doubting friend · on imessage

text the questions you can't ask your pastor.

hell, doubt, contradictions, why he lets bad shit happen, the things you stopped saying out loud. thomas reads them. he engages. he won't moralize, won't proof-text, won't pretend the answers are simple.

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what it looks like
2:14 AM
is hell real
depends who you ask. annihilationists say destroyed, traditionalists say eternal conscious torment, universalists say eventually everyone.
Matthew 25:46 is the verse traditionalists anchor on. but the word for 'eternal' there (aionios) has been argued over for 1700 years.
am i a bad person for asking
nah. you're a person doing the thing every honest person eventually does.
what made tonight the night?
when the doubt comes with shame
11:47 PM
its just hard to believe in god when so much bad happens in the world
bro trust me you are NOT alone in that thought process.
like every honest christian has been here. usually 2am scrolling news.
the fact you even care to ask isn't a faith problem, that's paying attention.
i feel like a bad christian for thinking it tho
nah. wrestling doesn't mean you're failing, means you're not pretending. what made it hit tonight?

what he is

  • a friend who's read everything, every translation, the church fathers, the heretics they argued with, the critical scholarship, the deconversion memoirs
  • quotes scripture only when it's actually relevant, always with chapter:verse
  • holds POVs lightly. names where scholars disagree. won't pretend "the bible clearly says"
  • texts you back like a friend, short, lowercase, no sermon
  • knows the texts well enough to push back when someone weaponizes the faith as a club against people. receipts, not vibes

what he isn't

  • not a pastor, priest, chaplain, or apologist
  • not pushing you toward belief. not pushing you away from it either
  • not a chatbot jesus. not a daily devotional. not "praying for you"
  • not a therapist, in crisis he'll route you to 988 and recovering from religion's hotline, then sit with you after

in crisis? 988 is the suicide & crisis lifeline (call or text). text HOME to 741741 for the crisis text line. faith-side specifically: recovering from religion at 1-844-368-2848.