I’ll second this from @suzannealdrich. As a person nonreligious by belief and by upbringing, it’s been easy for me to be dismissive of religion — but the fact is I’ve known •far• too many really kind, really intelligent, really •good• religious people to hold on to any kind of Dawkinsian smugness about my worldview. Finding acceptance for outlooks I don’t share has made some really important relationships possible that would not have been otherwise. +1 would recommend
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/112865091220889870
@inthehands @suzannealdrich I've also known my share of individually good Christian people. But that doesn't mitigate the extreme global scale harm Christians as a group are actively doing. I'm not going to be the one to tell victims of that harm how to speak about it.
@jenniferplusplus @suzannealdrich
Given that some of the people I know who are fighting most tenaciously against those harms are •also• Christians, I am quite willing to say to the world in general that we should be careful about making bad generalizations. I don’t chastise individuals who’ve been in the crosshairs, however.
@inthehands @suzannealdrich I get that, but I'm also struggling to find the difference between this and "not all men."
There is definitely a way to encourage, praise, and support the ones who are doing the work in their own community, and criticize the institution.
@jenniferplusplus @suzannealdrich
Yes, just so. My only minor quibble with that would be to recognize that “institutions” here is plural.
Again, per the OP, the invitation is for those to open doors who have the privilege of doing so — not to ignore trauma, or to prioritize the comfort of some over the trauma of others.