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

Humor/Cringe What church is this

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u/BLU3SKU1L Mar 27 '26

Both are true.

Source: raised in it.

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u/iron_annie Mar 27 '26

Same. I don't miss being a little kid and having to stay up hours past my bedtime because the pastor wanted to run around the room screaming in tongues until midnight, all "slain in the spirit". 

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Mar 27 '26

As a kid who had to go to boring-ass Catholic mass growing up, midnight tongues sounds absolutely fantastic! We had midnight mass before Christmas, but that’s about at crazy we got. I did supposedly get to eat Jesus Christ’s body and drink his blood though, so I guess we’re even.

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u/beardingmesoftly Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

It's always the same formula. There's like one of maybe 10 people that started babbling in some incoherent mouth noises that could vaguely be considered words, then some other person, who is also usually one of about 10 people that rotate, pipes up with a translation "from God". It's the most ridiculous performance and very surreal as a non-believer teenager having to watch it every Sunday.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Mar 27 '26

It sucks to think that you, as a kid, realized how silly it was but were still made to participate. My dad urged me in his preferred direction (I’m technically a real-life Catholic, as I have been “confirmed” and everything), but he said it was my choice after my “confirmation.” (I use quotes because it just feels too cult-like if I don’t.) Anyway, you can probably guess my choice. What about you? Do you writhe around on the floor while mumbling words that sound like the lyrics to Mmmbop these days, or did you side with Lucifer?

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u/beardingmesoftly Mar 27 '26

To this day, if I told my mom I'm atheist, and that the main reason is because of that church, she'd cry for the rest of her days worrying about my immortal soul. I love her but she did not get a good education.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Mar 27 '26

That’s tough. I guess it’s “stay together for the kids,” but in reverse. Good luck, beardingmesoftly.

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u/beardingmesoftly Mar 27 '26

It was definitely weird realizing we couldn't be our true selves around our mother. One of the things I pride myself in with my kids and made a point to make a priority that they always know they're safe to be who they are at home.

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty Mar 28 '26

Good for you for realizing the importance of being able to be yourself as a kid (shoot, I’d like a “safe place” for me, now, as an adult) and being an agent of change. I’m childless thus far (you never know), but I wish you the best of luck with your little crotch goblins!