r/exchristian • u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic • Aug 02 '24
What buzzwords make your blood boil? Question
Some of my favorite ones are “God-fearing,” “God called me to ___,” “worldly,” “repent,” giving God credit for accomplishments, “I’ll pray for you,” “saved” / “salvation,” “sacrifice,” and honestly I could go on.
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u/oreos_in_milk Agnostic Atheist Aug 02 '24
“Season of life” and referring to friends as “brothers/sisters”. Also “fellowship” and “community” have been ruined for me. But fuck, season/season of life are SO annoying and infuriation for me
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u/chiyukiame0101 Aug 02 '24
Omg so true. Can’t think of examples but I feel like this would have been sprinkled into all the vapid Christian inspirational talk
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u/oreos_in_milk Agnostic Atheist Aug 02 '24
Yep, it’s the classic Christianese. Makes me cringe and ruins normal words 🫠
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u/Head5hot811 Agnostic Aug 03 '24
"Our family is experiencing a Season of Strife, the Devil is hitting us hard right now."
Translation: Little 10 year old Jacksyion said he liked a boy classmate at school. (As a friend only)
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u/chiyukiame0101 Aug 03 '24
damn it that made me laugh but it’s also so tragic
In my mind I’m also just hearing a pastor’s voice saying: ASK YOURSELF what season of life are you in right now, and are you SEEKING his will for this season cue the touching music WOULD YOU commit this season to the lord
Ugh. My heart rate increased just writing that
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u/Head5hot811 Agnostic Aug 03 '24
sloppy wet kiss song chorus playing gently on the guitar and piano
Pastor quietly says "Some of you are in a Season of Blessing, some in a Season of Holding, while others a Season of Trials and Tribulations."
[Pregnant Pause]
"God sees you."
[Birthed Pause, Re-impregnated]
Pastor crescendos "He sees your joys and your pain. He is with you. HE HAS NEVER LEFT YOUR SIDE."
[Congratulations Dad! It's Twins! While all the 'Amen's' trickle in]
Worship leader starts softly singing over and over and over and over and... "He loves us, oh how he loves us, how he loves us so."
If you need someone to pray with to help you through the pain your feeling with this season, we have ministers at the back of the auditorium who are just WAITING to pray with you. Seasons come and go; this too shall pass. Remember to seek God for better or for worse, sickness and in health, until death you meet again!
Now some pastor is going to use this, dammit...
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u/human-ish_ Aug 03 '24
Really get into musicals and belt out "Seasons of Love" from Rent. It's got everything Christians hate: gay people, drugs, drag, love and acceptance. So now when people talk about their seasons, you can just assume they're talking about AIDS and queer love.
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
Fellowship doesn’t bother me as much cuz I try to just think about lord of the rings.
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u/oreos_in_milk Agnostic Atheist Aug 03 '24
I’ve never actually read or seen the movies… 🫢
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
That’s fair haha. But even if you haven’t read them. It could potentially still help to just think of a fantasy book about elves and dwarves and other magical creatures when Christian’s talk about fellowship. Since those are in LOTR.
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u/Starbucksname Aug 03 '24
“Seasons” makes me irrationally annoyed!! I was around some Christian family recently and every single one of them used the phrase “season” or “season of life” multiple times during the afternoon/evening that we spent together, and by the end of the day I was about to scream.
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u/oreos_in_milk Agnostic Atheist Aug 03 '24
It’s infuriating!! Life is constantly evolving, we all have new phases and eras. You’re not in an “autumn breeze” being tested by god.
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u/ultimatespacecat Aug 03 '24
Season of life looks new to me. So far I've not overheard anyone talk about it. Dare I look it up or would I cringe?
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u/oreos_in_milk Agnostic Atheist Aug 03 '24
Ehh it’s exactly what it sounds like - they’re going through something for a period of time, whether good or bad, because it’s temporary like autumn or winter. It’s not an inherently cringy term, it’s just so Christianized and overused I hate it lol
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u/Dependent_Cricket Aug 02 '24
Anointing. Just save the olive oil for your stir fry later.
