How To Have Difficult Dialogue While Deconstructing and/or Reconstructing Your Faith

In this episode Luke shares how to have difficult dialogue while deconstructing and/or reconstructing your faith;
3 ways we can have healthy conversations confrontations with people who are having trouble understanding our deconstruction or not fond of the way we are reconstructing your faith, beliefs, and values.
Here are the points:
1. Don't take their frustration personally. Most of the time their anger is about the idea/theology, not you as an individual person.
2. Exercise immense emotional intelligence and have a lot of empathy. This is hard, but crucial!
3. Don't second guess your path based on someone else's opinion!
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[@LukeBricker]

I will be uploading the 3 points made as shorter stand alone videos as well; and looking into focusing my camera better 😆 For reference, here are the points made in this video: 1. Don’t take others frustration personally. *Most* of the time their anger is about the idea/theology, not you as a person. 2. Exercise immense emotional intelligence and have a lot of empathy. This is HARD, but crucial. 3. Don’t second guess your path based on the opinions of others. Trust your intuition / Spirit / Christ in you. When was the last time you had a difficult conversation with someone about your changing beliefs?

[@daviddenis4178]

But if your camera was focused how would I know that you have so many books about Christmas for some reason? :P

[@LukeBricker]

@@daviddenis4178 hahaha true! this was in an almost 100 year old church building 😀

[@cadebriar9921]

not sure if anyone gives a shit but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all the new series on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown :)

[@lewisfrank7117]

@Cade Briar yea, been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

[@allanjackson2222]

@Cade Briar Yup, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for since december myself :)

[@sharonhearne5014]

As a former Evangelical Christian who has moved beyond that faith what I have found is that I constantly came up against the un scalable wall of Christian dogma. The dogma meant that the believers I faced were forced to “identify” in a very specific way and a way that “was not up for debate or consideration”. I faced the end of any kind of admiration from my father who I loved profoundly and the knowledge that our relationship would never ever be the same. He may still have loved me but I was tossed out into the un-Christian wilderness. When I come up against these same scenarios now I don’t detest those who believe otherwise unless their actions are actively preventing me from worshipping faith individually.

[@NoahAusten]

It's like the game of poker where you hold you own card on your forehead and can't see it. You look at your family members and they are mocking your card. Wisdom is not the ability to decipher easy choices. It comes down to the very letter in the word. I call out the spirit given to Paul. My mom calls me satan. When the writings of Paul are used to defend his position of Eastern philosophy it is an endless loop. The "spirit" is able to override any dispute in the Word; which makes the Word an unreliable source; which it is not. Thomas surely didn't get it right. Group prayer; no. Pooling resources? Why would they do that? Just in case God didn't come through...they had something to fall back (trust) in?

[@raminybhatti5740]

I'm going through a profound crisis of faith at the moment, and I completely agree with you when you stated that it was a dedication to finding the truth through my religious adherence that ironically lead me away from organised religion.

[@LukeBricker]

I've been there, friend. It can be lonely but stay the path and you will find yourself more whole each and every day. Please reach out if you need anything! DM on instagram gets checked the most (@the_spiritual_nomad).

[@embracedoubt2709]

Good luck, deconstruction is hard. If you need it, find a good therapist to help you work through your thoughts. I deconstructed everything. I'm now an atheist, without any belief in a divine. Even if it all crumbles, like it did for me, life and living is still precious. It's scary, but I'm a better person now than I was as a believer.

[@raminybhatti5740]

@@embracedoubt2709 I get these occasional flashes of, "Well, maybe the REAL God has been misrepresented by the many corrupted earthly religions that pretend to speak on his behalf," but I realise I'm kidding myself. We're on our own, and I'm okay with that. It's daunting but it's a reality that needs to be accepted. Thanks for the kind words.

[@Sandy-hw1ph]

Wow… very good. I’m a disabled senior living in San Diego. Thank you for sharing. Most of my adult life has been intertwined with evangelical Christianity and or non-denominational Christianity. And for about 12 years was involved in a Christian/cult-like strict church. For the past approximately 8 years I’ve not been involved or aspired to the beliefs I was immersed in for much of my life. Again, thank you.

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for you comment, Sandy! I apologize for my delayed reply!

