How I "fell away," as the saying goes.

[raisedbymoogles]

With the national discourse unable to stop talking for ten gorram seconds about Teh Gay, it was pretty inevitable this episode would pop up in my head. Gather round, kiddies, it's Storytime With Moogle.

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[ravenology]

You know what makes me angriest about this whole mess? That good people like your Pastor Anne are either burned out or demonized or so frustrated with trying to do what I would call the right thing that they step down or give up or whathaveyou, and then the not so good people are free to move in. I don't blame them for throwing their hands up and saying "you know what? I can't deal with this shit any more" since I'm all too familiar with what burnout apathy with my fellow human beings feels like (though not only/specifically in terms of religious communities. Yes I grew up a Christian, not many people know that), but I just look at all the good people burning out and all the not-so-good people moving in (and I'm not just talking about religious communities, it happens fucking everywhere) and I just get even more into the negative numbers with my faith in humanity. The uplifting stories are so few and far between and they're always fighting an uphill battle either way. We are, in general, apparently FUBAR'd.

And it pisses me off when I think about it too much. Which is why I'm going to stop now.