• reversebananimals@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The Bible did fuck me up as a kid.

      But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

      Matthew 5:28-5:29

      Reading this as a super religious + horny 12 year old was terrifying. I felt extreme guilt for not maiming myself for a few years before I finally realized religion was bullshit.

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        7 months ago

        “If a man is considered guilty for what goes on in his mind, then give me the electric chair for all my future crimes.”

        -Prince 1989

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        7 months ago

        My wife was raised Southern Baptist, she has a lot of sex hang ups, despite having been out of the church for about 30 years.

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      Indeed, among the religious books I have read, the Book of Mormon takes the top position on the loony pile. What kind of indoctrination and drugs do you need to believe that?

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        Grooming the youth, that’s the kind of indoctrination you need. As a missionary, the only non-indoctrinated adults who got into the BoM were, let’s say, simple.