What do you have a complicated relationships with?

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TinyViolins · 31-35, M

Political ideologies. I've always believed and continue to espouse that there is more than one side to a story. Most of the time, the truth lies somewhere in the middle of the noise we hear.

When I identify as a centrist, it draws ire from both extremes as they basically deny me any level of independent thought. In their eyes, I'm too far away from their values to be considered rational or impartial, even though I actively take the time to research claims and read articles from different sides of an issue.

This might not land well with many people, but there are facets of truth and virtue in both liberal and conservative takes. There are also a lot of radicalized tribalists on both sides. At the end of the day, I'd rather figure out what the actual facts are over which side is better or worse.

PromiseProtectionProvision · New

@4meAndyou Same here. Sometimes I feel my standards are to high, but I feel my morals are more important. I will leave it if things don't add up. Discernment can be hard to handle. I thonk I finally found my home church. The pastor is genuine, kind, humble and speaks the truth and most importantly he isn't manipulative. The previous church I attended felt off. And I could see through a lot of the charm. The day I was baptized the pastor was more concerned with the recording a video than the actual sacred moment of a person giving their life to Christ. He was also extremely short with the gal recording it and snapped at her. I attended a few more time and things just keot getting worse. It turned me off church for a long time. I continued reading the Bible and prayed a lot.

4meAndyou · F

@PromiseProtectionProvision Reading the Bible and praying when things are quiet at night is how I am maintaining. I no longer attend. I have decided the church I DID attend is wrong about a lot of things. Now, if the PEOPLE were uniformly kind and caring sorts, I might ignore the wrongness. But that is not the case.