Final curtain call on theology (last episode on religion)

“For many respondents, politics is what finally motivated them to leave Christianity. Specifically, many referenced the election of Donald Trump and the support he received from the evangelical community. In fact, the name “Trump” was mentioned 81 times in the survey responses as a key reason someone left Christianity. For example, these were some respondents’ experiences:

“A culmination of events over the course of a few months starting in the summer of 2020. I had a fight with my father-in-law over the Confederate flag being a symbol of racism, he stopped speaking to me for months and it became a whole thing. The rise in glorifying Trump and fascism disguised as democracy.”
“Seeing so many friends and family that claim to love and follow Jesus pledge their allegiance to nationalism and Trump.”
“The 2016 election. I wanted nothing to do with a group that supported Trump and his insane ideology under the pretense of faith.”
“Trump was the last straw for me. Seeing a person who should be the opposite of what Christians are called to be, being supported by evangelicals everywhere, really woke me up to some harsh American/conservative realities and how we’ve bastardized Christianity like others before to push not love or Christ but instead Republican dogma steeped in racism, sexism and greed with the Bible as a manipulation tool to get people to conform to these particular ideals that have nothing to do with the Gospels.” -https://baptistnews.com/article/i-asked-people-why-theyre-leaving-christianity-and-heres-what-i-heard/. “Many houses of worship value tribalism, elitism, favoritism, cronyism, nepotism, demonizing mental illnesses, demonizing medication, demonizing therapy and counseling, demonizing trained professional help, demonizing the secular world, and being cliquish over us abuse survivors.” -Antonio Myers. “I don’t view religious films and I don’t view religious television shows.” -Antonio Myers.

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