Yup. I wrote #2 and that pretty much sums it up! Add harmful leadership to your list, because that was a big part of it for me. A spiritual leader I looked up to heavily insinuated that I was experiencing same sex attraction because of the sexual abuse I experienced as a child, so…Â
I'll never forget one of my Christian friends saying in 4th grade that she felt bad for another girl in our class because she was Jewish. I was also Christian but simply could not understand how she could say something like that or feel that way.
Some posts were about Catholicism, but definitely not all. I wrote #2 and I grew up Protestant (Methodist/generic) and the church referred to in my post was evangelical and non-denominational. Kind of a mini megachurch. I'm not sure how big a church has to be to be classified as…Â
I left the church because of other people, but not Christianity. I continued to have my own faith, but struggled with it because of the logical fallacies and hypocrisy. Then over time, I realized organized religion, especially evangelical Christianity sucks and left 😂 No regrets.…Â
I agree there is a distinction between leaving Christianity as a faith and leaving the church. #2 in the article was me. My original post was several months old and I'd say I'm an agnostic atheist now. There were so many factors that pushed me from first the church and then from Christianity…Â
@ theresal419ade210 I felt like this article did a nice job explaining the kind of experience I had https://medium.com/solus-jesus/the-new-hip-churches-are-fooling-google-they-pop-up-as-gay-friendly-its-a-hoax-6d8c4ae1764c I think at this point in my life, I could find an LGBT-affirming…Â
It was definitely conservative to begin with, but that wasn't clear to me right away as a newcomer. You don't see that at the welcome BBQ or recognize it with the fun Christian rock music during service. Everyone in my small group was super welcoming at first. But then the longer…Â
@oofoofyuhyuhhh Plenty of non-Catholic Christians are homophobic and racist. Many evangelical Christians are some of the worst offenders imo. It's definitely not just Catholics.
I think BuzzFeed gets more clicks for articles like these. I would enjoy seeing other views and I personally would love to hear from LGBT Christians about their experiences and why they are Christian or have stayed in Christianity. But unfortunately, I don't think it will get the…Â
@dbsx77 I don't want to argue with you and clearly we aren't going to agree on everything. For me personally, "bad" doesn't come across as strong a word choice as trauma and can simply mean negative experiences, rather than trauma. "Bad" could simply be someone feeling excluded by…Â
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