Snarky Faith

Throughout the history of Christianity, women have underestimated, underappreciated and downright oppressed. The playing field has never been level and men often twisted scripture to abuse, shame or subdue women. Sure, in ancient times, culture was patriarchal, but we are now thousands of years past the time of Jesus and these problems still exist within the church, especially within conservative circles.

There's no easy way to say it, but conservative religious men have a problem with women. Through their perspective, a women's value is in the home, making babies and tending to the work not deemed for men. The same thing happens in the church. Women can teach other women and children, but definitely not men. So, however you shake it, complementarianism is misogyny.

It's been an enduring cancer on theology and one of the many sins of the church. This has to change. Christianity has to change. If Jesus saw women as equal members of the faith, why do so many Christians not?

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.  -Henry David Thoreau 

In these crazy and calamitous times, it's easy to lose perspective and rely on emotional reactions. When topsy turvy becomes normal, it's hard to keep your bearings straight. Too often, do we let pastors and pundits tell us how to look at the world. They warp our perspective and then we proceed to engage the world in a distorted manner as we're open to being manipulated. That's not what we're called to do. 

Furthermore, we need to move back to being a people of rational thought. We need contemplation. We need perspective. And returning to the ways and teachings of Jesus returns us to our ethics and how we're supposed to stand and engage during crazy times. We are called to be awake, aware, and sober as we look at the world around us.

Remaining steadfast and grounded is paramount. Caring about compassion and grace still matters. We must continue on in a better way if we expect to create a better tomorrow. 

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The sheer fact that Evangelicals have worked so hard to grab political power and shun culture is dripping with irony because to be Evangelical at its root means you must evangelize (i.e. make converts). To evangelize should mean that you can't shun culture. It also means that power isn't your ultimate aim. The madness they have made out of their pursuits has pushed culture away and made any witness or testimony utterly impotent. They've killed any hope of fulfilling their mission and established as a trademarked their own brand of "unvangelism." It's the anthesis of the mission of God and Evangelicals have forgotten how to evangelize.

Furthermore, a true act of evangelism isn't about converting the masses. It's going into forgotten places and being a version of Jesus. It's offering people compassion, empathy, hope, and love. God's give of grace is freely given and comes from a place of humility, not one of coercion and power. So in the vacuum of evangelism, unvangelism reigns. It's a hollow message that takes and takes. It doesn't offer anything, besides guilt and oppression.

If Evangelicals cared about the kingdom of God, they'd stop hating the world, look in the mirror and learn to hate what they've become.

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Oh, Liberty, what has happened to you? Once a shining beacon for evangelical conservatism, has now been rocked with scandals. Scrutiny and allegations are hitting Liberty University's emperor, dictator, grifter, president, Jerry Falwell Jr. He's cronies with Trump, a proponent of political evangelism and turned Liberty U into a cash grab through financial mismanagement. Liberty University is just a more successful version of Trump University.  

Falwell Jr. rules the campus with an iron fist of fake piety and conservative purity, but apparently he leads with the mantra, "do as I say not as I do." He's used Trump's fixer, Michael Cohen, to bury salacious photos and let's not even talk about his weird relationship with his pool boy. Yeah, that's actually a thing. And at the end of the day, we can rest assured that he learned it all from his dear ol' dad, Jerry Falwell.  

So join us today as we talk about the recent scandals that surround Liberty University. We'll also read some fun hate mail and descend into the pit of insanity with the Christian Crazy of the week. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride. 

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We should all rejoice that Benny Hinn has finally seen the light and renounced the prosperity gospel!

Yes, it's true. That Benny Hinn. You know the one that knocks people to the floor with the power of the Holy Spirit. The one that tells you to give him money for God to bless you. The prosperity gospel, greasy grifter, owner of private jets, Benny Hinn. That one? Yes, supposedly he's turned over a new leaf. Miracles never cease... or do they?

So join us today as we delve into this new revelation. We'll look deeper into the art of apologizing... or more aptly put, the art of seemingly apologizing and really just saying nothing.

No, not really.

Today, we'll basically mock Benny Hinn's non-apology and then look into what apologizing actually should look like. We'll talk about forgiveness and reconciliation and why it matters so much today. The world needs more apologies and more forgiveness.

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