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in reply to @goattrain's post:

I'll definitely agree to that. Though I'm sure you can understand why the stereotype has persisted like it has. To use a harsh adage "There's no hate like Christian love"

Now that being said: I'll acknowledge I've become cynical and bitter. I've definitely backslid since I was baptized, but it reminded me of going to the church my grandfather preached at and my grandmother taught Sunday school.

Maybe my memory is colored but they had some genuine human compassion. Angel Hare reminded me of that.

oh I DEFINITELY understand the stereotype. It's well-earned, especially in recent years! It's why I never begrudge people who speak ill of the faith; they're rarely speaking of the faith itself, just the awful people who loudly claim they follow it. I'd argue those people don't really follow it at all, but all that's kind of background noise that doesn't do much to help the important conversations that kind of idea is often a part of.

(My grandfather was a preacher, too! Fun coincidence)

Unfortunately, mass media has made them incredibly loud and politically affluent. 'In the World, not of the World' goes right out the window.

There's a lot of questions I had left unanswered but people like that made me stop looking.