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teeceeinthewoods t1_iti2pwg wrote

Did about 5 minutes of research. This is something from some guy named Ted Robinson, also started with his wife Anna.

Looks like Ted is trying to repent for his sins of pornography, alcohol, tobacco, prostitutes, engaging in homosexual behavior, the list goes on and on.

Seems like this guy is doing a lot of work to pretend he isn't somebody who he is.

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MapleFlavoredBumhole t1_itj3re6 wrote

If you go the "resources" tab for their website, they list a bunch of books. At least two of them are pro-conversion therapy. I stopped looking after that in disgust, but yeah....super not chill people from the looks of it.

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CannedLuncheonMeat t1_itic124 wrote

> Seems like this guy is doing a lot of work to pretend he isn't somebody who he is.

There's a lot of that going around, lately. Funny how this guy is pitied for it, and people encouraging his processes are villified.

Yet in other recently tumultuous contexts where people are not accepting who they really are, they're strongly encouraged for it, and anyone taking pity on them is villified.

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mcCola5 t1_ithsd63 wrote

These types of religious groups are terrible. Claiming the solution to mental illnesses.

Religion can be good, for some, but this is dangerous. A religion needs to understand their place is outside of medicine and science.

People need therapy and medicine to deal with illness. Then a supportive social group like a church or whatever is great, but cannot be your solution.

As far as sexual orientation... religion needs to fuck right off on that. These people are living in the God damn stone ages.

Jesus loved unconditionally. If you want to help someone, don't judge them dont try to change them. Just help them. No preaching. Just kindness.

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DrGordonFreemanScD t1_itkx8ul wrote

Can you differentiate from mental illness, as opposed to just being fed up with the world? Because, quite frankly, I'm fed up with this world. I'm not physically, or mentally, ill. I'm just fed up. And the world isn't getting better, it's getting worse. Every single day.

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Thanks for listening :)

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mediumeasy t1_itsoox0 wrote

there's a podcast called Emerge that deals with the collective grief/psychotic break humanity is experiencing in the face of ecological and societal collapse. it was the first place i heard the conversation start from a place i felt was truthful and so i find the messages of hope and comfort very compelling from Daniel Thorson and his guests

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LJoVSjSbm5BV0XGZI5rnY?si=QSYODv3ZQ8qNB797i8iU_A

try this if anything i said appealed to you at all lol this episode starts really pedantic and mushmush but by the end it's like "is this what church is supposed to feel like or something? WOW"

otherwise there's memes

but no, you're probably not sick in the way you're asking imo

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monsterscallinghome t1_itl1buv wrote

Jesus? You mean the homeless, Jewish, Middle Eastern socialist who hangs out with lepers and whores? That Jesus?

These guys don't know him. They only know his asshole cousin, Supply-Side Jesus.

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teeceeinthewoods t1_iti35kx wrote

Who wants to go down there and dress up in Halloween costumes and march around? Seems like a great activity for a Sunday afternoon.

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Alternative_Minute93 t1_iths0j3 wrote

Confused about your sexuality? Come to this event and have it be even more confusing.

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Warm_Aspect_4079 t1_ithsyin wrote

Come to this event and don't just feel even more confused, feel downright ashamed!

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Alternative_Minute93 t1_itht3ob wrote

You still don’t know what it is, but atleast now you know you need to feel bad about it!

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IamSauerKraut t1_ithxue8 wrote

Depression! Anxiety! No doubt the Robinsons will increase that!

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dr_cl_aphra t1_iti1tcb wrote

Also… be set free from finding purpose? Wtf does that even mean?

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acfox13 t1_itig62d wrote

They'll tell you your purpose and you'll be happy about it, or else!

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phaenixx t1_ithlh73 wrote

“Casting Nets?” They’re saying the quiet part out loud again.

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New_Sun6390 t1_iti7qvl wrote

All this garbage on signs illegally posted on utility poles. That would be a $25 fine for each offense if LE would bother to do their jobs.

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maineff t1_itkqijq wrote

$100 I think the fine has to be collected upon complaint by the utility.

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DrGordonFreemanScD t1_itkxg7k wrote

It's easier to stop people for violating their speed box. More profitable, too.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_ithpk0m wrote

Alcoholic? Stop drinking! Depressed? Cheer up! Insomniac? Go to sleep! Not a heterosexual? Go love a heterosexual, for fuck's sake!

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xHospitalHorsex t1_itiu3kz wrote

As a Christian, thank you for tearing this stupid flyer down. These people don't know shit about Jesus.

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SheSellsSeaShells967 t1_itkngz3 wrote

I am going to work the phrase “don’t know shit about Jesus” into conversation as soon as possible.