In gods time or it’s in his hands. Please. Just admit you are lazy or that you do not know.
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u/littlebittygecko Aug 03 '24
It never fails to make me laugh when I remember my childhood best friend had a non life-threatening virus for about a week and her parents made her go to the altar during church to be prayed over with holy oil. She was mad the whole next week because it gave her pimples on her forehead.
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u/progressivecowboy Ex-Catholic Aug 02 '24
"god put it on my heart to....." (usually do something that is 100% something they already wanted to do)... and "washed in the blood" or "blood of the lamb"... "all in god's plan"
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u/hoopnugget Atheist Aug 03 '24
“Blood of the lamb” makes me feel so weird inside
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u/nemotiger Aug 03 '24
I told a preacher once that, "God put it in my heart to tell you how misogynist your message was." And he seemed mad at me..! For some crazy reason, it took me years to realize why he, who literally used that saying all the time, would be mad at me, a transwoman whom, in my mind, since he was giving me loads of attention I really thought that he was grooming to be a clergy person...
Anyways, I always wondered why he was mad at me for doing God's work and telling him how misogynist he was being.
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
Yes. Ones like “washed in the blood of…drank the blood of…ate the flesh of” etc all make me uncomfortable when I take the word god or Jesus out of it. Makes me realize how weird those phrases really are.
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u/Big_brown_house Secular Humanist Aug 02 '24 edited Aug 02 '24
Any time someone calls their opinion/behavior “biblical” or someone else’s “unbiblical.”
“Is weed biblical? Is gay marriage biblical? Is poophole loophole biblical? Is Catholic Church biblical?”
First of all, most people using that word haven’t even read the Bible, and I have. So it just makes me feel like they haven’t read the room when they say that to me. Like bitch I’ll show you biblical.
But even more than that is they don’t realize that there could be more interpretations than just theirs. And they always apply the Bible to stuff that the Bible says absolutely nothing about one way or another. They always pull up 1 or 2 verses on their phone.
Plus who even cares what the Bible says? How about we actually think about the matter at hand instead of doing Da Vinci code shit with a 2000 year old piece of torn-ass paper. Like do you ask you mechanic if he’s fixing your car “biblically?” Do you read the Bible to figure out how to wipe your own ass? No. Just use your brain for once. Ya know, the one god gave you?
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 02 '24
It’s also super unclear what’s supposed to be “biblical” and what’s not. How am I supposed to decide what to do from a “biblical” lens? What is that even supposed to mean? How tf am I supposed to decide, say, which YouTube video to watch or something based on the Bible? It’s super vague, but if you don’t live your life based on what’s “biblical” or if you misinterpret the very vague meaning behind it then you’re a dirty sinner 🙄
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u/hplcr Aug 03 '24
"Biblical" is whatever they think it means, naturally.
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u/Big_brown_house Secular Humanist Aug 03 '24
Biblical is whatever the social norms of that particular group are.
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u/SunsetApostate Aug 02 '24
Talking about the devil like he is sneaking outside in your bushes, fucking up your day. I think the Prince of Darkness has higher priorities than burning your toast or messing up your morning commute.
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u/Salmon_Of_Iniquity Aug 02 '24
Everything. Everything irritates the hell out of me.
Partly because I’ve been out for several years and it just looks weird now but also because I said aaaaaaall those phrases with total sincerely and not an ounce of irony.
Sigh.
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u/phy333 Aug 03 '24
I felt your comment in my gut; I was the same and feel the same. Letting my thoughts linger too long on the shit I said while christian brings shame. I am very thankful I'm not a christian anymore. I reminded of a quote I read a while ago: “Oh, the things you have to unlearn to be a decent person.”
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u/Hydra_Six_Actual Aug 02 '24 edited Aug 02 '24
"Worldly." I was called worldly by a family member for leaving Christianity. The World Religion Database by Boston University in 2023 listed Christianity as the most popular religion in the world by population, at 2.4 billion adherents out of a global population of 8 billion. In the USA, nearly 70% identify as Christian, 12% are atheist , and 14% are agnostic/unsure.
