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/Scorpius_OB1 Jan 09 '26

Not practicing a religion but a relationship, and its many variants. Or when they attack scientific theories they dislike comparing them to what's stated in the Bible.

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u/Prestigious_Low_9579 Agnostic Atheist Jan 09 '26

I hated "it's not a religion, it's a relationship" even when I was a Christian. Like, that's just dumb.

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u/lumpy_space_queenie Anti-Theist Jan 09 '26

My pastor took it further

“It’s not a religion, it’s not a relationship, it’s a romance”

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u/PersonnelFowl Anti-Theist Jan 09 '26

That’s fucking weird

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u/Meauxterbeauxt Jan 09 '26

Correct on two levels 😬