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Devotion however.....

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Dismantle snake

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don't try to dimantle us. we already are, we just need some repairs

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Lowborn was an excellent farewell imo (though admittedly bittersweet), I thought they went out on top pretty well

Think I might like this just a teensy bit less than NTFP? Still really good tho

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That is understandable

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Wait till you get to new surrender and become immeasurably disappointed

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Unless you like weird bipolar Armageddon vibes and understand what a red priest is. I am still frustrated a song from Never Take Friendship was the single for New Surrender.

New Surrender is a weird one for sure

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"Unless you like weird bipolar Armageddon vibes and understand what a red priest is. I am still frustrated a song from Never Take Friendship was the single for New Surrender."



ok but let's been real the NTFP version of feel good drag sounds like a demo and sticks out like a sore thumb in relation to the rest of the album

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Holy balls these live albums are insane. How?

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>I would say the livestream version is more than just good



Just saw this. Don't know what's more surprising, that Chan posted in 2021 (man was AWOL when I was still here!) or that he actually liked Cities

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Also I guess maybe I should listen to this live album. But I'm in a bit of a fight with Christianity so maybe I'll wait a bit first

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^ i feel like a lot of the songs are about this exact thing

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Oh, I mean yeah, especially *fin. But I'm not struggling with my faith, I'm non-religious and comfortable with it. I'm just mad at Christianity for getting in the way of my life with the person I thought was my soulmate lol. I'm just petty like that

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Also man this site is still so goddamn janky, half my messages don't even send.

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As someone that was in the inverse of that situation, it's for the better.

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Ha, I imagine. I grew up in a household with a fairly religious (Hindu) mother and a father who couldn't give less of a shit (but humored her), so I just thought we could manage. I ended up going online and read a bunch of Christian people discussing 2 Corinthians 6:14 and this issue more broadly. On my side of religion I don't really think I'll ever truly get her disconnect, but it helped me understand a little bit more she was coming from. It does help me come to peace with her decision. Though if you don't mind sharing I would definitely love to hear your perspective.

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For sure.



That passage can be a rough one. "Do not be unequally yoked" is a great metaphor for not only the Christian marriage, but the relationship with Christ as well. You don't want two oxen to be working towards different goals, just as you don't want a husband and wife pulling in different directions, especially when it comes to the afterlife/kids/money/etc.



For me personally, I dated this girl for 3 years and was blinded in my naivety and ignorance of the true nature of the relationship. She professed to be a Christian, but if I would have pulled my head out of my ass I would have seen that she never practiced what she preached. Deep down I think I knew this, but convinced myself that she'd come around if I stayed faithful (even when she didn't, yikes). In reality it just strained every aspect of our relationship and I ended up relaxing a lot of my convictions for her. Not the same exact situation, as she was a very toxic influence in my life, but an example of being unequally yoked going poorly. I jammed a lot of Emery that year to cope.



Much as I'm sure it sucks, and I hope she went about it in a mature manner, at least it didn't progress to the extent of marriage. I've seen that happen a bunch too and it makes things much messier, especially when kids are involved.

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Gotcha, thanks for the explanation. Yeah, I can definitely see how that would be problematic. I think for me, the hard part was (is) the fact that I think we are pretty aligned on values (re: community service, charity, love for others, living humbly, forming intimate connections with people, etc). So whereas your ex didn't practice what she preached, to me it kind of feels like I practice what I don't preach, y'know? Actually, it's kind of ironic, but I think I love a lot of the qualities in this person that stem from faith on her end. It's kind of too bad I'm not religious.

But yeah, on her end, I guess there's just a big disconnect there. What you said about "relaxing your convictions" is probably something I'd end up forcing on her. And I'm sure there are other issues that would arise from our spiritual incompatibility that I just don't think about as the non-religious one. (If you can tell, I'm not entirely convinced, but of course my opinion isn't the only one that matters.)

Thankfully we handled it like adults. The hardest part is drawing boundaries so we (especially I) can heal, as we are still incredibly close friends in overlapping social circles. Still, I can't help but feel a little jilted by religion right now.