Exvangelical Deconstruction

Happy Easter, Pharisees.

The empty celebrations of the sold-out modern church make me sick.

Melissa Corrigan
9 min readApr 2, 2024

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Photo credit: Nathan Monk

Someone posted something derogatory the other day about women having abortions, and I commented that Jesus Christ met actual prostitutes and adulteresses, and did He judge either one?

No, in fact, He publicly defended them. I believe the words were, “Let him without sin throw the first stone”, right?

So, considering abortion was very much a practice in ancient Rome that Jesus would have certainly known about, what does His silence on the matter say?

His silence on the matter of homosexuality, which existed in His world?
His silence on the matter of transgenderism, which existed in His world?

It’s almost as if… He said what the fuck He said.

Why aren’t Christians listening to the words of Christ?

Jesus Christ spoke on what was important.

Greed. Abuse of power. Spiritual charlatans. Arrogance vs piety.

All of those other things, the key “talking points” of modern Republichristians, certainly existed in Jesus’ world and yet He spoke nothing of them. He didn’t…

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Melissa Corrigan

55+x Boosted Writer. Mother, partner, survivor, adoptee, veteran, entrepreneur, friend, ally, & flawed human. I seek enlightenment & growth daily.