One of the most shocking things about my deconstruction was witnessing how quickly my former faith tradition abandoned truth as soon as it served their social & political purposes.
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Indeed.
The lack of critical thinking, blind allegiance to authority (whoever is deemed "God's person"), and self-serving behaviors have been a shock to me. When I entered Christian church in 2001, they said character mattered. By 2016, they'd changed their minds.
Right! I had been raised to believe that truth matters, that objective truth exists, that we should follow the truth wherever it leads. So I did that, and they called me woke, liberal, marxist, heretic, etc....
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The lack of critical thinking, blind allegiance to authority (whoever is deemed "God's person"), and self-serving behaviors have been a shock to me. When I entered Christian church in 2001, they said character mattered. By 2016, they'd changed their minds.