Lebanon’s Crisis and a Sudden Turn to Religion
Summary
In r/Lebanon, a community member asks whether friends have become more religious amid inflation, war, and other hardships. They describe an Orthodox friend who turned to church and prayer during financial strain, then began sharing extreme claims about Buddhism, yoga, and demonic possession—prompting discussion about faith and vulnerability during crisis.
Did any of your friends become more religious after what the country passed throught (infaltion,war etc)?
I have a friend who ever since the inflation started getting worse and worse he became super religious.
The thing is he wasn't like that before he couldn't care less about religion. He wasn't the amzing atheist type of person who would annoy you by trying to appear supreme he litteraly just didn't care he just used to study go out and just do normal stuff.
Ever since the inflation started he got into religion since he had nothing to do (uni was expensive for him and he had to work at low wage just to have a bit of money for himself for uni). He started going to chuch praying etc all normal i guess (he is orthodox btw).
Nothing wrong with that but the thing is now he just says stuff that are batshit crazy. He told me once how a priest on Mt athos had a buddist monk who was a kid teleport to him and the priest defeated him with cross and that the kid was possesed by the devil due to him doing yoga and practicing buddism. I thaught he was joking but he was very serious.
Post Author: /u/SoSVIII
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