caracabeI call myself #expuritan rather than #exvangelical (following Sarah Vowell’s distinction in The Wordy Shipmates). Evangelical Christianity is, as I understand it, emotional. Puritan Christianity emphasizes a rational relationship with the divine. But one thing exvangelicals and I probably have in common: I internalized the message that I’m a bad person, deserving of never-ending torment. Why did Jesus have to die a horrible death? It was something I did.
Larhanya of the Muddy WatersI was at my partner's work Xmas party last night. They opened dinner with a prayer. Please note that there are lots of employees who follow Islam and other faiths, but the prayer is definitely Christian in style. The pray-er avoided mentioning Jesus, but opened with the classic evangelical "Dear Heavenly Father."
My first thought: "Well, that's discriminatory against Wiccans."
Friends, I have a MA in Theology (yes, the Christian kind). I've come a looooong way from where I used to stand.
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