to him who tries.

#i don’t remember exactly why i was online last time but i remember bein a bitter old man.

youre always a bitter old man x

i know that. and i know it can be upsettin. but remember that part of our privilege means we get to walk away from that upset. the people our churches have hurt, they don’t get to do that. it’s our responsibility to endure that so that we can fix it together. imagine how many more people might be willin to embrace what we’ve found if we could undo the hostilities of our predecessors. that’s worth it to me.

yeah, that makes sense. but that’s why we can’t answer outbursts of pain with things like this. does it suck to be assumed to be some bigoted asshat because i’m christian? sure. but respondin by pushin them away won’t help. you feel me? there are real experiences behind that pain that christians of all denominations have a chance at easing if we just listen rather than shut other people off. 

sure. i don’t disagree with that. but, shit, even i have been hurt by my church. refusin to listen to the anger of our brothers and sisters that blinded them to the light of our god ain’t gonna fix anythin? the sooner we have an honest conversation about the churches we’re a part of, the sooner we can be what we’re supposed to be. avoidin it isn’t gonna fix anythin for anybody, those of us in the church included. 

i said christianity is kinda shitty and now everybodys upset

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