Andreas is usually first to my videos. He's been around the channel and Discord server community for a while now. He finally finds a slot to share his story. There have been so many like it. Great to hear another.
Raised RC, went to Catholic school
Lost his faith in the usual way
Playing video games
Stumbled across the usual atheist arguments, made the decision he couldn't believe it anymore. Wasn't quite lived out so he didn't have any relationship to that.
His mother said "you still believe you just don't know it"
Perfectly...
Andreas is usually first to my videos. He's been around the channel and Discord server community for a while now. He finally finds a slot to share his story. There have been so many like it. Great to hear another.
Raised RC, went to Catholic school
Lost his faith in the usual way
Playing video games
Stumbled across the usual atheist arguments, made the decision he couldn't believe it anymore. Wasn't quite lived out so he didn't have any relationship to that.
His mother said "you still believe you just don't know it"
Perfectly content living his life playing video games
Got pushed by his mother to do something so started doing something in IT
Expected of him to study and do something
Studied linguistics
Was doing a bachelor's degree until writing the thesis and he got blocked
Working at a storage facility
Spent that time going to work, video games, weed
Listen to podcasts while he plays video games
H3 podcast, 2 episodes with Jordan Peterson
Psychology of people with high neuroticism. Perfectly described how he felt
Started talking about how to get better
Why is it bad to NOT live up to my potential. Just doing a job earning money
In doing his job he learned that he has value. People liked him. He did well. Did he want to be that chicken in a cage?
Wrestling with himself standing with his phone. Made the conscious decision to continue listening.
Was in a different department at work where he could spend time listening to Peterson stuff at work.
Started listening to the Biblical series. Blew him away.
Wanted a Christian perspective on Jordan Peterson's biblical lectures.
Is Jordan Peterson dangerous?
Peterson idolatry phase
CS Lewis
CS Lewis got him back into really considering Christianity
Started to say "yes" to more things
To actively seek out more opportunities to get out of the house
Taking singing lessons
The company was being shut down. The new existential crisis
Had to find a job.
Finish apprenticeship in IT but didn't do well in interviews
Went on a year and a half
Wasn't fully back into the faith yet
Going to Mass at Christmas. It felt good.
Join a meetup about Christians and skeptics
Started watching a lot more Catholic stuff on Youtube.
The deciding moment was a woman, of course.
That was his other idol. Getting a girlfriend, a family
On the day after that had an interview
Also applied for a job at a care home for the elderly
Got shut down and the next day got an interview really felt bad
The day after got the call, here's a door opening.
Trial work day, around Easter, started going back to church regularly
Back to church regularly.
Parents got the idea to apply at another home
Should keep at it.
Church choir.
Like minded people, affirmation
Both honest and kind
Really built his relationship with his parents again
Mom kept reminding him of "deliver us from evil"
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