“it’s a god thing!” I just spent three beautiful days with four beautiful friends two I knew, two I’d just met and we shared a common bond (we’d each gotten out of the cult of evangelical christianity) so many weird, wild, magical things happened in 72 hours and we tried so hard to find an adequate substitute for the ol’ christian platitude we’d all come to loathe but we failed so we just reclaimed the original words and made them our own and instead of saying them reverently, we yelled them and then died laughing of happiness * Shout-out to Corrie, Danielle, Nicki, and Ruth!
Thank you for putting this experience into words! "God has a plan" always irritates me. These days, I replace that phrase with things like, "That sucks" or "You didn't deserve that" or "I hope another better opportunity comes along" or "You deserve happiness," etc., as appropriate for the situation.
I can't quite pinpoint one thing because all the things make me cringe. lol, currently my body is retching at platitudes like "trust in the lord" and "cast your cares on him."
Or I’m with you? Can’t seem to replace it, so when I know the other person is a Christian and going through something hard I just say it already bc that’s the language they speak
“Love on” is the one that triggers me pretty hard. I’ve been out for a WHILE, so I don’t remember a lot, but every now and again I’ll get into a conversation with someone who is still in it, and it is incredible how jargon-y it is. I ended up at a dinner across from someone who still attends a church I left more than a decade ago, and wow. It was like she was speaking a whole other language. I think she thought I still got it, but the whole time I was just thinking, “Did I actually sound like this???”
Thank you for putting this experience into words! "God has a plan" always irritates me. These days, I replace that phrase with things like, "That sucks" or "You didn't deserve that" or "I hope another better opportunity comes along" or "You deserve happiness," etc., as appropriate for the situation.
My Mom says "Don't let Satan steal your joy" ALL the time and I HATE/LOATHE, despise, cringe, ugh at it.
UGH!!!!!!
I can't quite pinpoint one thing because all the things make me cringe. lol, currently my body is retching at platitudes like "trust in the lord" and "cast your cares on him."
yeah 🤮
Awwww
❤️
I’ll be praying for you...can’t find a way to express I care about you, I want the best for you etc
Or I’m with you? Can’t seem to replace it, so when I know the other person is a Christian and going through something hard I just say it already bc that’s the language they speak
I do that too. Sometimes I say, “I don’t really pray much these days, but I’m praying for you.”
“Love on” is the one that triggers me pretty hard. I’ve been out for a WHILE, so I don’t remember a lot, but every now and again I’ll get into a conversation with someone who is still in it, and it is incredible how jargon-y it is. I ended up at a dinner across from someone who still attends a church I left more than a decade ago, and wow. It was like she was speaking a whole other language. I think she thought I still got it, but the whole time I was just thinking, “Did I actually sound like this???”
“Did I actually sound like this???” I actually sounded like that. Have 62 journals to prove it.