[@neilericksson6989]

I am so glad I discovered this talk. I have moved from being a fundamentalist to a more liberal/ progressive theological position but needing to deconstruct in order to reconstruct. You have helped me enormously because I think the person of Jesus of Nazareth is so significant that I still want to call myself a Christian but I have rejected some long held doctrines such as Substitutionary Atonement, the inerrancy of the Bible and have embraced a more universalist understanding. The reason you are a welcome revelation is that while needing to deconstruct I didn’t want to be an atheist. So many of the deconstructionists I have read on the internet have ended up as atheists. THANK YOU. I was a pastor for 38 years (now retired) and I knew there was a place for me to fit and you have helped me so much. Blessings on you.

[@jessicarose2264]

This is so refreshing and helpful. I came out on Facebook and the Evangelicals are pretty much crucifying me right now. 🤣 I laugh but it's really not funny... This schitt is bananas. They don't understand what they're doing. 😔 I keep telling myself that.. and refuse to have anything less than compassion toward them. But dang. This is RUFF.

[@historicalbiblicalresearch8440]

Jessica award yourself one bonus point for every 'you only want to sin' or 'you're angry with god' or 'you think you're cleverer than God' you can redeem them at Costco

[@LukeBricker]

Yeah, that's a tough crowd for sure! Evangelical folks seem hyper obsessed with people's theology and sex life.. yet Jesus explicitly said the way you love God, yourself, and others is actually what matters, not law. Thankful that you can find a sense of welcome here! Grace and peace, friend!

[@devilsadvocacy]

Having compassion for them is one thing. But if they don't respect you, or your boundaries, do they really belong in your life?

[@greglogan7706]

"deeply wounding" Nicely expressed! Your friend has not learned yet that humans are more important than ideas...

[@waynesmith6417]

.Hi Luke, . I am a 70 year old white guy, living in a single wide, in the country, in Texas. I became a Christian when I was five. I've walked a mile in a pile of shoes. I respect you where you are at on your path of discovery. Deconstruction, as I understand it, is the reevaluation of one's core beliefs. I've been doing that all my life. I am mostly a conventional Christian how ever I dumped Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism along the way. I think conservative exegesis is bankrupt....but I still use it as a reference. I don't do mantras and I don't sing some Christian music for the same reason, I want to know I agree with what I'm saying. If I go to a Church service I'm not going to sing "Oh Lord, please send the fire." Fire is symbolic of purification and evolves pain and I don't want to go there. I am older than you but I am not superior to you. We both have feet of clay. We both lie from time to time, to others and to ourselves. We have our hypocrisies, our victories, and our failures. For me the difference between Peter and Judas is that Peter lived long enough to apologize for his betrayal. And the sin of Judas is not so much pointing out Jesus in the garden but trying to force the hand of God, a sin Evangelicals are (IMO) committing. If someone is your friend and disagrees with excepted dogma they are unorthodox. If you don't know them, they are a heretic. They mean the same thing, lol. What I am telling you is heresy is not what you should fear the most, it is the basics. Never put your ministry ahead of your marriage. Be willing to quit if you must. It will save you from loosing everything. I wish you well.

[@myjainieness]

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." John 16:13 22 years ago this same verse guided me out of Christianity over a 25 year journey where I am to day. You talk like me.

[@visionaryventures12]

I’m Jewish, but I feel a sense of alienation. It’s in a different way. The more I study the Torah, the better context I gain, but practically nobody is familiar with what I explain.

[@LukeBricker]

I think that happens when anyone makes the move from nominal to devoted/committed in a tradition. I hope you find some like-minded community!!

[@michaelmorris6538]

This is great. Courageous and spiritually intelligent.

[@LukeBricker]

Thank you for the kind words and encouragement, Michael!!

[@kattidee]

Ikr. I'm listening to this and it just so much hits home and I don't feel so alone in my own journey. But yet, these videos, they are amazing and so few have put a thumb up, which makes me wonder just how few can expand their mind to embrace the wholeness, and the unrestrained spirituality. God tells me everyday to seek and promises I will find. Surely this isn't limited to only the people of one text or religion. If it truly is, then I don't know that God, and don't want to. I know God is not limited like this.

[@ap4thy1]

Looks like you've ruffled some feathers! I took a different route when I started doubting fundamentalism, but any perspective that rejects hell, hate, and holier than thou thinking is a win in my 'good' book. Just remember to keep an eye on your flock as someone in a leadership position. They have a tendency for conspiratorial thinking.

