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Elizabeth's avatar

I am so thankful for your voice. I appreciate you keeping us honest. May God bless you and protect you and your family today and always.

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Allison Jorgensen, LCSW's avatar

Thank you for giving words to my same experience, I have tears and am grieving still.

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Ari In The Mountains's avatar

Thank you so much for writing this. I felt it so deeply and agree with all your sentiments wholeheartedly. I come from Catholicism and feel the exact same way about the Church today. Christianity and Tr*mpism have become synonymous and it’s destructive and heartbreaking. RE covid, as a severely immunocompromised person I can’t attend church, but the times I masked at church before I stopped attending, I was chastised and condemned for doing so.

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JMV's avatar

Wow I feel every word of this and why I will never step foot in a church again.

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Rebecca's avatar

I pray you will give it a try again 😊 Maybe find a church with 60+% POC where avg age is also under 60. . .before giving up altogether.

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Rita Murase's avatar

You speak so clearly and accurately, Joon. The Church has lost its way. Not all but far too many. Thank you for continuing to share the truth. God bless you!

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Sharon Smith's avatar

Thank you so much for this! You have written words I could not find. My heart breaks for what could be, but is not.

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Robin Jester Wootton's avatar

Perfectly said 🙏

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Daniel Chase's avatar

Very well said. Thank you

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Shelley Ross's avatar

I worked in the skilled nursing facilities during 2020-21. It was a true nightmare. And I left Evangelical Christianity for good in 2020. I will never get over it either. Thank you for putting it into words. And for standing up and saying it out loud.

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Susan Estabrook's avatar

Amen, deeply, thoughtfully well said. God bless you and your work.

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Frankie Wylde's avatar

Thank you for sharing your experience and perspective. The Evangelical church broke my heart too and leaving it completely almost broke me as well. But not quite. I’m still standing for now and I’ve come to be thankful that at least my eyes were opened. ✌️❤️

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Kevin Knox's avatar

I've been resisting the conclusion of these thoughts, but it's inevitable. The people of Jesus will need to come together with everyone else who loves people and overthrow the Evangelical power structure. There is no help coming from within it.

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