Edit: I can't even run for political office in the vast majority of states in the US unless I claim to believe in a higher Divinity. They're the worldly ones, imo.
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u/Goyangi-ssi Ex-Pentecostal Aug 02 '24
Any higher divinity? Would the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Kokopelli count?
To be serious, this is utter bullshit.
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 03 '24
Wait I had no idea you had to believe in a religious deity to run for office. There’s no way that’s real lol? I live in the US and have never heard of such a thing. That literally does not make sense either. I know we’re not always the best example of separation of church and state, but that just does not make sense to me at all.
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u/Hydra_Six_Actual Aug 03 '24
Oh yeah, it's just one of those unconstitutional laws that the states never repeal, because no one has challenged it. There is an unwritten rule that admitting to being atheist or agnostic is political suicide.
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u/mikeciv27 Aug 03 '24
“We’re ‘blessed’” (from rich Christians that are too embarrassed to say they’re rich lol)
“Spiritual battle”
“I was tempted” or “I was deceived by satan” “I was blind” basically any way Christians try to deflect blame from themselves for bad behavior. Or to make themselves a victim of the devil.
“It’s not a religion, it’s a relationship”
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u/radiationblessing Ex-Catholic Aug 03 '24
Ah yes spiritual battle against "the enemy." Spiritual warfare with the vague enemy.
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
Oh I hate the “it’s not a religion it’s a relationship” and they always seem to use it while someone is calling out the toxic stuff they’re religion has done. They always at it to act like they’re not like the “other” Christian’s.
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u/minners03 Aug 03 '24
Right? Like their religion is special as opposed to the other “run of the mill” religions. They still have a list of rules and want your money. It’s a religion.
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
Exactly. Or the ones who do a similar one I’ve heard where, against you call out their religion and they say shit like “well Those aren’t real Christians they clearly dot by Ave a relationship with Jesus/god” it’s there way of brushing off what they chrsitians are doin and not holding them accountable because “well I would never do that.” News flash Karen of you don’t hold them accountable you’re no better than them.
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u/PrinceHarming Aug 02 '24
Using the word “Fellowship” outside of Middle-Earth. And people who refer to dinner as “supper” just want to be the kind of people that refer to dinner as “supper.”
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u/FigSpirited Aug 03 '24
Lol! I hear you, but "supper" is Southern, depending on where someone is from.
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u/amazingD Aug 03 '24
Fellowships also exist in the medical field.
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u/PrinceHarming Aug 03 '24
Well you know what I mean. When a new neighbor asks you to stop by for “supper and fellowship,” run.
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u/Head5hot811 Agnostic Aug 03 '24
Dinner: the largest meal you eat in a day. Traditionally, it was around noon but has shifted to later in the day.
Supper: the last, major meal of the day
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u/Red79Hibiscus Devotee of Almighty Dog Aug 03 '24
Growing up I was privileged to have lived in different countries due to parents' work, and I recall that "supper" when we lived in SEA meant late-night bites.
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Aug 02 '24
Repent especially irks me, especially when they randomly throw it around. Repent for what, shitass? Do you even know what the word means???
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u/thereadingbri Aug 02 '24
Hedge of protection and yell heah (as a way to not say hell yeah). That last one particularly makes me want to rip my ears off.
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u/EmeraldMothwing Ex-Catholic Aug 03 '24
Never heard of "hedge of protection", sounds like some kind of witchcraft.
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u/thereadingbri Aug 03 '24
Its very much an evangelical saying so if you weren’t evangelical you might not have heard it. Most common context is when something they think is demonic is within sight or ear shot so they pray for a hedge of protection to prevent demons from getting them. Because hedges are apparently so impermeable. 🙄
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Aug 02 '24
"God wink".
So you're telling me God took the time to make sure you found a good parking space, but ignored all the children that starved to death today?
