Why I Left the Church: Recent Episodes
Dutchess Prim
Episode Guests:
1. Eve - Tiktok: eve_wasframed, Insta: eve_wasframed
2. Melissa - Tiktok: thefearlessqueenmel, Insta: thefearlessqueenmel
3. Kait - Tiktok: worldsokaitest, Insta: worldsokaitest
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Sources:
I Survived "I Kissed Dating Goodbye"
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/faqs-know-purity-culture/
https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/7-lies-purity-culture-teaches-women
The dark side of Dave Ramsey & Joel Osteen.
Thank you to my guest, Lorri.
Sources:
https://www.wsmv.com/news/investigations/secretly-recorded-audio-of-dave-ramsey-reveals-question-of-double-standards-in-company/article_292f40ba-bc6c-11eb-a6b1-83cffea1f66c.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/03/us/joel-osteen-cash-found-plumber.html
The church and the LGBTQ+ community. How the church has gotten it so wrong for so long.
Special thanks to my guests Lauren, Jessica and Bob.
How it started, who kept it going and the pagan holidays that were stolen and rebranded to become Christmas.
CORRECTION: Mary was Elizabeth's cousin.
Sources:
https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/the-war-on-christmas
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/war-on-christmas-short-history-101222/
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/christian-evangelists-upset-starbucks-red-cups-article-1.2427180
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia
https://www.newsweek.com/december-25-really-day-jesus-was-born-what-bible-says-1270667#:~:text=But%20was%20Jesus%20really%20born,according%20to%20The%20History%20Channel.
https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/when-was-jesus-born
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/saturnalia
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/did-romans-invent-christmas
https://allthatsinteresting.com/yule-viking-christmas
Being a deconstructionist during the holidays can be a struggle, so let's talk about it.
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-health-effects-of-leaving-religion/379651/
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/the-age-of-deconstruction-and-future-of-the-church/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/06/29/american-christians-turning-people-off-church-bethany-christian-services/5370555001/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/magazine/do-i-have-to-tell-my-family-im-no-longer-religious.html
https://www.bustle.com/p/how-to-deal-with-the-holidays-if-youre-not-religious-but-your-family-is-13187298
Does the Bible really support the idea of submission and suppression of women? The answer is no.
Sources:
Let My People Go: A Call to End the Oppression of Women in the Church
- Bob Edwards M.S.W.
Scandals, financial misdealing's, but yet we idolize, so I ask... Why?
Sources:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-4136760
https://jubileecast.com/articles/22137/20190907/benny-hinn-begs-for-money-two-days-after-renouncing-prosperity-gospel.htm
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/man-healed-as-child-by-televangelist-benny-hinn-speaks-out/287-434673169
https://julieroys.com/benny-hinn-loses-three-million/
https://trinityfi.org/investigations/judge-reveals-televangelist-benny-hinns-dark-financial-secret/
https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/coleman-case-raises-question-of-when-christians-can-divorce/article_2586d5a9-90fc-5c85-86d3-c680e30ffb2d.html
https://baptistbulletin.org/commentary/potential-dangers-of-the-celebrity-pastor-syndrome/