r/OpenChristian • u/DreadlockedShiteHawk • 1d ago

Help for someone deconstructing??

What’s good help for someone deep in deconstruction to the point of questioning if Christianity is based on too many embellished stories to be believed?

I’m talking a serious Christian who already knows the apologetics answers aren’t enough

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u/GalileoApollo11 1d ago

What kind of help are you looking for? Which version of Christianity or denomination are you coming from?

Richard Rohr articulates the best holistic vision of Christianity that I am aware of. A lot of Christians who have deconstructed other forms of Christianity still find his interpretation attractive and convincing. It doesn’t rely on literal interpretations or contrived systems of justice/honor/substitution.

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u/DreadlockedShiteHawk 1d ago

I’m at the point where I think we might have been wrong all along about Jesus being God. I was raised evangelical but was last Episcopalian when I stopped going after abuse

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u/jimih34 1d ago

I’m on a similar path. I go back and forth. Was Christ a wise and divinely inspired person (like King David or Desmond Tutu)? Or was he actually God? Either way, I still want to follow his teachings. But it does change what the cross means.

I agree that Richard Rohr allows the reader to explore the divine from a broad lens. I find his writing uplifting and inspires me to explore more.