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‘Very Tired Christian’ wrote Mind-Blowing ‘Dear Offended Christian’ Letter


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this really some things up.

 

http://johnpavlovitz.com/2016/05/26/dear-offended-christian-from-a-very-tired-christian/

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Dear Offended Christian,

I’m terribly sorry that your feelings are hurt again. I feel badly about that. None of us likes to be criticized, so I totally get it.

I know I’ve said some pretty hard words to you recently, and maybe I’ve been somewhat less than “cheery” in my delivery, but that happens when you’re tired.

And I am really tired:

I’m tired of hearing you telling gay people that they can’t simultaneously be both gay and Christian.

I’m tired of having to explain what “Transgender” means to adult Christian people, who I’m quite sure have Internet access and should know better by now that it ain’t “a guy in a dress”.

I’m tired of arrogant pulpit bullies who believe they’re entitled to tell people where they can pee and who they can marry and whether they really love Jesus or not.

I’m tired of you being more outraged by red coffee cups and department store restrooms than by poverty and racism and gun violence.

I’m tired of gay people being accused of the kind of predatory behavior that straight men have been exhibiting, since the man cave was—an actual cave.

I’m tired of reminding you that the number of times Jesus spoke about gender identity and sexual orientation in the Gospels—is zero.

I’m tired of having to explain to people that although I am a Christian, that I’m not that type of Christian; the kind that is generous with damnation and stingy with Grace.

I’m tired of LGBTQ teens cutting their forearms and jumping off buildings because they’re told by their church friends that God hates them, because their Christian parents told them, because their Christian pastors told them.

I’m tired of followers of Jesus who don’t seem interested in cracking open a book to see what we’ve learned about the brain and the body in 2,000 years, or to realize that gender identity and sexual orientation don’t equal the word “homosexuality” in the Bible.

I’m tired of all the time I have to spend undoing the damage the Church has done to queer kids and their families.

I’m tired of religious folk who seem to want small government everywhere except the bedroom and bathroom.

I’m tired of Scientific ignorance being treated as if it’s a Christian virtue.

I’m tired of hearing you preach verbatim the gospel of Fox News.

I’m tired of high-profile pastors blaming gay people for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and ISIS and child obesity.

I’m tired of waiting for you to show up in this world and actually show the freakin’ love of Jesus to people the way he did and told you to, without excuses or caveats or theological tap dancing to avoid it.

I’m tired of this wasteful, fruitless, mean-spirited, unprovoked, unbiblical attack on the LGBTQ community, that is squandering so much time and life and beauty in the name of a God who is supposedly Love.

I’m tired of so many people believing that “Christian” and “bigot” are synonymous—and not disagreeing with them.

I’m tired of a Church which seems to be so ambivalent toward the teachings and example of Jesus.

I’m tired of a Christianity that is making me more and more embarrassed to be associated with it.

So I get that your feelings are hurt. I understand that you’re offended, and that’s not my intention.

But listen, if you’re going to tell a group of people that they’re going to Hell simply for existing, and you’re going to continually target those people through the Church and the Law and your social media accounts, don’t get angry with me when I tell you you’re being hateful and judgmental and ignorant.

It could be worse.

At least I’m not damning you for all eternity.

Sincerely,

A Very Tired Christian

 

 

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Yes! I belong to a church that performs gay marriages. I don't consider myself a good Christian, just doing the best I can.

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I love this list; I'm twitchy in wanting to send it to several family members.

The nod to the "red cups" made me laugh; an acquaintance turned rabid over the lack of a Christian symbol on her coffee cup. "It's a war on Christians!".

No, dear, it's a cardboard container holding your stimulant of choice.

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On 5/29/2016 at 6:39 PM, Season of life... said:

I love this list; I'm twitchy in wanting to send it to several family members.

The nod to the "red cups" made me laugh; an acquaintance turned rabid over the lack of a Christian symbol on her coffee cup. "It's a war on Christians!".

No, dear, it's a cardboard container holding your stimulant of choice.

Not to mention they seem unable to understand that colors can be as symbolic as words or pictures. Red and green = Christmas; silver and blue = Hanukkah; red, white, and blue = US patriotism; orange and black = Halloween, etc. Most people buying gift wrap for a new baby present would reject vivid red and green because everyone would think they were using up the leftover Christmas stuff.

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As it was explained by a very conservative radio preacher, Jesus was silent on gay marriage because it wasn't even remotely possible AND Jesus as a good Jew of the time would've been in agreement with the indisputable ancient idea that gayness was wrong. Thus we can't put words into His mouth nor presume His silence to be agreement with modern ideas. 

Funny that the very same conservative radio preacher finds little to no significance in Jesus' attitude towards women, which was against the prevailing norm in His society. There are even passages quoting His spoken words to the effect that women (and children, for goodness sake!) were worthy of the kingdom of God.  

But no. That's not mentioned. 

Thank the aforementioned Goodness, there are ways and venues in which one can be a Christ-believer and not have to listen to those who interpret His life quite the opposite. 

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The letter was very on point (at least in my experience), but the war ongoing in the comments section is must fascinating :popcorn:. Thanks for the link!

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"I’m tired of you being more outraged by red coffee cups and department store restrooms than by poverty and racism and gun violence.

I’m tired of gay people being accused of the kind of predatory behavior that straight men have been exhibiting, since the man cave was—an actual cave.

I’m tired of reminding you that the number of times Jesus spoke about gender identity and sexual orientation in the Gospels—is zero.

I’m tired of having to explain to people that although I am a Christian, that I’m not that type of Christian; the kind that is generous with damnation and stingy with Grace."

 

This.  With so much wrong with our world (hell our country) why is the focus on coffee cups and bathrooms.  I'm constantly railing that the focus should be on the fact that children in the US (a 1st world nation) still go hungry.  As a semi-regular churchgoing Christian, it's really hard to hold my head up some days for fear of getting grouped in with the assholes.  Thanks Very Tired Christian for voicing my own frustrations.

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1 hour ago, AmazonGrace said:

What did i miss? Why are red coffee cups an issue?

There was a huge outcry back at Christmas time because Starbucks' "holiday" cups were just solid red cups, with no designs. Some Christians reacted by claiming persecution and asking the baristas to write "Merry Christmas" on their cups when they ordered :pb_rollseyes:

Of course, they ignore the points that a) even if they'd had designs, they would have been generic winter/holiday designs, nothing explicitly Christian (then they could have gotten their panties in a twist over how insulting it is to say "Happy Holidays") and b.) they could have just brought in their own cups with whatever design they wanted, and been doing the planet a favor by reducing waste.

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Okay that makes perfect sense because Jesus always preferred his mint latte in a cup with snowflakes and mistletoe designs on it.

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