10 votes

Sixteen and evangelical

Posted by Micycle_the_Bichael
Tags: religion, suicide, teenagers, evangelicalism, health.mental, author.laura turner, source.slate, long read, paywall
https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/07/willow-creek-church-evangelical-teens-grow-up.html

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Title
As Evangelical Teenagers, My Friends and I Were Inseparable. How Did We All Drift So Far Apart?
Authors
Laura Turner
Published
Jul 16 2019
Word count
4471 words

2 comments

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    Grendel
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    That was a powerful article that I can relate to. My time in evangelical youth group was long after the authors', but I still had a very similar experience. This article was authentic without...

    That was a powerful article that I can relate to. My time in evangelical youth group was long after the authors', but I still had a very similar experience.

    This article was authentic without being patronizing. It was honest in a way that allows people to draw their own conclusion.s

    5 votes
    1. joplin
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      Oh man, I used to live near that church outside Chicago! It was like a city unto itself. If I recall, they had a McDonalds on their grounds. While it's not the focus of the piece, this part does...

      Oh man, I used to live near that church outside Chicago! It was like a city unto itself. If I recall, they had a McDonalds on their grounds.

      While it's not the focus of the piece, this part does not surprise me in the least:

      Looking back on teachings about sexual purity now—the conversations about modesty, about saving oneself for marriage—I am struck that we never, not once, had a conversation about consent.

      During my years at Catholic school, nobody at the school or church ever mentioned the word "consent" let alone discussed what it meant or its implications. There were lots of teachings about how women were supposed to be subservient to men, though.

      6 votes