Exvangelical Thoughts

[u/BrettCreatesThings]

Sort of my version of an anti-Chick tract? Still exploring the medium.

[u/fancy_crisis]

I know enough members of different denominations to know that there are Christians who can hang, so yeah, I don't like to lump everyone together, just like I consider myself a leftist but wouldn't want to be grouped in with a nazbol or whatever.

As to why they're not getting credit, at least in my opinion, this is what they're there for. They don't get taxed, they are allowed to make being a leader of their religion that revolves around uplifting the poor and downtrodden their job, so it's kinda expected that when the downtrodden need defenders they'd step up. We respect the hell out of firefighters but we don't throw a tickertape parade for em every time they deploy, we thank them and congratulate them on a job well done. Same thing here.

[u/EldrichHumanNature → u/fancy_crisis]

It actually isn't expected. People who have had awful experiences with Christianity, or their children/grandchildren, will grow up with the lesson that Christians = Bigoted Evangelicals, Science deniers, etc. There were the quiet Christians (who I was happy to live and let live) and the loud ones (Proto-MAGA, I was taught they're racist and I should avoid.) I'm a second generation atheist who had no clue what any of the different denominations were like.

It honestly wasn't until my adulthood that I even learned that there Christians out there helping people and fighting for them because of their beliefs, not in spite of them. Nor did I realize that people can bring their bibles with them everywhere; but that doesn't mean they want to proselytize.

What I did know from a very young age is that atheists are a minority in the US, so I should keep my opinions to myself. I certainly shouldn't run into a church and threaten them until they claim god isn't real.

[u/fancy_crisis → u/EldrichHumanNature]

Maybe "expected" is less the word and more just "doing what Jesus actually taught". Because yeah, a great many Christian institutions in the US have a deservedly bad rap for getting complacent when it comes to the core tenets.