Oooo boy
As an ex-evangelical, I really, really don’t
I have, I think, in my whole entire life, never personally known even one person who seemed to be “transformed” by faith in the way Christianity promises
As an ex-evangelical, I really, really don’t
I have, I think, in my whole entire life, never personally known even one person who seemed to be “transformed” by faith in the way Christianity promises
https://twitter.com/Jeremygraham5/status/1445830451957059586
In the church, I knew a lot of people who claimed they had been so transformed — at some point in the past, before I knew them. I had to take their word for it. But I never SAW it happen.
The MOST charitable spin I can put on it, is that Christianity can FEEL transformative to the Christian, but it’s frequently an entirely subjective experience, with no meaningful effect on behavior or demeanor, unless —
It’s to the negative. I have, sometimes, known people, usually already Christian, who got more heavily into their faith and changed — becoming weird, single-minded, and humorless.
And, listen — not that I expect any religious dudes on the Internet to ever listen to me — if you want “the world” to see Christianity as transformative in a positive way, you really ought to change the focus of your teachings & doctrine.
All major strains of modern Christianity mainly focus on 1. The kind of sex you’re not supposed to have, 2. The kind of sex OTHER PEOPLE aren’t supposed to have 3. What happens after you die
You know, you can SAY “we’re not just the world’s most obnoxious anti-sex scolds, there’s so much more to Christianity!” But my dudes, you have to LIVE that for it to be true.
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