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[quote=Anonymous]I’m also an upper middle class white woman who was perfectly content and comfy inside the walls of the evangelical church. The system worked for me and my friends (because it was built by people like us for people like us.)

But I also can recognize the severe cracks within the church and that saying the church was great leaves out a lot of people for whom the church wasn’t great. And the system was built by a really narrow view. Much like I’m an American who america has been great for, doesn’t preclude me from seeing how flawed america is for a lot of people.

Where Jen missteps is not acknowledging her status whilst she rails against the church and the system. Has she ever said “the only reason I have a platform is because the system promoted me?” I don’t think I’ve heard her say it.

She has no platform without the church the way it was designed.

I can see the deconstruction take but she has a huge blind spot that would actually legitimize her take if she was honest about it.

Even the gay affirming stance isn’t that wild. But her inability to acknowledge she had a very compelling reason to change her stance was bad. Instead of “hey this hit close to home so we had to rethink it,” she went all in on the “we’ve done all the research blah blah blah.”

All of these blind spots make her less believable and authentic. Be honest about your journey instead of these bold and long winded pronouncements.

Everything is just all in all the time. [/quote]

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