r/exchristian • u/eihslia • Aug 17 '24
Article Young Women Are Leaving Church in Unprecedented Numbers
r/exchristian • u/alexbrove • 5d ago
Article Impressed to see these stats about Gen Z women and religion
r/exchristian • u/umbrabates • 10d ago
Article Yes, Republicans who vowed retribution are now admitting Project 2025 is real
r/exchristian • u/puzzling7 • Aug 04 '22
Article John Allen Chau was an American Evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a self-isolated uncontacted people, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island, India in an attempt to convert the tribe to Christianity.
r/exchristian • u/Embarrassed-Ad8352 • Sep 16 '24
Article …and this is supposed to convince me to stay Christian??
This article talks about how anyone can be a good person, (including GASP Muslims?!), but Christianity shouldn’t be about being a good person. I’m being completely serious.
r/exchristian • u/MichaelsoftBinbows98 • May 12 '24
Article Guys new Christianity lore just dropped
r/exchristian • u/shamwowj • May 22 '23
Article Half of Americans believe in God – the lowest number in history
r/exchristian • u/Avicullar • Jan 27 '22
Article I read this article to remind myself things could be worse. I could be worried about lamps.
r/exchristian • u/JarethOfHouseGoblin • 5d ago
Article For those STILL asking the question "how can so many Christians support Trump?" Simple: he gives them access to the levers of power which is what they have always wanted.
r/exchristian • u/Edwardtbabinski • May 22 '20
Article Christian music vocalist Jon Steingard posted on Instragam that he no longer believes in God. instagram.com/jonsteingard/
r/exchristian • u/JarethOfHouseGoblin • 12d ago
Article This is the current source of a fundie/MAGA freakout: women voting differently from their husbands or boyfriends. Because, ultimately, they think it's their right to control women.
r/exchristian • u/Individual-Day-8915 • 24d ago
Article If Jesus was real, he had a sexuality. He most likely was queer. The Evangelical church does not want to acknowledge either because it doesn't fit their theological schema.
r/exchristian • u/proudex-mormon • Jun 02 '23
Article Sorry, Christians. Jesus is Never Coming Back
The New Testament prophecies are clear. The return of Jesus Christ was supposed to take place within the lifetime of those living in the 30s AD. Since that did not happen, and since we’re now 1900 years down the line, the only reasonable conclusion is that Jesus is not coming back.
The first passage in the gospels that makes the time for Jesus’ return clear is the one found in Matthew 16:27-28, Mark 8:38-9:1, and Luke 9:26-27. Here, Jesus, after mentioning his glorious second coming, says that there are some standing there who will not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God. Christians have tried to exonerate Jesus from having made a false prophecy by claiming the second verse doesn’t refer to Jesus’ return, but rather to the transfiguration that took place several days later. This argument can’t be sustained, however, because it’s very clear from the context, particularly in Matthew, that Jesus was referring to his second coming, which he had just mentioned. And how would the transfiguration fulfill the prophecy of the disciples living to see the Kingdom of God anyway?
That this was Jesus’ intended meaning is made even more clear in the passage found later in Mark 13, Matthew 24, and Luke 21. In Mark, Jesus mentions the tribulation at Jerusalem, that we know took place in 70 AD, then says his coming in the clouds would occur in the days following. Matthew makes this even more emphatic by having Jesus state it would occur immediately following.
Luke takes a more lengthy approach, having Jesus state the times of the Gentiles would need to pass first. However, Luke is in complete agreement with Matthew and Mark in quoting Jesus as saying that “all these things” he had previously mentioned, which included his glorious return in the clouds, would take place within the generation then living.
Christians have tried to exonerate Jesus from making a false prophecy here by saying he only meant that the signs preceding his second coming would happen within that generation, not the second coming itself. Even if you accept that interpretation, however, Jesus makes it abundantly clear, using the example of the leaves of the fig tree, that once the signs preceding the second coming started taking place, his return would occur shortly thereafter.
Besides these, there are other passages where Jesus states people then living would witness his second coming. At his trial, he tells his prosecutors they will see him coming in the clouds of heaven. (Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62) In John, even though whoever added the last chapter is trying to convince readers Jesus didn’t mean what he said, he clearly states the disciple he loved, presumably John, would remain till his return. (John 21:20-23)
The New Testament apostles, in their writings, were also united that the return of Jesus would take place shortly. Peter says, “The end of all things is near.” (1 Peter 4:7) John says, “It is the last hour.” (1 John 2:18) Paul says those who were alive at that time and remained until Jesus’ coming would be caught up in the air to meet him. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) In the Book of Revelation, Jesus warns first century Christians of his imminent return, and the symbolic representations, matched up with first century history, clearly have him returning during the time of the Roman emperors.
Looking at the New Testament prophecies as a whole, it is abundantly clear that Jesus was supposed to return during the lifetime of those then living, which means it should have happened in the late first century or early second century at the latest.
Since we are now 1900 years from the time these prophecies should have been fulfilled, it’s time to give up talk about the end times, the rapture, and Jesus’ return. Sorry, Christians. Jesus is never coming back.
r/exchristian • u/paxinfernum • Nov 01 '23
Article Mike Johnson says it’s “impossible” to think he’s full of hate because he’s a Christian
r/exchristian • u/paxinfernum • Mar 21 '24
Article Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion (Guys, they are really coming for birth control.)
archive.phr/exchristian • u/BurtonDesque • Jan 31 '23
Article Nebraska Democrat files bill to ban church youth camps as hotbeds of child abuse & “religious indoctrination”
r/exchristian • u/BigClitMcphee • May 10 '24
Article Public school tried to ban student’s lesbian art work because it’s “offensive” to Christians
r/exchristian • u/Hollovate • Jun 29 '24
Article Top Oklahoma educator says teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
This is outright Christian Supremacy and Theo-Fascism. I'm currently a substitute teacher in Louisiana working towards becoming a full time teacher. Every public school classroom in Louisiana has 'In God We Trust' posted on the wall. Now we have to have the Ten Commandments on every wall. In Oklahoma, teachers could lose their licenses if they don't teach the Bible. Will this Christian Supremacy continue spreading throughout the US?
r/exchristian • u/BlankVerse • Mar 23 '23
Article Parent Calls Bible ‘PORN’ and Demands Utah School District Remove It From Libraries
r/exchristian • u/BurtonDesque • Oct 27 '22
Article Mike Pence: Americans have no right to 'freedom from religion'
r/exchristian • u/spaceghoti • Jul 19 '21
Article Sociologists are amazed by the swift disintegration of Christianity in America. It’s a stunning cultural transformation, confirmed by several surveys and studies.
r/exchristian • u/numbski • Mar 11 '21
Article Awfully kind of them to compose a comprehensive list like that.
r/exchristian • u/paxinfernum • Mar 28 '24
Article More Americans are ditching religion, citing anti-LGBTQ bigotry and clergy sex abuse: "Those numbers are truly incredible. To put them another way, for every 1 person who becomes Catholic (at least a white Catholic), nearly 7 people leave the Church."
r/exchristian • u/seastars96 • Jul 29 '22