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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

summer_in_TX

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2. Thank you.

Reply to usonian (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:31 PM

Sep 20

Maybe being raised as an agnostic with deep prejudice against Christians has helped me. When I finally started attending a church, partly through loneliness after moving to a small town and commuting back to a teaching job in Austin, mentally I was ready to fend off anyone who tried to convert me.

So when I let my defenses down and began exploring what Christianity was all about, I had a lot to learn from scratch. It may be since I came at it fresh, it went deeper.

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Anyone else longing for the time when Rs and Ds have become reconciled to one another? [View all] summer_in_TX Sep 20 OP

I was raised Catholic and it boggles my mind how people completely reverse and repudiate Jesus' teachings usonian Sep 20 #1

Thank you. summer_in_TX Sep 20 #2

IMO, and not to start a flame war, hypocrisy is at extreme levels. It always was noticeable to me. usonian Sep 21 #3