[@LukeBricker]

When stirring the boiling pot too hard and I’m sure to be burned 🤣 Thanks for your comment! I’m leading a community now and certainly focusing on the relationships and helping people walk into wholeness - thank you for the encouragement to focus on the flock! 🙏❤️

[@crystaljohnson139]

Same thing here man I am now Buddhist bc of the same thought process

[@LukeBricker]

Nice! Christian background too??

[@crystaljohnson139]

@@LukeBricker yes I actually went to college for religion and psychology and justice

[@tesfadan]

This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing!

[@_the_watcher_2089]

I have found that any time Christians hear that someone is now a Ex Christian, it is easier for them just to claim the person was never a true Christian.rather than believe they we’re and left for actually reasons.

[@klightning1115]

I can truly empathize with your story. Keep up the good content.

[@LukeBricker]

KG392781 thank you so much for the encouragement!! 🙏🙏🙏 I am currently making more KZbin content ❤️

[@jackbloomfield8233]

Great message here. Much appreciated. Author and Theologian John Shelby Spong has written numerous books that have helped me become a Christian in exile and a member of the church alumni. I think the one that he wrote that helped me the most. “Why Christianity Must Change or Die”. Highly recommend all of his books. ☮️

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check out his work!

[@crystaljohnson139]

There is a book called crucial. Conversations and it’s amazing

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for the recommendation!!

[@christopherbaker9984]

Excellent!!!

[@LukeBricker]

Hey there! Glad you enjoyed :) This is fun for my to watch too being that it's about 4 years old. Interesting to see the progression. Thanks for the comment to re-live and old moment!

[@brightlightbabe]

Thank You, I am in the process of reconstructing my life and healing as finding my own truth with Christ as my own person journey with Christianity. I was challenged by someone who is in the process of deconstruction his attempts are to deconstruct God,, our experiences are completely different, in fact his views strengthened my relationship on a personal level.

[@LukeBricker]

Hey there! Thanks for sharing a piece of your story! When folks are in a stage of deconstruction they (well, at least for me) become excessive and obsessed with dismantling their faith; And not only for themselves, but for whoever is around them as well. It's part of our humanity to want others (especially those in 'our tribe') to have experiences in life, truth, growth, etc. in a similar way as us. Most of the time, they will find that the current tribe/group isn't having that same deconstruction experience they are having. So they become even more frustrated for a time and either speak out even more or recluse. Eventually, they move on to a new tribe that is better fitting for what's happening within them. All of that to say, it's admirable that you took someones else's vehement and used it for growth! I'm glad to hear your personal relationship is strengthened!

[@latinainwpb]

Gosh, I'd written a longer comment 2x but couldn't post it because the first time my laptop "became possessed" and made me lose it, and the 2nd time I decided to compose it in a document to paste it here but YT won't accept/change the format in my draft so I'm cutting it way down. Great video, I think I agree at least with almost everything. It's been a hard road for me as an older person who's been a Christian of one kind or another all my life to "deconstruct". If there's anyone older here and you'd like to discuss this subject, please let me know, perhaps we can connect and benefit mutually from sharing our experiences.

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for 2x comment! LOL. It can be a very hard road, especially when roots have been established over years with thoughts, friendships, beliefs.. Anyone older here and resonate? Comment and connect!

[@carolebingham7262]

Hi I find the music of Carlos Santana very freeing joyful and unifying

[@PeterKelly74]

I would go so far as to argue that this is the most genuine path of a true Christian than what is espoused by evangelical hard liners who will demonize anyone who deviate from their ever-changing agenda.

[@jennyroth6583]

I love that being radically true to the truth, I feel exact the same, it was Christ who led me out and showed me truths that ultimately set me free to love God in such a more whole and deeper way and yes meditation has been a huge part for me. I have lost some friends but the way I see it my true friends are still there and the others are so closed minded it’s actually their loss

[@xelakram]

This is the twenty-first century. Why do people still believe in fairy stories?

[@LukeBricker]

Stories and myth help us make sense of our existence. Check out Joseph Campbell. Cheers!