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transmorgrifier t1_itj93zr wrote

The evangelists are the ones confused, not LGBTQIA+ people just living their lives.

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DrGordonFreemanScD t1_itkxrxs wrote

Worshipping a blind rabbit in the sky is rather silly, isn't it? Okay, it might as well be a blind rabbit...

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Wear_Overall t1_itk3926 wrote

Don’t know exactly why, but this post reminds me of a funny story. In the nascent days of this here World Wide Web (early ‘95), I lived with my cousin in a big artist loft. We were broke, so we’d go swipe the free AOL cd-Roms from the magazines at the newsstand to stay online. He was a PC guy and I’m a Mac guy and we each had our own phone lines, so we could both be online simultaneously. We would smoke a bunch of weed and go into evangelical chat rooms on AOL. One of us would play the priest and the other a crack head looking for redemption. We’d drag it out for hours, but inevitably the crack head’s description of crack euphoria would get the priest to fold and agree to leave the priesthood and try smoking crack. It would never work today, but in those days everyone was an internet noob. Those poor devout people would lose their damn minds as they watched the priest succumb to the dark side. We had a ton of fun.

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DrGordonFreemanScD t1_itky2me wrote

It would definitely work now. I don't see this world that you do where everyone has suddenly become savvy...

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Soggy_Requirement617 OP t1_ith8sru wrote

Husson* autocorrected to Hudson.

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priceless37 t1_ithwpti wrote

Hudson is close to Bangor

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_itkzml4 wrote

Yeah but don't you have to go though Orono, Old Town, then Alton to get to Hudson from Bangor?

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priceless37 t1_itlsgq2 wrote

and? Hudson is close to Bangor........Its not Houlton or Kittery..l.. Its almost like you need attention, like a child.

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_itlvgol wrote

Right, but there wouldn't be a power line in Bangor that is close to Hudson.

Why are you so hostile?

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priceless37 t1_itm8v23 wrote

What are you talking about? Hostile or no patience for idjits who just like to be a PITA?

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_itm92di wrote

How is asking a geography question being a pain in the ass?

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priceless37 t1_itmasp2 wrote

You didn’t ask a geography question, you made an asinine petty comment…….

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_itmsesq wrote

I don't see my comment as petty. I didn't mean for it to be. I'm genuinely sorry you took it that way. I was thinking that there probably wouldn't be a telephone pole in Bangor that could be reasonably worded as "Near Hudson" and was asking if I was wrong. Then you came in with the insults

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priceless37 t1_itmwjix wrote

A telephone pole in Hudson is reasonably close to Bangor…..It’s 4 towns away according to you. Where do you think people in Hudson shop? Bangor, not Houlton or Portland. In the state of Maine, 4 towns away is close by. So your comment came off as petty and picky.

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_itmzwwc wrote

I live across the swamp from Hudson and work in Bangor. It's a 30 minute drive. 20 if you take the interstate. I'm aware.

Now, do you want picky? Because I can get picky. People in this area mostly shop in either Orono or Old Town,depending on if they prefer IGA or Hannaford for their daily essentials. There may be a weekly trip to Wal-Mart in Bangor and I'll give you that

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priceless37 t1_itn18jo wrote

So according to you they shop in Bangor once a week….. that would be shopping in Bangor. If you work in Bangor, good chance you shop in Bangor. There are no big box stores or malls in old town or Orono…. So they shop in Bangor. Keep being petty, you are proving my point

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TheGrandLemonTech t1_itj9sz7 wrote

Ugh, I looked up casting nets. What kind of "church" has an online merch store? I swear Evangelicals and Baptists give me the creeps.

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Guygan t1_itmtuwv wrote

> What kind of "church" has an online merch store?

My sweet summer child....

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Zxar t1_itj31db wrote

Saw one in Lewiston last week or so too.

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CoastalSailing t1_itjnaml wrote

Idk, might be a good place to go cruising.

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boomajohn20 t1_itko14f wrote

“Be set free …… from finding purpose.”

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SobeysBags t1_itksu6j wrote

Wait, conversion therapy is not illegal in the USA?

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Guygan t1_itmtppu wrote

Not under federal law. Some states have made it illegal.

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ENGFRAGERM t1_itjqy41 wrote

But teachers can do it lol

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beentheredonethatlou t1_itkuee3 wrote

But if you tore it down is that what America is about now? No one is allowed THEIR own opinions?

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GwynnethPoultry t1_itkxs2c wrote

You are giving out much more information about the event for people to go check out the organisation than that telephone pole would have ever reached. Why not tear it off the pole, pat yourself on the back, and keep it moving rather than help people be aware of the event?

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Kissfan07 t1_itks2w0 wrote

Would you tear down a pride rally flyer?

