Photo: Image by Heiko Stein from Pixabay By Eric Skwarczynski I know what you’re thinking… “Oh great, another guy offering his unsolicited takes on purity culture. Just what the world needs.” You’re probably not off-base for feeling like that. The staggering amount of opinions swirling around the internet right now in the wake of theContinueContinue reading “What Purity Culture Didn’t Teach Me”
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Too Many Tulips
Photo: Image by Pexels from Pixabay Editorial Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Ida’s blog. It was originally published on June 30, 2023. By Ida Growing up, I was introduced to Calvinism. A theological belief system within Christianity, Calvinism was founded by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer. Calvin’s teachings can be summed up in theContinueContinue reading “Too Many Tulips”
Racism: IFB Style
Photo: Image by LeoNeoBoy from Pixabay Content note: Descriptions of homophobic and racist situations the author was present for during their coming of age years in two Independent Fundamental Baptist churches and their associated schools. By Rebekah Palmer In my childhood church, we used to bring in an evangelist who would preach that anytime aContinueContinue reading “Racism: IFB Style”
How churches use DARVO to condemn LGBTQ people to hell without explicitly saying it
Photo: Image by Christel from Pixabay Content note: homophobia, religious and spiritual abuse By Elora Dodd As homophobia falls out of vogue in the wider culture, Christians may find themselves scrambling to preserve their sense of self as the “Light of the World,” while still condemning the more-than-ever-accepted “homosexuals.” While I was still embroiled inContinueContinue reading “How churches use DARVO to condemn LGBTQ people to hell without explicitly saying it”
How Religious Abuse Harmed My Mental Health and How I Healed
Photo: Image by Pexels from Pixabay By Lydia Joy Launderville “I have mental illness” is a phrase that was very, very hard for me to say out loud to another living soul. Even acknowledging and accepting it was so hard. There were a few reasons for this. The first being that I was very traumatizedContinueContinue reading “How Religious Abuse Harmed My Mental Health and How I Healed”
I Survived a Rural Evangelical Daddy Cult
Creative Commons Image by peacemedia_for_future from Pixabay Content note: child sexual assault By Stephanie Gail Eagleson What’s a “daddy cult”? When progressives hear the word “patriarchy,” they might think of systemic misogyny in politics and business. When I hear that word, I think of the religious framework that kept me and my six younger siblingsContinueContinue reading “I Survived a Rural Evangelical Daddy Cult”
You Are Not Your Own: And Other Lies Evangelicalism Taught Me
Creative commons courtesy of Pixabay, Patrizia08. By Ryan Stollar “You best learn to live while you’re alive.” — Cloud Cult Healing from any trauma, but especially religious trauma, is like an onion: many-layered and often tear-inducing. Tear-inducing comes with the territory of trauma. But the many-layered aspect is the tricky and often surprising part. YouContinueContinue reading “You Are Not Your Own: And Other Lies Evangelicalism Taught Me”
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