Posts in Church
Was Jesus a Zombie?

I’m sorry God, but I don’t buy into the whole Jesus resurrection thing. It seems utterly incomprehensible. The laws of nature have never been suspended in any circumstance in human history. I know Jesus’ death and resurrection story is the crux of modern Christianity but that doesn’t make it a real historical event. Jesus’ era was one of oral traditions; things weren’t written down until decades after his death. That provided time for Jesus’ tale to improve to the point of deification.

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Church as a Persecutor

I’m sorry, God but your followers are deliberately persecuting members of society. The LGBTQIA+ community is suffering extensive torment by religious conservatives as they claim that God doesn’t approve of their lifestyles and/or sexual orientation. No member of the church, or modern society for that matter, can state they don’t understand the long-term psychological ramifications of persistent maltreatment, exclusion, and oppression. The devastating impact is known.

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The Diminishing Bible

I’m sorry God but I don’t believe the bible offers much value anymore. Many chapters of it are completely ignored by its followers and it has merely become a source of cherry picking to justify any position on any subject. Western doctrines have been significantly influenced by literature other than the bible and this dogma has dismissed many biblical demands.

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An Insecure God

I’m sorry, God but you are significantly insecure, and this has affected your treatment of humanity over many years. I would have expected a deity to have a robust constitution, but the bible has certainly painted God in a more diffident light. Even right back to the Garden of Eden, we witness God’s total insecurity.

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Victim of Sex Crime Reporting

I’m sorry God, but you don’t seem to care if the actions of your believers causes immense pain. You certainly haven’t put any effort into supporting me in obtaining justice for sexual assault and I have had to endure religious platitudes for decades. If there are only words and inaction from powerful men including the, now former, Prime Minister then the injustice to sex crime victims continues unabated.

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For Scott so loved the women's safety...

Scott and Jenny Morrison began attending the same Baptist church in Sydney as my family back in the early 1990s. This was the church where I was sexually abused as a child. Eventually, Scott joined the leadership team, becoming an elder and giving the occasional Sunday sermon, no doubt honing speaking skills he’d later take with him to Canberra.

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