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Ebomb1 t1_itiw377 wrote

They're not curing gender identity confusion too? Weak-ass sauce from this so-called youth group.

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92-pounds-of-man t1_itkiisk wrote

Awfully closed-minded of you for never having met or spoken to any of them.

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AppexRedditor t1_ithnzyt wrote

I don't think that's an appropriate response.

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bugdude666 t1_ithoawj wrote

What is the appropriate response?

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AppexRedditor t1_itj10cv wrote

Allow others to voice themselves? Idk, it just seems like ripping down someone else's poster is childish.

Edit: spelling

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Erulastiel t1_itjjfxd wrote

These people advocate for conversion therapy. They don't need a platform to harm others with.

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bugdude666 t1_itjoo3q wrote

I’m totally fine with people voicing their opinions. They just have to realize that sometimes other people will voice their opinions back and not go all shocked pikachu when they’re called an asshole.

As for this flyer? I’m not a fan of child abuse, which is what conversion therapy is. That goes beyond what I find acceptable as an opinion.

E: since it wasn’t apparent, this flyer deserves to be taken down. This is abuse. I want to believe that my state will not be ok with fliers that promote hate, like this.

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KnightsOfREM t1_itir3ee wrote

Oh boy, testimonies, be still my beating fucking heart, what if something happened to a person

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Carolina-Hurricanes1 t1_itilxoi wrote

Torn down of course because i have the mentality of a child.

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LiveFree_NeverDie603 t1_itiy975 wrote

I’m kind with this guy . I think every thing in that poster is fucked up and that person is a moron…. However, I think it’s even more fucked up that you took it down. Let the brainwashable go get brainwashed. Or leave it up for people to go fuck with this numb skull. But you had no right to remove it cause your sensitivity.

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weakenedstrain t1_itizko6 wrote

Akshully, the assholes who put it up on the utility pole had no right putting it there. OP was literally doing public service, regardless of whether you agree with the poster itself.

Bonus points it was advocating some Sky Daddy religious hate

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StockBoston t1_itklysr wrote

He should come to Boston, they’re hung everywhere. All kinds of posters. Or would he only tear down the ones of his choice?

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MysticalTeamMember t1_itiswwt wrote

Child like response to a poster. Grow a pair OP

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weakenedstrain t1_itizpnc wrote

Childlike response to OP’s freedom of expression.

Grow a pair, MTM

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jihadgis t1_ither1s wrote

We are probably on the same “side” with respect to “evangelicals” and “sexual orientation confusion” but we are definitely not on the same page when it comes to freedom of speech and the marketplace of ideas. Tearing that down is pretty offensive.

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trunksshinohara t1_ithsl39 wrote

Tell me you don't understand what freedom of speech is. Without saying you don't understand what freedom of speech is.

Tearing the paper down is freedom of speech too.

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jihadgis t1_ithspyp wrote

No, it’s nihilistic and rude

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IamSauerKraut t1_ithybd3 wrote

What those pseudo-preachers offer is pretty damn rude, too.

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bugdude666 t1_ithp77h wrote

One could argue that posting the flyer in the first place is also very offensive. I’m not OP, but I’d probably have removed that flyer too. I am all for religious freedom and peoples freedom in general, but I grew up gay here and I’m fucking sick of this, because it comes at every angle. Conversion camps and similar are abuse. No argument. They are abuse. I understand why op had such a visceral response.

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IamSauerKraut t1_ithyj1x wrote

I'd leave the flyer alone because how many folks are gonna see it anyway? And of those, how many will attend the blessed event? If the number is anywhere above zero, I'd be surprised.

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bugdude666 t1_itis80c wrote

I envy your optimism.

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IamSauerKraut t1_itixpt0 wrote

It is now 7 hours before the appointed time... how many showed? Cannot find any coverage on it. Did they cancel due to lack of interest?

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Twerks4Jesus t1_ithsqyh wrote

So you're totally ok with lumping LGBT folks in with mental illness?

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bl1nd_r00573r t1_ithh5y7 wrote

So, you didn't appreciate the idea that others could read that and form their own opinion? FFS!

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bugdude666 t1_itho3le wrote

Is their opinion that it’s stupid and sexual orientation is inherent to a person?

I’m all for religious institutions helping with addiction, depression, suicidal ideation - it’s the last one that makes me go “nuh-uh”. Kids don’t need to be told that they’re wrong for loving who they love. This has conversion camp vibes and that’s really fucked up.

I don’t respect people who seek to put down other people for being who they are.

E: I really don’t care if you downvote me, buddy, I just want an eloquent argument. Stick to your guns ffs

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StockBoston t1_itklv0e wrote

There’s no more freedom of speech. I mean if this said opposite he probably would’ve photo copied and hung more lol😂

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