You grew up in a church or a few churches. There’s no such thing as “the” church… In a lot of churches, morality is kind of a very secondary thing for example, and the idea that someone has to be pure is totally foreign.
You obviously had a very bad experience growing up, and there are a lot of very fucked up communities, so it’s not surprising. But saying “the Christians are…” is no different than saying “the people engaged in a political party are…” without distinguishing between Democrats, Republicans and third parties. You can’t say for example that DSA is a fascist party because the Republicans are.
You grew up in a church or a few churches. There’s no such thing as “the” church… In a lot of churches, morality is kind of a very secondary thing for example, and the idea that someone has to be pure is totally foreign.
You obviously had a very bad experience growing up, and there are a lot of very fucked up communities, so it’s not surprising. But saying “the Christians are…” is no different than saying “the people engaged in a political party are…” without distinguishing between Democrats, Republicans and third parties. You can’t say for example that DSA is a fascist party because the Republicans are.
Whatever you need to tell yourself.