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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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When I was a teenager, I went to church, and almost every ‘Christian’ there was a complete asshole. What makes it worse is that they try to justify it. This honestly made me think that if God and Satan were real, I’d want to know Lucifer’s story. Maybe he’s not actually ‘evil.’

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[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got really stoned one time as teenager and thought I had come to the very real and imminent discovery that Christianity is and was always the work of deep evil to silence and quell all other true religions. The crusades, the burning of the library at Alexandria, Pope John Paul III sitting on his throne of pure gold, It all made perfect sense. Don’t question it, just have faith.

I more or less fell headlong into atheism of a sort shortly thereafter, so part of me must really believe that on some level I guess?

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Sethian gnosticism. You beheld the demiurge and stopped short before seeing the light of the pleroma. You're not wrong, but there's a few more steps on the path yet.

[–] reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

I read the excerpt on Wikipedia and it didn’t seem to fully describe my own experiences, though I expect it doesn’t hold a candle to the depths of the topic. I will have to read more to see if it helps verbalize the feeling I get towards organized religion.

Thank you for this.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You’re getting downvoted but I believe you’re principally correct. Except it’s Sethian.

[–] Tracaine@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Yeah thank you for that. Damned autocorrect is a crime against literacy.