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Are you also one of the posters saying you recognize the Holy Spirit in others or using random scriptures out of context to show back up your opinions about Jen and Brandon, because this tracks. This comment is hateful, discriminatory, and not remotely clever. Obviously, in this forum I don’t know if it was the same person spouting scripture and then making a bigoted  “joke”. However, I’ve had similar experiences in churches and have seen a certain politician make fun of a person with a disability, all the while his followers defended him and brushed off the “joke.” This sort of behavior needs to be addressed in the evangelical community or people will continue to deconstruct. There’s a reason why Jen’s deconstruction and a move away from evangelicalism still garners support and loyal followers. People are willing to put up with the promo codes and goofy behavior because her experiences and story still ring true for so many. [/quote]

Are we so polarized and tribal today that THIS is the response to a clearly distasteful joke? “Must be you Christians again!”?

I know self-professing Christians who are terrible people. Selfish, materialistic, greedy, judgmental. I also know self-professing Christians who are some of the kindest, most giving, LOVING people you would ever meet. Should they immediately be judged and discarded as fake because of the former?

I’ve been to a “mega” church where the pastor and his wife acted like the Prom King & Queen and carefully selected only the best looking and wealthy parishioners as their court. Sermons were meant to make us all “feel good” and the entire church was ran like an entertainment business. I’ve also been to a small local church that welcomes everyone. They help people pay their bills, have a monthly food giveaway, and call every Sunday morning our “Bible Study” time. Should people disillusioned by the first church throw away religion all together? Is the Bible really not the Word of God because some people use it as a prop?

Sorry for the rant, but this “let’s all deconstruct because someone somewhere did something bad” is so sad to me. If you had a terrible experience with Christians or with a specific church, I’m so very sorry. Throwing away all of your faith can’t be the right answer. 
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