The outright lie of “hate the sin, not the sinner,” has poisoned the minds of so many people.
I bet your friend lies to himself every day in an attempt to “live a straight lifestyle.” Literally trying to be someone he is not.
Growing up in an Evangelical church, and looking back, it was everywhere. Some of the nicest folks (usually even parents of friends) were SO OBVIOUSLY GAY. I think the one or two I’m thinking of even came out years after I left the church and I remember feeling so happy for them.
So one of my teachers for 5th and 6th grade had a wife and two daughters. Very Christian. It was only when we got a little older in junior high school that we realized holy shit Mr S is so gay. It was obvious in retrospect. He was a real powertripping asshole, and thinking back on it I wonder if that behavior came from not letting himself be his true self.
It’s such a shame what religion does to people. Yeah, it sucked to find out that there’s (probably) nothing else after this life. But on the other hand, I can’t even describe how much of a relief it was to no longer have to think about “sin” as a concept.
The outright lie of “hate the sin, not the sinner,” has poisoned the minds of so many people.
I bet your friend lies to himself every day in an attempt to “live a straight lifestyle.” Literally trying to be someone he is not.
Growing up in an Evangelical church, and looking back, it was everywhere. Some of the nicest folks (usually even parents of friends) were SO OBVIOUSLY GAY. I think the one or two I’m thinking of even came out years after I left the church and I remember feeling so happy for them.
So one of my teachers for 5th and 6th grade had a wife and two daughters. Very Christian. It was only when we got a little older in junior high school that we realized holy shit Mr S is so gay. It was obvious in retrospect. He was a real powertripping asshole, and thinking back on it I wonder if that behavior came from not letting himself be his true self.
It’s such a shame what religion does to people. Yeah, it sucked to find out that there’s (probably) nothing else after this life. But on the other hand, I can’t even describe how much of a relief it was to no longer have to think about “sin” as a concept.