[@xelakram]

@@LukeBricker "Stories and myth help us make sense of our existence." They also keep people benighted! 😉For example, some religions talk of Satan as though he were some dude walking around the place! 😂 Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check him out. 👍

[@devilsadvocacy]

The people who matter don't care about what you believe, and the people who care don't matter. The people who belong in your life, and those who don't, have a tendency to sort themselves

[@TheIronicRaven]

I enjoyed the video! I'll have to check out some of your other content for sure. You have a rhetoric that feels very genuine. As a person that has also gone through deconstruction, I'm always curious about how others have found their truth. I often hear what others end up believing, but don't really hear why they believe. Finding a criteria for determining truth has been my goal in my deconstruction, and would love to hear yours. (I ask on a year old video haha)

[@LukeBricker]

Thank you! I really value vulnerability, glad that came through! Sounds like a great topic for a video: How to find your truth post deconstruction. It also lines up well with my bend toward reconstruction in this season of life (recorded this video almost 2 years ago!). Do you create content? If so, we can have a Zoom chat about it - conversations seem way more interesting on KZbin LOL

[@TheIronicRaven]

@@LukeBricker wow I wasn't expecting an actual response haha. But super glad to hear you put the time in to respond to your fans! I definitely think it would make a great video! Even if you're not giving out information just your current walk and understanding is still great content. And such an important topic! Wish I was a KZbin content creator haha! But my content lies elsewhere (mostly games!) But I always love the idea of an in depth and respectful conversation with like minded fellows! I have actually specifically gone on to places like Reddit for that kind of thing. Was surprised to find people who have been great conversations! But perhaps I can send a message elsewhere and maybe one day make it happen! It would be an honor

[@timisa58]

Wow. A lot of deconstruction videos coming out! Interesting....

[@LukeBricker]

Totally. Mine started back in 2015 and I felt like I was in no-mans-land then. A lot of great resources today! Can't forget to pursue the work of reconstruction too..

[@ViktorOddy]

thanks

[@LukeBricker]

Thank YOU!

[@latinainwpb]

I almost finished my comment when my laptop “became

[@pedrorodriguez464]

Hi Luke, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this video regarding "deconstructing and/or reconstructing faith". I really enjoyed it and some of the practical tips. I am still a follower of Jesus Christ while still going through a process of questioning my beliefs and changing my views; while still holding what is liberating, refreshing, and illuminating biblical truths to my heart and mind. Keep on sharing. I'm going to follow you! Peace! @prmentor (7/27/19 Saturday)

[@LukeBricker]

Pedro Rodriguez thank you for the kind encouragement, Pedro! I still follow in the ways of Jesus as well, just a more expansive understand and praxis of what that truly means. So glad to meet you! 🙏🙏🙏

[@drandrew1971]

have you come across father bede griffiths on youtube ?

[@natashaadams3463]

Do you have your own podcast?

[@LukeBricker]

Natasha Adams hi Natasha! I do 😃 search “Spiritual Nomad” and you should find it ❤️

[@shifterbbr1986]

The only way to feel whole is accepting the truth and religion isn’t it.

[@jeffwhitney3369]

Religious people hate it when people think for themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LukeBricker]

Right!?!

[@weirdwilliam8500]

It’s almost like someone’s particular personality affects which of the 40,000+ Christian denominations they feel is true. Choose your own imaginary friend. Or….recognize it’s just imaginary, drop the superstitious baggage completely, and get on with your life here in reality.

[@LukeBricker]

got it

[@mcbrown7]

Cory Asbury?

[@LukeBricker]

Haha! I get that quite often 😆

[@martinhafner2201]

I think a lot of this deconstruction is due to a resurgence of the gnostic interpretation of Christianity or perhaps because of the gnostic suppression. The people leading the later church, especially during the spread through Rome, didn't like the "individual truth/faith" style of the more gnostic apostles, so they pushed a more organizationally centralized set of doctrines and a strong sense of individuals having to comply with the central church doctrine. We might not be seeing such a huge collapse or deconstruction if they had left the individualists alone. The church is supposed to be made of many very different stones. Trying to make the stones identical is a very typical human mistake. Whenever we follow an organization's truths just out of obedience, we compromise our own beliefs and thus our sense of what truth really is. Truth is not giving in to a group's ideas. We need to talk about our differences and be influenced by the strengths of each others' ideas or we will only hold weak copies of other people's ideas, which is what drives the leftist riots. Most of the people in the crowd have just taken in something they heard without really running it through heavy tests and contemplation and have let it take them over without really inspecting it first. Then they find themselves doing terrible things and don't understand how it all happened. Whenever we start with the thought of "But I'm supposed to believe ..." then realize we're starting to program ourselves instead of finding something true and dependable in the long term.

