ONTD Original: Great Scandals of The Evangelical Church

[ladyjj]

Happy end of the year! Don't fear, I am still plodding away on research on some requests but I though this might be a good spot to slide in what a denomination actually IS as we move forward. Granted this is a very down and dirty explanation, because I am not really a theologian, I am just a poor history buff who reads hard-copy encyclopedias and

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[marywebgirl]

This was a great read OP! Thanks for doing all this work. I missed the Jim and Tammy Faye post-going to go read it now since I’m old enough to somewhat remember it but probably didn’t know the details.

[ladyjj]

You are welcome, thank you for reading. Hang on to your hats for that one; I am unapologetically snarky throughout it because I lived that shit.

[xbriyeon]

I was a v casual Xmas/Easter-Christian until I was 9 and someone first said to me they didn't believe in god. And my world was ROCKED cuz I was like wait, you can DO that!? and have been atheist ever since. (also I didn't know it at the time but I was definitely queer. so that definitely fed into finding it hard to reconcile Xtianity and homophobia)

the only denomination(?) of Church that I fuck with is United. United Churches happily wave Pride flags and actually try to not be homophobic/racist/etc instead of just pretending to be progressive!!!!!!

[ladyjj]

You know, I really do love the United Churches up here in MA. They all have rainbow lines under their signs and 'all are welcome here' everywhere and they mean that shit. They like stonewalling ICE agents too, which is *chef's kiss*

[mhfromnh]

I'll never forget my first time in a Unitarian church (Arlington MA). very different from the Catholic churches I grew up with.

[iburiedjohn]

[ladyjj]

I literally picked that from Google, I had no idea but I just loved the snark, and we all know I am a salty bitch.

[magicpebble]

Very interesting! My mom grew up in the Reformed Church (the American version of Dutch Reformed), and we went to the same church for awhile when I was a kid, but they slowly got more conservative over time and we stopped going. That church recently split from the main denomination because they didn't want to support marriage equality, and that type of thing seems to be happening a lot.

I do think it will be interesting to see how well liberal churches survive in the future because it seems like more and more liberal people, at least in my experience in the US, have stopped going to church. Almost none of my friends are members of a church, even among those people who would still call themselves Christian.

[magicpebble]

Good point about the clique-y aspect. That was absolutely part of the problem at my childhood church and was a factor in why my dad hated that place so much by the time we left. It's amazing (and sad) how high school attitudes continue and thrive in adulthood.

[ladyjj]

I feel like the clique-y aspect of church has something to do with it.

Oh GOD, church cliques are the absolute WORST. I'd rather my public school junior high bullies than the youth group ones. It was brutal and awful and I never forgive any of them heaux.

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