When my pastor wanted service of my body & I balked, he chastised me: "Where would we all be if Mary hadn't trusted God even when her special role was something she couldn't understand?"
As a faith-filled young girl, I pondered that a lot. 1/5
As a faith-filled young girl, I pondered that a lot. 1/5
Pastor said I too was "chosen" for a special role & I needed to "live by faith." So, like Mary, I too said "according to God's will."
It was incomprehensible but I trusted God knew best & I trusted the pastor as God's emissary. So, I answered the call of God & complied. 2/5
It was incomprehensible but I trusted God knew best & I trusted the pastor as God's emissary. So, I answered the call of God & complied. 2/5
It was an impossible bind for a faith-filled kid raised to "lean not to thine own understanding." How could I say No to God?
This is the horror of a pastor-predator. He will twist EVERYTHING holy, even the #Christmas story, into a weapon for his unholy ends of child rape. 3/5
This is the horror of a pastor-predator. He will twist EVERYTHING holy, even the #Christmas story, into a weapon for his unholy ends of child rape. 3/5
I complied but I could not possibly have consented. My only fault was my childish faith. I did as I was told God willed & I trusted a spiritual authority figure.
And now, forever more, even the beauty of the Christmas story is, for me, neurologically networked to child rape. 4/5
And now, forever more, even the beauty of the Christmas story is, for me, neurologically networked to child rape. 4/5
I imagine this 🧵 will make some uncomfortable. Plenty of #SBC pastors have heaped rebuke on me for even talking of this, as though I commit some terrible blasphemy. But of course, it was the pastor himself who rendered the sacred into sacrilege. I only tell of it. #SBCtoo 5/5
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