[@LukeBricker]

Lot's of good wisdom here, friend!!

[@devilsadvocacy]

I have to think that the push for organizational centralization has less to do with the spiritual needs of the individual members and more to do with the aggregation of money, power and influence. Because that is usually the reason that organizations form, and religious organizations, like all others, are human constructs

[@martinhafner2201]

@@devilsadvocacy I've always seen the spread of Christianity through Rome as more of a political event since it was mostly fueled by political calculation. So yes, organization leaders like to have lots of control or at least less trouble. Gnostic theology tends to decentralize power by making it more about personal revelation. The many members are depicted as stones building the church. People at the time were very good at taking random stones and building a wall. You rub some of the stones a little to knock of the more disruptive sharp edges to help them fit better. You don't rub them into perfect little rectangles. The skill is in finding a place for each shape. But in the desire for more manageable members, they've distorted the message and are out there with a hammer breaking all the corners off until the fit is really easy. It's what corporate HR psychology calls groupthink. You have great harmony and get the answers you expect but they just don't actually work, so you fail. These central power freaks will actually quote 1 Peter 2:5 and Ephesians 2:21 to support their case, not realizing that it only works for them because they've completely changed the meaning and background of the analogy. Do not underestimate the power of laziness from a manager/pastor/deacon Those pesky individualists just don't fit easily. I think it is more common, especially in small churches, than lust for power or control. Both do happen, but you will lose their interest if you accuse the lazy of being power hungry.

[@debralee1401]

Are you in a "Christian"ministry? A Christian and so much more. I wonder how many people actually pretend they believe?

[@LukeBricker]

Yes, or as I like to say, Christ-centered ministry.

[@fpcoleman57]

Sounds naive. Very West Coast sort of liberal "believe anything that feels good to you" sort of Cultural Christianity. Then spiced up with some meditation and Dao/Zen/Hindu wisdom. Unless you have a list of tenets to adhere to or a strong leader (which could cause problems) the whole project will not work. It's too vague and anarchic. As for your personal deconstruction, it's nothing of the kind. It's more a kind of metamorphosis of belief.

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for your input! Blessings to you, friend.

[@mdb1239]

Hope your conviction doesn't turn into kill everyone that doesn't believe. That's what Islam did/does. They went on a killing rampage that took down the Roman Empire. They had conviction. They were seeking for truth. So from your new view point: what is truth?

[@LukeBricker]

Def don't want to kill anyone.

[@martynobs6970]

What are you waiting for ? If you're going to dump G-d, get on with it. You think you're the first or the last ? Go in peace and have a good life....bye.

[@Jupiter_Crash]

There is no timeline or or destination needed.

[@barrywhite1770]

Dumping god isn’t a choice. It happens after you lose faith in faith itself and gain trust in knowledge that can prove itself reliably.

[@martinhafner2201]

Too many parts of the built up dogma are helping to run daily life. Dropping it all in an instant will result in a lot of damage. Some of the dogma is correct or at least approximately correct. It is hard work cleaning it up without hurting your job, your family and your friends. Western civilization was built on the mostly Catholic dogma core. Parts of it are weird, but other parts are good ethics. If we try to throw it out and build new stuff from scratch, we might have chaos and burning cities and a lack of cooperative solutions. Oops. That's happening, isn't it? I'd rather not repeat the mistake at a personal level.

[@martynobs6970]

@@barrywhite1770 Kinda like "follow the science" on untested vaccines ?

[@NoahAusten]

Be a christian; not a Paulian. water baptism; not fire you can know the times.

[@NoahAusten]

Have you dumped angels yet? God has the ability to communicate directly with Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, and Jesus. He goes on and on about specific details of cleanliness. In fact someone is only clean enough if he see's the blood of Jesus as the covering. So who gets angel messages? The unclean. Angels hang out at tombs. If you wrestle one, you get a bum leg.

[@kennethdias9988]

Do what ever you want but accept the consequences of your actions. Your rebellion will have consequences. Grow up! Driving your life by your feelings is adolescent. If it doesn’t line up with scripture it’s a lie from the pit.

