Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches

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Every Anglo I've met who converted to Eastern Orthodoxy was absolutely a Deus Vult racist against Muslims and tried to hide it behind Byzantine aesthetics. Adult converts to monotheisms are usually reactionary nuts, but this kind has a little extra flair
- As far as I’m concerned, no one ‘finds god’ from a genuine cultural or spiritual standpoint but only does so as a means of getting the best deal possible.
  What’s so macho about wanting a life where you’re treated like a princess solely for what’s between your legs? Absolute bourgeois decadence.
- converting to any religion other than islam as an adult is extremely sus
  
  converting to any religion ~~other than islam~~ as an adult is extremely sus
  
  i mean yeah i agree, all religions are cringe. but islam has a million times more juice than any other religion, so if you're gonna convert it's the least sus option
  
  islam has a million times more juice than any other religion
  That's not a positive trait.
  
  That's all the criteria anyone converting to any religion today has for doing so, notwithstanding the fact that its genuinely the worst reason for it. Juice = greed, hedonism & predation
  The Abrahamic religions have all been co-opted by the bourgeois capitalist empires for centuries, & are mostly just secret societies for people who are so insufferably petty that they could have their lives ruined if you found out one of them gave a great blowjob.
  I think one should just lock themselves in a cage in the basement instead of conversion

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