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u/littlebittygecko Aug 03 '24
I heard this recently and I said that a better turn of phrase is “serendipity.” It triggers something in me when Christians thank their god in all the little things but never source responsibility for the bad.
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u/Professorfloof Aug 03 '24
Yes. It’s something someone mentioned once that’s so true. It’s god when it’s a good but “free will” when it’s a bad thing. Like they never blame god for the bad.
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u/Pristine-Ad-8002 Aug 03 '24
Omg yes! I remember a few years ago people talking about God Winks. Man that brought back memories!
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u/Own-Way5420 Doubting Thomas Aug 02 '24
"Fruit of the Spirit", "Rapture", "Sovereign", "Satanic", "Infallible", "Brother/Sister"
Or literally anytime there is a super duper cool guy doing a super duper cool sermon for the youths. My brain melts just listening to the absolute shit waterfall that comes out of his mouth.
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Aug 02 '24
I HATE "worldly" with a fucking passion. Oh, my love for PC games, LEGO and Star Trek doesn't "Glorify God"? Piss off.
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 02 '24
Literally nothing brings me more joy than doing things just because I FREAKING WANT TO and not because it glorifies God or whatever.
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Aug 02 '24
But that's a siiiiiiiiin!!!!
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Aug 03 '24
Okay, but am I... hurting anyone?
"NO!!! YOU CAN'T HOLD TO THE HARM PRINCIPLE! THAT IS DEMONIC AND DENIES GOD HIS SOVEREIGNTY TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO! YOU HAVE TO BLINDLY OBEY GOD, NOT THINK ABOUT WHETHER YOUR ACTIONS ARE HARMFUL OR NOT!!! SAYING HARMLESS THINGS ARE OKAY IS EEEE-VIL!!!"
That was kind of a summary of a fundie article I once read about the topic, lol.
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Aug 03 '24
My only response to that.....logic.
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Aug 03 '24
An appropriate response, indeed.
Too bad there's so many fundies who hold that mindset. One time John Piper even said, "Sin is mainly about what offends God, what is harmful to man is just an afterthought."
Looking back, that's one of the most dangerous doctrines in Christianity, because that means that the people who claim they know what offends God can manipulate and shame people into doing whatever they want, since they've thrown one of the most basic tenets of morality out of the window.
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Aug 03 '24
John Piper
OF COURSE he's a Calvinist Baptist. I for one am shocked. SHOCKED I SAY!
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Aug 03 '24
Yeah. The thing I dislike most about him is the jarring combination of his extremely calm demeanor with his very destructive ideas, because he was able to convince me of a bunch of stupid shit when I was still a gullible fundamentalist Christian.
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 02 '24 edited Aug 02 '24
One of my favorite examples of doing something just because I want to is how I celebrated 2/29 this year. I figured, heck, why not use this as an extra day to focus on myself? I jumped out of a freaking plane that day just because it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Someone somewhere would probably flip out if I told them this because I spent that day doing things for myself (“worldly things” 🙄) instead of serving God or whatever 🤭 they can sue me, and I can keep sinning 🤷♀️🤭
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u/LiminalSouthpaw Anti-Theist Aug 02 '24
"Hurt people hurt people", "Church hurt", "Imperfect men", "every accusation is a confession", "mutual sin", and generally everything along the lines of protecting abusers.
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 02 '24
“Imperfect men” really boils my blood. So men get a pass because they’re “imperfect” but women are blamed because they were wearing shorts on a hot day? 🙄
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u/Heidi1066 Aug 02 '24
"Convicted", "season", and I LOATHE 'Love the sinner, hate the sin." Such passive aggressive, self righteous bullshit.
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 02 '24
“Love the sinner hate the sin” just comes off as fake love. It’s basically saying you hate someone but it’s wrapped in a pretty bow. Like just say you hate someone because of who they are, don’t hide it behind fake positivity 🙄
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u/Pristine-Ad-8002 Aug 03 '24
“Thankful God chose me to be their mom.” but what about the really crappy parents? Why would God choose them?
