o faithless ones

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this is a poll for those who were 'raised religious', who felt religious, or otherwise belonged in some at least nominal way to a shame-based or meaning-giving religious group at an earlier point in life.

how did it work out for you after you left that behind?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
no big whoop	5
i left the faith but it did make me better (in vague spiritual way)	1
i left the faith but it kinda messed me up (burdensome guilt over insufficient but unattainable selflessness)	1
i left the faith but it did make me better (morally)	0
i left the faith but it kinda messed me up (prudish)	0
i left the faith but i have an 'appreciation' for those of faith	0
jesus christ am i messed up, i blame my religion	0

― j., Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link

nbw

― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link

lol "shame-based"

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link

no big whoop, my tolerance for people of faith isn't much to do with my earlier Bible fascination i don't think

― Daphnis Celesta, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link

i forgot to make options for a persistent and unfillable hole of meaning in yr life but i guess if you have a problem with filling holes you can always take a stab at it

― j., Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link

if you're longer than a year on ilx its implied

― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link

if you have a problem with filling holes you can always take a stab at it

stabbing just makes more holes iirc

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link

^ missing line from sermon on the mount

― j., Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link

#'s 2-6 all apply to me.

― 'arry Goldman (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 29 September 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

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