Status Updates From The Exvangelicals: Loving, ...

The section I’m listening to now is about the evangelical practice of spanking children. How insane it is to hear this cultural practice described. Parents carrying around implements with which to beat their children. Lengths of wood etched with Bible verses. Telling themselves it’s not the same as hitting because it’s done deliberately. It’s creepy af.

I like the book more when it’s the author’s personal story instead of a survey of why other people are leaving evangelical Christianity and how hypocritical/immoral its leadership is. All the shitty stuff about evangelism, I already know about. How it messed YOU up specifically, that’s more interesting.