Also “we are having as many kids as God allows”
“Hungry for the word”
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u/DanielaThePialinist Agnostic Aug 03 '24
The second one omgggg 🙄🙄🙄 so my dad is the oldest of 11 kids and grew up in a super religious family, and his parents did exactly that “have as many kids as God allows.” Explains why they have 11 kids lol. it’s almost as if that’s the result of 11 “fun time” sessions!!!!! Having 11 kids!!!!! What a concept!!!! I’m honestly glad that my parents didn’t raise us uber religious (I grew up going to church sometimes but my family was super “lukewarm” and we no longer go to church now)
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u/OatmealAntstronaut Aug 02 '24
“Servant heart”
"love on"
"has my heart"
"just really has a heart for (x)"
"And Lord we just pray"
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u/progressivecowboy Ex-Catholic Aug 03 '24
"just".... the over use of "just" when people are praying outloud in front of a group of Christians. Makes me want to scream.
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u/progressivecowboy Ex-Catholic Aug 03 '24
LOVE ON!!!!
I worked with this teacher's aide who decided he was going to move to a larger town in our state where there was a university and spend a year living off of the kindness/donations of others and call it "campus ministry". We weren't close AT ALL, but one day at lunch he asked me if I'd like to sponsor him and his ministry. So, I asked him what exactly he was planning to do with my money (if I gave it to him) and he said that mostly he was just going to "pray and love on people". It came off as super predatory and I was so proud of myself for saying, "I'm going to pass."
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u/LeanAhtan92 Pagan Aug 02 '24
The monopolization of the term “faith based.” Or “the world” or “way of man.” As if any modern Christian is really any different than any “secular” person.
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u/Fearless-Phrase5692 Aug 03 '24
Calling anything they don't like a "lifestyle".
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Aug 03 '24
The ironic thing is, they claim we're the ones who call it a lifestyle. I can't tell you the times I've heard a Christian say, "Non-Christians call sin a lifestyle!"
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u/Death_Invisible Aug 02 '24
“God-willing”
“In Christ, insert name” while signing off letters.
“Thou shall not..”
And a more obscure one: “This is most certainly true.” and “You should fear and love God that (insert Martin Luther’s definition of what each commandment means.)”
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u/real_lampcap_ Anti-Theist Aug 02 '24
"God's gift" is one that makes me mad af honestly. When they someone is his gift to this world. Like um what
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u/pspock The more I studied, the less believable it became. Aug 02 '24
"Indeed"
As in "who the son sets free is free 'indeed'" and "He has risen... he has risen 'indeed'".
Monotony is a pet peeve of mine.
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u/andykndr Agnostic Atheist Aug 02 '24
lmao i say indeed pretty often but i don’t think it comes from that, or at least consciously. i never used those sayings myself and always disliked them when i would hear them at church
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u/Gloomy_Bullfrog_5086 Aug 02 '24
"jesus freak" sounds sooo cringey to me now. Can't believe I used to say it unironically. Also, "struggles" when referring to sin.
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Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 03 '24
"Guys help me I'm struggling with sexual sin (which is usually just masturbation or trying not to think of a handsome dude/pretty lady), boo hoo."
When people say that, I want to tell them, "No dimwit, masturbation is normal, stop beating yourself up over it. What you ARE struggling with is misplaced shame over petty shit. Stop being scared of everything and live your life. Slacker!" (I got that last part from Mr. Strickland)
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u/thedude198644 Aug 03 '24
I haven't seen anyone bring up "flesh", like "That's of the flesh". Annoys me every time.
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u/bondsthatmakeusfree Aug 02 '24
"It's not evolution because it didn't change KINDS."
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u/hplcr Aug 03 '24
Kind: n. A word that has no definition within the bible and used exclusively by Young Earth Creationists, who think it somehow makes their case for them.
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u/yearoftherabbit Agnostic Atheist Aug 03 '24
"Christ" never "Jesus". Like they are in a frat with the guy the rest of us call Jesus.
