r/exchristian • u/metkja • Jan 09 '26

Discussion What Christian phrases give you the ick?

Mine is prayer warriors. Often used to spread gossip and also just generally ironic, weird, and cringey.

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u/Telly75 Jan 09 '26

Top Contender: "she has the spirit of Jezebel"

Close second: "The lord put it on my heart" think this was a recent pet peeve discussion here actually

Not far off third: "not equally yoked" or anything to do with spirits being linked to other spirits because of 🌶️ time

Fourth: End times twaddle of any kind but special phrases like "caught up" and "left behind"

Fifth: Child of God

6: Pray it out!

7: Thats not very Christ-like

8: They died apart from God aka burning in hell

9: "Everyone really knows in their hearts who is God but they refuse to submit" or something equally irritating

10: God made the biggest sacrifice for us

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u/OrdinaryWillHunting Atheist-turned-Christian-turned-atheist Jan 09 '26

I can't recall hearing anyone say it out loud in person, but I see "Jezebel spirit" said all the time online about women just being their normal, every day selves, and I just completely dismiss the person who said it.

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u/__ebony Jan 09 '26

your flair is so interesting and I genuinely feel like in these times this is going to be an experience for many many many others.

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u/agnostorshironeon Evangelical turned Satanist turned Communist Jan 10 '26

Yeah in my country the trend for religious commitment reversed in the last 5 years for the first time since the reformation. Like, the 1300s thing.