#exvangelicalism

[chevalierlagarce]

the way christians talk about women and our bodies makes me want to kms

it's so dehumanizing like wtf do you mean my body is my dad's and god's property and once i get married it's my husband's and god's property ??? why would anyone want to believe in an religion that tells them that they are nothing more than a sinful property made to produce babies ?????

[alienbycomics]

Gender Nonconforming Jesus: A look at art history. CW: religion, transphobia, artistic nudity, depictions of open wounds (Long post)

Here’s a link to the original comic: Trans Jesus

[oxytocinatrocities]

A comic I drew about leaving the Mormon church.

Can also apply to other things. Ex. constitutional originalism in the US

[escaping-amish]

I love how he finds the words to describe the concepts that float around my head daily ❤️❤️❤️❤️ love him!

[the-jesus-pill]

Teaching children thinking bad thoughts about someone is the same thing as murdering that person is fucked up. 

Thought crime doesn’t exist. No one has ever been harmed or killed by someone thinking negative thoughts about them. 

You know what has harmed people though? Teaching them they are evil for things they can’t control. Especially those who have intrusive thoughts. 

Here’s for everyone who has been taught their thoughts make them evil.

Intrusive thoughts are not your secret desires. 

They are involuntary. 

You don’t need to be ashamed of them. 

They will pass.

You are not committing taboo. 

No one can read your mind.

No one will ever know what’s in your thoughts unless you feel like telling them.

No one can judge you for what you are thinking, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

Your thoughts are private

You are not a bad person.

[spurgie-cousin]

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

the way the other angels treat aziraphale reminds me of how people at church would treat obviously queer kids who didn’t know they were queer yet. especially in the flashback scenes and in s1. they all see he’s different and treat him like shit but in that really vague passive aggressive christian way y’know

[seraphimfall]

i’ve read so much tradcath bullshit the last two years. i can confidently say tradcath men fit into one of two categories:

“protestant-raised and converted to catholicism because of his crippling porn addiction and racist tendencies. reposts crusader and conquistador memes. is hated in his local parish.” tradcath

“catholic-raised band kid who ate his lunches with the religion teacher. smells like mildew. cut off all his friends that came out as gay after high school. now larps as an aquinian scholar and cries after jerking off.” tradcath

[pretentious-librarian]

i dont want god’s forgiveness. i want HIM to apologize to ME.

[theshoesofatiredman]

Just saw Heretic and it is so right about the inherent horror in questioning your beliefs, in the dawning realization that the people you trusted were lying to you (sometimes, intentionally), and that the quest for truth can feel like a slow descent into the pit.

[notaplaceofhonour]

I say this as an exvangelical & Jewish convert.

Exvangelicals, we need to find a way to cope with our trauma from evangelicalism in a healthy and constructive way, without projecting that pain onto other religions, making it about the Hebrew Bible or shitting on Jewish scripture or the Israelites and Pharisees. As cathartic as it may feel, there are better, more constructive ways to cope with that trauma that don’t cause further harm to other people who were also harmed by Evangelicalism & Christianity.

Jews have been wounded by the same people and the same tradition you have, just in different ways—often to a far greater extent and for far longer than the ways Evangelical teachings hurts its own people—including people like us who were subjected to even more abuse by leaving. Jews have nothing to do with why you’re hurt, and already have to deal with their scripture being co-opted and twisted and weaponized to justify violence against them. Show solidarity with them.

We’ve deconstructed our beliefs about the Christian god and what it means to be a good, moral person—that’s good—now it’s time to deconstruct the implications of Christianity appropriating & reinterpretating Hebrew texts & the impact of that & what we used to believe on the Jewish people—how that informs our continued beliefs & attitudes about Jews, and how we can give voice to our pain & address the legitimate threat of Evangelical Christian theocracy without perpetuating further harm against Jews.

[chevalierlagarce]

being a girl in a christian household is hellish I would never want anyone to go through that

how are you supposed to make peace with the fact that your body and your life doesn't belong to you but to your dad or husband and to god

the idea of getting married and having a man telling me what I can or cannot wear, how I should walk, what I should spend my day doing and etc is hellish, it's my biggest nightmare

I wish I could have died when I was 4 or something so I wouldn't have to deal with this reality and I wouldn't have to deal with the possibility of hell

[alienbycomics]

Content Warning: religion and transphobia⚠️

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ I made a comic reflecting on my church upbringing as an eXvangelical trans person. The Jesus conservative Christians claim to represent looked lot more like many of the LGBTQ+ friends I know and love. Just some food for thought 💖

Here’s a link to a supplementary post: Jesus and Gender Non-Conformity in Christian Art

[era-of-ages]

Being ex-Christian but also not wanting to be against people choosing religion is like: i want you to be happy, i hate the lies you stand for, i know you’re not a bad one, it’s an overwhelmingly awful thing, i want to belong with the people i grew up with, they cannot be comfortable with me anymore, I know you will always love me, but not over your faith, im happy that you are bfaithful, im begging you to run as far away as you can before falling too far in, im glad you’re getting baptized, i cannot trust you anymore, i understand the joke, i know im not like you anymore, this event was fun, its a cult its a cult its a cult its a cult its a cult please im begging you you don’t know how this has hurt me so much im begging you listen to me please, haha singing vegetables, im not the lie that you loved anymore

[undying-doll]

trying to talk about cult trauma is so frustrating.

I say "I was in a cult" and people think of basement rituals and human sacrifices not an unassuming church right down the road. not of blue chairs in rows and coffee tables and children's play areas. my cult looked so happy, so average. it's so easy to gloss over the pain that place inflicts on everyone who walks through those doors.

I feel like I can't call myself a cult survivor to most of the people who I know because they don't fucking understand. the word is too sensationalized.

[thepeacefulgarden]