Empty the Pews Quotes

“I saw books with titles like Lies My Teacher Told Me, and I felt a little sorry for the people who needed a book to explain such an obvious concept to them. I had known teachers could be liars since I was young.”
― Chrissy Stroop, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church

“The Bible says to love your neighbor as you love yourself, but what if Christianity has taught you not to love yourself? Then you hate your neighbor as you hate yourself—impotently, in despair.”
― Chrissy Stroop, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church

“Forgiveness does not mean absolving anyone of culpability. It’s simply recognizing the offender as human, a person with a story.”
― Chrissy Stroop, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church

“they’ll vote for politicians who openly promise to take away their health care, as long as the neighbors they see as undeserving lose their health care too.”
― Chrissy Stroop, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church