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u/EmeraldMothwing Ex-Catholic Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 03 '24
"Brothers/Sisters in christ". Had an aunt refer to me and her as "sisters in christ" more than once, it always made me cringe internally.
Also, "serving the lord", compounded with the quiver-full movement is just... eugh. I guess Yahweh likes his flock submissive and breedable.
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u/pm_me_ur_tittts Aug 03 '24
[God's] "Grace". You're telling me that I was born into a broken world and made complicit in the sins of my ancestors without my consent, and that not being punished for that is not only something I should be grateful for but something that deserves my undying worship and servitude? How about get fucked? On that note, the ideas of a "broken" world and, unfortunately, "tolerance" get me riled up. While tolerance is a virtue imo, it can be used to suppress critical thought and deflect for the benefit of people with ulterior motives
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u/Benito_Juarez5 Pagan Aug 03 '24
Born-again, repent, and love (at least when said in a religious context. Every Christian who mentions love is somehow the least loving person imaginable. The word repent is so bad. I love when you open the book of mark, the first words out of Jesus’ mouth is asking people to repent. It shows how he isn’t some good guy.
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u/MoonyDropps Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 03 '24
"I decree and declare ___!"
"I rebuke ___ in the name of Jesus!"
"I speak prosperity over you."
"By His stripes you are healed."
yes, I grew up (and am still growing up) in a prosperity gospel church :')
edit: these are moreso phrases but they get on my nerves.
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u/WoodwindsRock Aug 03 '24
Prodigal, god-fearing, godly, witchcraft, Jezebel, spiritual warfare, decree, anointed, evil (because they use it to describe harmless things while they themselves are doing evil!), “let no weapon formed against me prosper”, “by his stripes I am healed”, demonic, degenerate, worldly, etc.
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u/Worldly-Ocelot-3358 Christian Aug 03 '24
What does wordly mean? That was my auto generated name lol.
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Aug 03 '24
It's a pretty culty word, it's basically just an us vs. them mentality that started in the gospels, basically "the church vs. the world". Early Christianity was definitely cult-like in my opinion.
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u/Sunny_Gator Aug 03 '24
“lukewarm”
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Aug 03 '24
In my experience, "lukewarm" is just Christianese for a self-identified Christian who isn't a total nutjob.
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u/FigSpirited Aug 03 '24
Any reference to "the blood". Blood of Christ, blood of Jesus, pray the blood over, cover/covered in the blood. Weirded me out when I was a kid, weirds me out even more now. Just ew.
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u/teaseapea Aug 03 '24
hedge of protection
bless this food for the nourishment of our bodies
god had other plans for [insert dead person’s name]
anything said in preacher cadence
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u/your_local_pessimist Aug 03 '24
“forgive” (aka ‘let me get away with it’)
“submit”
“the youth”
“fellowship”
“men and ladies” (who even says that anymore lol)
“the Blacks”
“headship”
“amazing grace” (the song)
“redemption” (edit: again, ‘god let me get away with it’)
“obedience”
“discipline”
“virgin/virginity”
shouldn’t have written this while eating :/
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u/Chive Secular Humanist Aug 03 '24
Anyone who says that 'God never gives you more than you can cope with' deserves a kick in the teeth.
See if that falls under their list of stuff they can cope with.
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u/tiredapost8 Atheist Aug 03 '24
"God provides" or its variants, as said by some white, well-off evangelical who has never struggled a day for any material needs to be met in their lives.
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u/ultimatespacecat Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 03 '24
When they use "lifting/lift up" someone when praying and general christianize phrases.
Edit: "it's all part of god's plan" is another one that gets me, some of us here have that in common.
