Christian Furries worried about being persecuted

David Gamble
Science and Critical Thinking
5 min readAug 8, 2022

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Reading the title you might perhaps be thinking, “A Christian What?”

I’ll start by explaining what Furries are. Many of you already know, but not everybody does. Once we have that foundational understanding in place, we can then jump into the “Christian Furries” news.

What are Furries?

Basically this is the term used to describe the subculture of people who like to dress up as animal characters that have human like attributes.

If that sounds like something kinky, then generally sort of no. But wait, there is an even smaller subculture within that Furry subculture that is into that. For completeness, I’ll describe it shortly because … well hey, why not.

The Furry concept comes across as something that is akin to Comic Con Cosplay. For those that don’t know the term “Cosplay”, that is a reference to people attending Comic Con conventions dressed in SfFi or Superhero costumes. The entire Fury concept has its origins in such conventions, but has over the decades branched out into its own distinct subculture.

American writer and historian Fred Patten, who loves to observe and document stuff like this, explains …

…There is no single specific date or event that can lay claim to being the birth of furry

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David Gamble
Science and Critical Thinking

Blogger and writer with a keen interest in science, skepticism, critical thinking, and many other weird and whacky topics.