Post #3276484

2026-05-26 21:01 UTC

The whole no fap thing is a great example of this, the entire belief of becoming closer to [insert greater power here] by [denial to the point of personal torment specifically mitigated by repeating short phrases] is so entirely orthodox theology that it's wild

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@stavvers@masto.ai 2026-05-26 21:03

And it's probably hard for westerners to see it because their strain of Christianity is much less ascetic (literally lads, stopping chocolate for lent or eating fish on a Friday is baby mode) and definitely doesnt have the same loading as it does in eastern orthodoxy, where it's *central*

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@sinvega@mas.to 2026-05-26 21:10

@stavvers@masto.ai we call that con virgin evolution

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@ProcessParsnip@mastodon.ie 2026-05-26 21:21

@stavvers@masto.ai whoa, this is all fascinating. I grew up Evangelical Free and definitely regard their tendency towards emotional self-flagellation and anti-happiness stance as 'Merican, but I agree there are different flavors of it. TBH anytime a religion regards separation from "the secular world" as being important to purity, they're 1) probably abusive and 2) totes vulnerable to being pwned

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