Its irritating that those who didn't support my coming out assume my #deconstruction and disdain of #evangelical/fundamentalist Christianity is all because I embraced my sexuality.

1/12 #faithfullylgbt #exvangelical

They assume their warnings of what would happen when I came out have come to fruition rather than give responsibility to the toxic/oppressive systems they’re still a part of.

2/12

In their world there is no room for nuance or to wonder if maybe they were wrong and the people leaving is from something larger. Constantly looking for places to put their blame other than on themselves.

3/12

Even though im no longer in their world I still cringe at the thought of them finding out where I am at currently and thinking I have "fallen away" all because im #gay...

4/12

The reality is that in some ways my #comingout did cause me to step away. It was in taking the time to figure out who I was and then see all the ways my former tradition harmed me and tried to change a part of me that was never broken.

5/12

Teaching me from a very young age that I am flawed. A wretch that deserves the worst in this world yet somehow God still loves me. This belief is somehow supposed to co-exist with the idea that God knit us together in our mother's womb and called us good?

6/12

Sorry Evangelicals, that doesn't add up. It's things like this that have led so many of us to the place where we are at in deconstruction. Gay or not. We want truth and the evangelical world is proving to just be smoke and mirrors.

7/12

We have had a taste of what authenticity looks like and we will chase it down pulling off whatever is holding us back in the process. Im sorry if that’s hard for you but at the end of the day, that’s not on us. That’s on you!

8/12

Maybe your irritation with where we're at is a reflection of your lack of confidence in the foundation you stand on and claim to be unshakable. Here let me use an example you will understand. One you taught me as a child.

9/12

"The wise one built their house upon the rock. The rains came down and the floods came up and the house on the rock stood firm. The foolish one built their house upon the sand. The rains came down and the floods came up and the house on the sand went smash."

10/12

Ive been seing many evangelicals squirm as people are sharing their deconstruction journey. Your reaction to that leads me to believe you've built your beliefs on sand. We all know from the previous tweet how that song ends...

11/12

If your faith system is so easily shakeable it might be time to re-evaluate why and rather than put blame on us take a good long look in the mirror. It wasn't Jesus we were trying to get away from...

12/12