The Worst of Christianity in a Meme
Christian pastor mocks people for deconstructing their faith
Imagine for a moment that you had been brought up in an evangelical Christian faith tradition, being taught since the earliest days of your childhood exactly what you should and shouldn’t believe.
When you become an adult, you might, at some point to start to question everything you’ve been taught. In fact, you might consider this normal and natural and even sensible. After all, even the Apostle Paul said, “When we were children, we thought and reasoned as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our childish ways.”
Perhaps the journey from childish faith to adult faith requires some level of questioning — what is commonly referred to as faith deconstruction.
But, according to one pastor, that’s a bad idea.
In fact, in a single meme posted to his Instagram story, said pastor manages to mock, belittle, and insult everyone who is, or has ever been, on the path of faith deconstruction.
As unlikely as it seems, perhaps he thinks that this approach will persuade people to trust the Church’s teaching without ever seeking answers for themselves.
I’d suggest it would have the opposite effect.