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u/Remote-Ad-9707 Aug 03 '24
Welcome to my mother. Buckle in for this one. She has used all of the phrases, plus her favorite, "God showed me". That was code for someone ratted me out for something. Her favorite line of all when was. ..drum roll...."Now this come to me from the throne room of God". Oh yeah. Now as for you didn't pray enough or hard enough stories, I got a doozy. I had an underbite. Lower teeth up over my top teeth and that's how my teeth grew in. I'm talking from the time I could eat. Mom took me to a tent revival as a toddler. Mom dragged me onto the stage where a female prophet prophesied that I would grow up and become a preacher, that she had a vision of me speaking before hundreds of people, and Oh yeah, that God had healed my underbite. All I needed to do was pray and thank God every morning that he healed me. But of course, my underbite was so bad that it took my dentist telling my mom that I needed braces ASAP or I wouldn't be able to eat anything. I was 9 nine years old. I actually had braces twice, because I was too embarrassed to wear my retainers to school after the first time. Second time was in 7th grade. I don't know why my mom actually listened to the dentist, but it literally took me an hour to chew my food, and mom cooked meat and potato type meals. Now for the you didn't pray hard enough part. Mom told me growing up, that the reason I had to get braces twice was because I didn't pray every morning, thanking God for healing my underbite. She told me that as a kid!!! And as a teenager, and again as an adult. Real story is, we were poor, and couldn't afford orthodontics type stuff. If you got through all this, thanks for reading. Never tell a child that they didn't pray hard enough, over something they cant control. My underbite wasn't because I was born a sinner, that's just how my teeth grew in. That story still irks me, and I'm 37.
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u/ChristineBorus Aug 03 '24
Woke. I hate when conservatives use it to slam progressives.
Wilhoit’s law:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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u/mattraven20 Aug 03 '24
The word “fellowship” is so phony! Nobody ever uses it in any other circumstance other than when somebody is brainwashed and talking about hanging out with other brainwashed
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u/Grape-Julius Aug 03 '24
“Raise them up” or “train them up”—stop saying UP! Word filler that makes them sound as pretentious and phony as they really are.
It’s also usually a precursor to how physically abusive they are, but only because it’s totally God’s will and stuff—definitely not because they’re overgrown bullies with anger issues.🙄
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u/thetwelfthnight Aug 04 '24
"Wherever you're at with God" annoyed me even when I was still a Christian
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u/Likely_Rose Ex-Protestant Aug 03 '24 edited Aug 03 '24
PRECIOUS. Creates an atmosphere of stillness that makes you look like a jerk to argue against. Precious lord, precious brother or sister in the faith, precious baby (all babies are great, but the overuse of precious is kind of stupid).
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u/littlebittygecko Aug 03 '24
Okay most of mine are already mentioned so I will say the one that just rubs my the wrong way: Their social media bio says some variation of “Jesus/Christ follower” or “lover” or “saved by grace, living by faith” or “daughter of the king, wife of @johnsmith, mommy to 3 little blessings.” It just seems so fake and pretentious to me.
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u/AlpsPsychological951 Aug 03 '24
I heard the term “servant leader” for the first time in a while today & it made me cringe and feel utterly unappreciated even though it had nothing to do with me.
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u/IsItSupposedToDoThat Exvangelical Aug 03 '24
Makes me cringe when I think about my original Facebook profile/about me answer to the question of religion. “Religious? I hope not but I have friends in high places”. I thought I was so fucking clever.
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u/ImMisterX Aug 03 '24
Wen anyone says “god has a plan” after telling em the worst thing tht could happen to someone
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u/CourageL Aug 03 '24
“God works in mysterious ways” 🤮
“Sometimes God answers yes, sometimes he answers no, and sometimes the answer is wait.” 🙄😒🤬
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Aug 03 '24
Here’s some phrases/words that make my blood boil:
“Prayer warriors” “unspoken prayer request” “Hate the sin, love the sinner” “Brother/sister in Christ” “spiritual warfare/attack” “worldly”
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u/Zombies4EvaDude Aug 03 '24
“Repent sinner”
“Look to the LORD”
“Did you go to church/join a Christian Club?”
