parents told me that the Clinton's, Gates family, and other influential people go to masquerade parties where they murder babies and wear their skin as masks. And they were 100% serious.

    In the world of Epstein Island revelations, there is some fucked up stuff out there, but I'm pretty sure we'd know if people were mass slaughtering babies for fun.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    This is what gets me. We have proof billionaires have a secret child sex club. That's not even a conspiracy theory anymore. But why do people still feel the need to endlessly speculate and wonder if it's "actually something worse?" I do not understand the conspiratorially minded. Like I legit saw someone say in response to the first Esptein file releases say "what is this supposed to be distracting us from?" Like... HUHHH??? This is your HOLY GRAIL! The thing you e always wanted! Hard proof that the elite have a secret child sex club and you're reaction is "seems fake, what are they really hiding." Blows my mind.

    Also, you is directed at the person I was talking about, not you you. In case this comes across as accusatory.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah it's actually incredible the mental gymnastics involved.

    It's also fun when a Republican is involved, because it's "clearly overblown or fake", but when it's someone they don't like (usually a Democrat), THEN it's a problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    this 100% isn't the most insane thing I've heard or seen

    What would that be then?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I have a few:

    1. When looking at the video feed from a night vision camera, my parents tried to convince me the white specs floating around were angels and souls watching over us (it was dust in the air refracting the infrared)
    2. Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton are part of a baby murdering cult were they skin baby faces to wear as masquerade masks
    3. Bill Gates is building COVID-19 nanites and putting them in the vaccines
    4. The whole QAnon conspiracy stuff they REALLY got into
    5. My wife and I are being controlled by the devil and now our kids are damned because we got them vaccinated, since it's "The Mark of the Beast".

    My parents are estranged now. You can imagine why.

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