u/Technical-Cable-1314

Hey everybody! I’m new to Reddit and this community!

I’ve always been wondering why my kingdoms, during war, like to kill off MOST of the ppl in villages, and then take over the village. Then, without a lot of intervention, the village will either have homelessness issues or eventually have 0 people. Sometimes, a kingdom just decides to kill everyone off completely and let the village turn blue (when looking from above) and crumple into ruins.

Also, this is for IOS/mobile users.

Hello everybody, I‘m new here!

I came today to talk about a few MAIN things

-How to get out of toxic environments

-Exploring my identity as LGBTQ+

-Exploring new sects of Christianity

-How to learn to forgive and treat everyone with respect

-Anything else that comes up!

ENJOYY bc this will be really long.. :(

I was born and raised in America. However, I was baptized a Greek Orthodox Christian and life was going good! I went to a local Greek school for K-8 and everyone had to be Greek. However, by the time middle school came, I noticed a lot of racism and toxicity towards people who were not Greek. In the Greek Orthodox enclaves, there are sometimes a lot of toxicity (gossip) towards its own members and racism towards anyone who really isn’t WHITE. For example, I was in 7th grade when a black helper (for special needs. Also I’m not sure if saying black is racist, please tell me!) came in to help one of my classmates, and they said “a monkey is climbing the hallway walls”. There were many other incidents, but they caused me to become more empathetic towards everybody, regardless of who they are.

- The point of this is to ask you guys if switching to a new sect (like Christian Universalism, which I think has two types), that is more progressive, would be better for me spiritually

I am also struggling with being a bi man as a teen. I used to be ace (I think because I did not really have any crushes), but now I love both women and men. I am also demisexual which means I need to get to know people deeply, before establishing a relationship. In the future, I want to love without being very lustful for my lover, and have sex after marriage. Is that okay? Or will I be damned for eternity like every toxic Christian in my church says? :(

- I would like to add I’m struggling with porn and I’m trying to get over it. However, it’s very hard and I’m depressed and losing the love I have for my life and God. Please don’t be mean in the comments but please pray for me!

One last paragraph! If you’re here, thanks so much buddy! I would like any suggestions as to where I can find progressive Christian communities that aren’t toxic, for teens like me (15). I also struggle with grammar, which makes me really insecure, so please don’t mind the grammar issues in my story!
- Should Christians really have political sides? I don’t think it’s wrong if you do, but I don’t think Jesus would? I used to be a leftist like my mom, but now I feel like I’m a centrist and want nothing to do with politics. I also feel that a lot of news outlets have bias and it makes me, a person who’s emotional, but also goes by facts sometimes, feel depressed because I don’t know what is true anymore.

- If you have any advice over any of the things I wrote in my tirade, please let me know.. I don’t know what to do.