Mine forced everyone out the side door furthest from parking lot? To sign 100% Abortion Ban? No exceptions at all?
Hell no! Did not go back! I had to watch over Rapists! Scum of the earth!? So not my place to tell another what to do!
That was the impetus that pushed us out the door. The elders told them to choose the church over our teens. We told them to take our family off the rolls (or whatever the list of members is called). We were stupid enough to tithe 10% for years. I wish we could get that $ back. Soulless bloodsuckers.
My pastor was my dad, but my mom was worse. Disowned when I came out. Till the day she died, she started every conversation with me with, "if you don't change your ways, you're going straight to hell!"
I find it revealing as you see more paedophile arrests of Pastors, youth workers, counsellors, teachers, police etc that you see their strong ties to Maga. Hell Trumps little Johnson needs an app to control his and his sons site use. Your inc president is a criminal and rapist..God help America 🇺🇸..
I got unfollowed and blocked on Twitter by some famous old wrester Bad Brad or something because he posted about family members who are Trumpers aren't family anymore. My reply was my son supports Trump, but that doesn't make me love my son any less, I just don't respect his decision.
Better yet, if you’re such a weak minded person that you need a con artist to control your thoughts while they take your money “in the name of God”, seek immediate mental healthcare assistance.
In Nazi German, the churches acquiesced and signed an agreement w/Hitler to essentially turn a blind eye to the atrocities. The priests and ministers who became part of the resistance against the Third Reich were hunted and murdered by the Gestapo. Even the fucking pope acquiesced.
The real question is why are people still so stupid and gullible they want anything to do with made up sky fairies. Never mind the pervy men who made them up 🤷🏻♀️
God and religion are a human construct, stories made up and passed down. The only true needs to live by are kindness, respect , compassion, empathy and love. Put these into actionable service and you will find a divinity worthy of the gift of your being. 🌿
There are some behaviors that have caused me to not let my kids (as adults) into my house at least temporarily. Being queer is not on that list. That’s not a deal breaker.
A co-worker once invited me to his church. The pastor talked about voting no to a gay rights bill and me and my wife walked out in disgust. The guy says, you are not gay why do you care? I said ask Jesus that question. I dont talk to him anymore.
Before you get rid of your queer kid, check your pastor's phone and browser history forensically but it can be as simple as looking at the algorithm on his IG and tiktok. Then act accordingly.
This happened to a family I used to be friends with. They did quit that church and just used another online church after that…unfortunately, they are trumpers, though.
I regularly tell evangelicals trying to preach to me that the level of arrogance and pride it takes to believe that someone else needs YOUR religion is breathtaking.
When the denomination I grew up decided "it's okay to be gay," I was surprised to find it didn't make me happy. If it's okay now, hasn't it been okay all along?
I don’t know if hypocrisy is the right word, but something stinks to high heaven there.
I understand completely. The hypocrisy is stifling. I’m beginning to look at my “christian” friends and family with the side eye.
Its gaslighting. And you’re wondering why they don’t see it….
Relate to this. By the time the grown ups at my childhood church had decided it was ok to be gay after all (and patted themselves on the back for being so tolerant), I had already lost so much that I was just enraged. How about some repentance for wrecking queer lives…
Almost any mainline Protestant denomination would welcome you and your child with open hearts and open minds. If a spiritual home is wanted, there are many choices today.
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Hell no! Did not go back! I had to watch over Rapists! Scum of the earth!? So not my place to tell another what to do!
(I really got to cut back on the caffeine).
Life would be so much better.
history repeats
💜✨️ "Protection of the Church Hat". ..
https://substack.com/@NEWAGEGRIOT26
What would Jesus do?
The Jesus of the Red Letters love all children.
Too lazy to retype...
Leave the church altogether.
There’s life after religion
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Very clear congregational support for love means love.
Fuck church.
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Proselytizing takes an extreme amount hubris.
I don’t know if hypocrisy is the right word, but something stinks to high heaven there.
Reject the church. 👍🏻 And make them pay taxes.
Its gaslighting. And you’re wondering why they don’t see it….
Left our Church of 25 years because we were told that our non-binary child was not welcome there.