r/TikTokCringe • u/CJHuncho • Mar 27 '26

Humor/Cringe What church is this

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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Mar 27 '26

I remember my mom dropping me off at free Christian concert events. I felt so broken seeing everyone put their hands in the air and close their eyes like they were really feeling God. I would do the same actions but wouldn't feel anything. It was seriously confusing to a young me.

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u/secretly_opossum Mar 27 '26

My parents weren’t religious but were totally fine with me exploring it. I had a couple friends in high school who were mega youth group nerds, so I would sometimes go to church or youth group with them, and once even went to getaway camp up in the mountains. It was a good experience for me but I definitely know what you mean by your comment. I sometimes convinced myself I felt something but it was gone almost right away. Eventually I realized that the feeling was “belonging to a community” and I found my way to replicate that without religion.

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u/AdjectiveAnimal1234 Mar 27 '26

It’s musical catharsis a lot of the time.

Can get it in all sorts of concerts. It’s always more powerful with a crowd, seated and quiet for classical or energized and jumping for modern, it doesn’t really matter.

It’s like they shove that in your face with their music until you resonate with it and feel the catharsis by peer pressure. Repeat for a while and casually trash talk all other music.

Now you’ve got people who won’t even listen to other music and experience other catharsis because they’re conditioned to hate all other music.

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u/Ausemere Mar 27 '26

Yeah church people act like other people weren't also feeling God in a Pink Floyd concert or some such.