This Christian said "all love," but is it?
Can the condescension stop?
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And now for the condescending comment of the day:
Many Christians mean well, but my eyebrow starts to raise at comments like this.
Who said I was alone, dawg? I have family, friends, and an amazing fiancee.
Sorry, but it’s not “all love” when you’re explicitly stating that I’m alone and have darkness to fight.
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Hi. I wish I could help with financial support but as I’m unemployed and basically live off my partner, I can’t. Anyway, I admire what you do and think you’re quite brave. I went to the US a couple of times in years past. Both times I spent the whole time being nervous of gun violence. But you live there and you challenge Christian culture. That can be dangerous. I think you are brave. I mix with Christian folk here in Australia and have never felt threatened. I often wonder if your view of Christianity is skewed somewhat by living in the heart of the huge American empire and looking outside whilst I am outside looking in. I had a long talk with an evangelical friend yesterday about religion and he said he thinks people tend to worship the Bible too much and not to think about how they actually are in the world- how they treat others based on Jesus. I’m an agnostic myself. Anyway, just wanted to say how much I admire your work. Best wishes and stay safe.
Reflecting back on when I lived in that world... I don't think we felt or meant actual love when we said things like that. What we actually felt was fear, and we compensated by striking out passive-aggressively and projecting our fear into those who triggered it by just being. We had to say that we loved them because that made us good people. But it was all really a story we were telling ourselves. We acted like they were evil and lost, but it actually wasn't about them at all, and it definitely wasn't for them. It was all for us, to make us feel better about being trapped in our own shame.