[@JonathanSmith-ov9yn]

Wow, can the Christians ever do without the threats? You live your life by feelings. You feel YOUR interpretation of is true and you foist it on others. You have no proof. You have no rational reasons. It just works for you. At least Spiritual Nomad isn't welding threats and dismissing beliefs as mere feelings. You haven't even stated which scriptures! The admonition for him to grow up sounds like an admission.

[@martinhafner2201]

The large church organizations have been emphasizing, discouraging and spinning various parts of scripture to support their own needs for a long time. Thus producing some dogma that is better for the church than the individual. When you lie to yourself long enough, your feelings push back at you. Many of these people have tried living by a particularly manipulated interpretation of various scriptures, but over time they start feeling bad about it. Their subconscious knows something is wrong and pushes back. You ignore those pushes at your peril. Something is wrong, so you need to find it and fix it. It's not about living by your feelings. Your feelings warn you that you're screwing up. Faith and a good spiritual life is about balance. You can live an unbalanced life based on good scriptures. Love, mercy, justice. Strictness, carefulness, enthusiasm. Charity, generosity, frugality. All the hard stuff is about balance between apparent opposites. A lot of people have handed their spirituality over to a group. Then it slowly starts to hurt more and more. So they have to take it back and own it. Oh, but that means they have do the maintenance themselves. That's all this is. But it is hard, because they have to fix the thing that drives their life while their life is running and without crashing.

[@kennethdias9988]

@@martinhafner2201 that’s why I got to a Bible centered church that teaches from the Bible Lin by line precept by precepts. So it’s not about a man or denomination.

[@grimlund]

Allmost nothing in the real world lines up with the Bible. There is no talking snakes. A man cant live inside the belly of a fish for three days. Its impossible. And Noas Ark couldnt have taken all the spieces of animals on Earth. Thats also impossible. There are as much evidence of the Bible being true then a Harry Potter book. .

[@jeffwhitney3369]

fuck off kenneth!

[@Jack-eo5fn]

Just my opinion, but consider being more specific. Its for sure you’re an articulate man, but your actual content is vague and evasive.

[@LukeBricker]

Hi friend! Thank you so much for the comment and feedback!! I recorded this almost 2 years ago after a time of “hibernation”. I think you’re right about being vague and evasive, it was a subconscious way to protect myself from being too vulnerable because I’ve been hurt in the past by being too blunt and pointed. I’ve been working on it for a while and really have sensed a release from that defense mechanism over the past 6 months. Truly, thank you for this comment. It has helped me to let go of the small, protective self even more. In addition, I was totally riffing and talking off the cuff... which can sometimes work, but can also lead to a bunch of gibberish “fillers” searching for the real point as I externally process on camera. Obviously, this is solved by having a premeditated outline, which I’ve had to train my naturally whimsical self to do LOL. Apologize for the long reply, but honestly you’ve helped me more than you know. Thank you! Blessings 🙏

[@stevedavies8703]

This is such nonsense! A man with earrings, woman's hair, and covered in tattoos talking about Faith, The world has gone mad! The Israelites thought GOD was for them.

[@LukeBricker]

Thanks for the comment, Steve! God bless you. 2 words to check out tho - “New Covenant” ❤️

[@davidbridenstine6358]

So deceived. To believe this you have to discount the entire gospel of John.

[@LukeBricker]

John is my favorite synoptic gospel.

[@jilldezsenyi7361]

Your choice and judgement day if choose to walk with satan

[@caseyjude5472]

There’s no such thing as “Satan”. There’s no demons in thrift shop clothing either. You can relax & not live in fear all the time. It’s not healthy.

[@LukeBricker]

so, "for freedom Christ has set you free" is walking with Satan? Not following theological group think is Satan? Reading the Bible and not getting the exact same interpretation as Evangelicals is Satan? Expound :)

[@jeffwhitney3369]

Id rather walk with satan than your god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your god is a evil monster who destroys lives on a whim... if you read and believe the bible anyway. I know christians like to ignore the Old Testemant which makes YOUR god look like a fucking monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@h.m.7218]

The very fact that you're using this word ( "deconstructing", "being a deconstructionist" ) says... Hmm, no, it shouts that what you believe to be an act of liberation is just an act of submission to the spirit of the times. Be what you want but don't use this word. It's a word used by manipulated people. Find another one.