[quote PerfectPrepPrincess]@EnidSpyton I'm sorry to hear you've had bad experiences with Christianity but it doesn't mean you're right, only that your experience is your experience. The only way to prove you are right, if that's really what you're driven to do, is to cite evidence but when 2 billion out of 8 consider themselves Christian (obviously the majority not devout) you have to ask yourself why?[/quote]
My experience proves that I am right.
My experience wouldn't have happened, in multiple mainstream evangelical churches registered as charities and under the umbrella of the evangelical alliance, if the kind of misogynistic and homophobic teaching I was exposed to for years weren't supported and encouraged by the governing bodies of the Christian church.
So much damage has been done to people in the name of Christianity for many hundreds of years. If I started to 'cite the evidence' I'd be here until kingdom come, love.
Look, I respect everyone's right to faith and if you're happy in your beliefs, that's great. But as someone who has suffered hugely from psychological abuse at the hands of church leaders for years, and who has seen many other people go through the same experience, I see it as my duty to speak out about it. So many people have no idea because they've never been inside these churches. They're on every high street. They're full of white, middle class, well educated people. And they preach hatred. People need to know about them. Behind the glossy white smiles and the carefully posed photos of people from all colours of the rainbow on their websites, they're not inclusive, they're not accepting, and they're not kind. They want to convert you, they want your money, and they want you to mould your life to fit their narrow view of what makes a good Christian. And the minute you voice any doubts, or make any lifestyle choices they don't agree with, and they can't manage to pray your deviance out of you, you're out the door without a backward glance.