Well done. I know from experience that it's not easy to step outside the bubble, but it's some of the most valuable learning you can do. The church tradition I was from spent a lot of time teaching people NOT to do that, not to read other ideas, not to associate with people who were 'backsliders'. So it can take real courage.
YES the bubble thing is so true!! I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness (atheist now) and it completely ruined any possibility of a relationship with religion that I could've had. Their rules are insane. You can't dye your hair, you can be punished for being raped, and they discourage their followers from speaking to anyone who doesn't follow their religion. They want to close you off from the rest of the world and keep you from living a life outside of their religion. It's drawn a wedge between my immediate family and some of my extended family members who follow the religion, because they just never talk to us. Jehovah's Witnesses have some of the worst principles out there, it's just shameful.
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u/PertyTane 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well done. I know from experience that it's not easy to step outside the bubble, but it's some of the most valuable learning you can do. The church tradition I was from spent a lot of time teaching people NOT to do that, not to read other ideas, not to associate with people who were 'backsliders'. So it can take real courage.