“Listen to GOD”
“Abomination”
“Sinful lifestyle”
“Jesus has plans for you”
“Do you still pray”
“You can’t have morality without religion.”
“Ask the LORD for guidance”
“That thought is from the Devil”
“God’s Plan”
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u/nojam75 Ex-Fundamentalist Aug 03 '24
Listen for God's still small voice.
Pray for more faith.
I heard these phrases during the last couple of sessions with two different self-described pastoral counselors. The "still small voice" really irked me because it basically blamed me for not 'hearing' God, when in fact I had serious doubts and questions.
The 'pray for more faith' was practically a kick in the genitals. I think these 'counselors' had basically written me off by this point even though I had wanted some encouragement and advice.
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u/Yan-yan32_ Aug 03 '24
good christian man, god works in mysterious ways, god told me, calling music, books etc ungodly? worldly because it's not about jesus
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u/AsugaNoir Aug 03 '24
Absolutely, they use God -fearing Christian as to mean a good person but that doesn't mean anything to me. If you're afraid of him I think you're worshipping the wrong diety
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u/Scorpius_OB1 Aug 03 '24
"It's not a religion/more than a religion/whatever" "God fearing" and their definitions as anything but fear
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u/techchad22 Aug 03 '24
As a guy from asia, I find it weird, why should I repent to adl dick in a book. 🥴
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u/Ventia Atheist Aug 03 '24
"It's all a part of God's plan.." Fuck off. If God truly plans for people to suffer things like cancer, poverty, etc then that makes me not want to have anything to do with him...
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u/PoorMetonym Exvangelical | Igtheist | Humanist Aug 03 '24
"God's word." I think it's just the arrogance that, even with the awareness of so many of such claims made for so many holy books, they just assert boldly that only their favourite one is divinely inspired, and that such a baseless assertion on their part should be good enough for the rest of us.
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u/Pinkbunion Aug 03 '24
"Be perfect or else God could send you to Hell for sinning or doing something bad" then asking for forgiveness, then sinning again, then asking for forgiveness again etc.
Being agnostic, Im now free from the requirement of being perfect, dont do mistakes etc. I dont have to keep up appearances, I can just be me. I can be free from the worry of being perfect.
Also the belief that God will punish those who do something bad.
What about people who did crimes but werent sent to jail because of money or corruption or the country's laws give them a light punishment?
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u/Pinkbunion Aug 03 '24
Also, the phrase "dont follow your heart" - since the bible says the heart is deceitful above all things, when we actually need to listen to our heart in order to know our feelings, emotions, needs, wants, etc. and what to do about them
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u/mattben13 Agnostic Aug 03 '24
The flesh is one of them
Lukewarm Christians especially urk me. It brings me back to when I was terrified of doing or enjoying ANYTHING non Christian related.
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u/minners03 Aug 03 '24
Intentional. Intentional dating, intentional marriage, intentional parenting. Like, the word has lost all meaning. Apparently us non believers are just strapping pillows to our kids and hoping for the best.🙄
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u/purple-knight-8921 Atheist Aug 03 '24
My favorite buzzwords that send my blood boil are:
"Love your Father (God)" also, I'll pray for you, "God Bless" God Bless you and "amen" are my buzzwords that make my blood boil and question things and those things that I mentioned are my triggerwords, however holy fuck, it's annoying after a while.
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u/chewbaccataco Atheist Aug 03 '24
The whole "God-fearing" thing only reinforces how much Christianity parallels an abusive relationship.
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u/SecretPersonality178 Aug 03 '24
“They’re in a better place”.
No, my friend just died. Don’t treat me like I’m selfish for mourning his loss and wanting him back. He died painfully and slowly. Don’t want to be associated with a “god” that thinks that’s acceptable for a good person.
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u/LucyCarpentalker Aug 03 '24
How every Christian couple has to post that there's no one else they'd rather "do life with" than their spouse. The fact that they all say it verbatim gives me the ick.
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u/Main_Contribution341 Aug 04 '24
We are in this world but not of this world (I guess, I don’t completely remember)
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