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Welcome to the exchristian community! We strive to provide a safe space for anyone looking to leave the religion or seek comfort while dealing with the fallout from leaving. This site was originally hosted on reddit before the ~~Great~~ Minor Exodus of 2023.

You can find a related exchristian community on Discord.

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[–] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In glad you found us! We're pretty quiet at the moment, not enough people to really boost the community and I can only do so much. But the more people make the transition the better of we'll be!

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I followed you here from Reddit mate! Your post after the mod changes (that I can't seem to find now) turned me on to Lemmy generally. It took that most recent change to shake me loose from Reddit but I've been lurking here for a bit. Let's get this sub going. :)

[–] investorsexchange@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do we need an ex-Reddit support group too, now?

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 16 points 2 years ago

Yes probably.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Going by the !reddit@lemmy.world community: Yes. People need to just let it go.

[–] investorsexchange@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

I know what you mean. But given that you’re on !exchristian, I assume you know how hard it is to just let things go.

[–] Slappula@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know this must be a tough transition. I will pray for you.

/s

[–] bobby_hill@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

👆

What the priest says before molesting the altar boy.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pray for me. I think you're all supposed to touch my head and pray incoherently now, right?

also /s hopefully obviously.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't forget the anointing with oil.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh yeah. Don't forget the oil.

That reminds me. Did you hear about this a few years ago? Scam involving a "miraculous" oil Bible.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 11 points 2 years ago

Welcome! We're still small, but Lemmy will come into its own.

[–] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Good for you, you are no longer shackled to mass data collection, and walled garden social media. Welcome to the fediverse, please enjoy your stay.

[–] just_squanch_it@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah! I'm glad you found us here!

[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

It’ll take a bit to get used to an environment where disagreements don’t have to become arguments, and simple misunderstandings aren’t personal attacks.

It’s nice when people give each other the benefit of the doubt.

Welcome to Lemmy, and good luck!

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi! I used to frequent the atheist community boards over there. It’s lower traffic here, obviously, but there’s a distinct lack of people who come confidently charging in with yet another Kalam argument that they heard last Sunday and that absolutely without a doubt proves god exists. I suspect that part of it is that lemmy on the whole is more difficult to get running (picking an instance, which seems like a bigger deal than it is, then having to sub to multiple communities with the same name/topic so you don’t miss out on conversations are both things that should be addressed).

Anyway, the community here is still small enough and bottom-up enough that we can make it into the kind of service we’d like to see.

[–] Cranakis@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Yes. Thank you. I'm here for it.

And I agree. I'm old and I sometimes pine for the old days on the Internet, when the dumber amongst us were effectively locked out.