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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>don’t let hate blind your faith.&#xA;true Christianity is progressive, and conservative Christianity is toxic.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social</link><title>@progresschristn.bsky.social - The Progressive Christian</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3ltz7ogsrs22b</link><description>the conservative Christian’s who could convince themselves to vote for a rapist draw the line at the Gaines’s acknowledgment that queer people exist. &#xA;&#xA;conservative Christianity is toxic Christianity.</description><pubDate>15 Jul 2025 15:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltz7ogsrs22b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3ltmgvtqaas2b</link><description>A progressive Christian knows the evil in trying to know or understand wholly; back to the beginning of our existence, attempting to know as much as God led to our fall. We are called to Love, not to Know. If given the option between loving &amp; knowing, always choose love.</description><pubDate>10 Jul 2025 13:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmgvtqaas2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3ltmgip6noc2c</link><description>If your faith requires you to declare certain people don’t exist, or that affirming all people is one attempting to be “nicer” or “more loving” than God, it is not Christ you are following but toxic conservative dogma that is demonic in nature and practice.</description><pubDate>10 Jul 2025 13:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmgip6noc2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lthiozd6zk2i</link><description>Pause &amp; Pray: please pray for the communities in Texas affected by this devastating flooding, and pray the people in charge make decisions going forward that better protect our communities.</description><pubDate>08 Jul 2025 14:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthiozd6zk2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lt3iuiy2mk23</link><description>Hi! I’m Maria, and I’m a progressive Christian. Here, I will discuss anything &amp; everything under the sun including politics, culture, science, entertainment, health, religion, and so much more through this lense of progressive Christianity, the truest form of Christianity. I am so glad you’re here.💛</description><pubDate>03 Jul 2025 19:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3iuiy2mk23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lsvzsyfpkk2l</link><description>now that June is over, let’s remember queer people exist year round and deserve our love, compassion, and acceptance year round. queer joy is here to stay because it is Holy! &#xA;&#xA;#progressivechristian</description><pubDate>01 Jul 2025 15:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvzsyfpkk2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lsmntasq5k2e</link><description>claiming the people facing genocide are the absolute oppressors is terrorism. full stop. &#xA;&#xA;#freepalestine</description><pubDate>27 Jun 2025 22:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsmntasq5k2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lslwhy4pes2m</link><description>only religious freedom for a few, is not true religious freedom.</description><pubDate>27 Jun 2025 15:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslwhy4pes2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lsjjzsaars2b</link><description>as a pro-life Christian, I believe:&#xA;- universal healthcare is necessary&#xA;- queer rights are human rights&#xA;- Black lives matter&#xA;- immigrants deserve protection &#xA;- climate change is real &amp; requires immediate intervention &#xA;&#xA;all of these positions based in Biblical truth, life, &amp; love.</description><pubDate>26 Jun 2025 16:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjjzsaars2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lshjwsswhs2o</link><description>equating Islam with Islamic extremism is like equating Christianity with the KKK. as we all learned from the West Wing episode “Isaac and Ishmael.”</description><pubDate>25 Jun 2025 21:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshjwsswhs2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lshgvjpo2s2b</link><description>if your issue with theocracy only applies to Islamic extremists and not with Christian nationalism, your issue isn’t theocracy, it’s islamophobia. &#xA;&#xA;#progressivechristianity</description><pubDate>25 Jun 2025 20:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lshgvjpo2s2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lsafgmals224</link><description>Conservative Christianity is toxic Christianity.</description><pubDate>23 Jun 2025 01:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsafgmals224</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3ls7ueewihc27</link><description>The time for peace is before the bombs are dropped. May the Lord protect us all and bring those responsible to His justice. &#xA;&#xA;“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”&#xA;Matthew 5:9</description><pubDate>22 Jun 2025 20:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7ueewihc27</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3ls2ykbyars22</link><description>Hello! I am new to this platform. Here, we believe true Christianity is progressive: loving God, loving our neighbor, always choosing Love reflects progressive ideals of accepting, affirming, caring for, and loving other people.</description><pubDate>20 Jun 2025 21:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2ykbyars22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lryuhceshs24</link><description>I know Twitter (“X”) has become a battleground, but this message of Progressive Christianity needs spread far &amp; wide. if you still are active over there, here is my new account. &#xA;#progressivechristian &#xA;&#xA;https://x.com/progresschristn?s=11</description><pubDate>20 Jun 2025 01:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryuhceshs24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lryuba4kkc2d</link><description>denying any person or group of people’s existence is to deny Jesus. Biblically, Jesus is with those this world outcasts.</description><pubDate>20 Jun 2025 01:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryuba4kkc2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lryna26ol22c</link><description>this is dangerous. to claim people aren’t who they say they are, who God made them to be, based on your own misguided interpretation of Scripture is dangerous. it’s Christo-terrorism and evil.</description><pubDate>19 Jun 2025 23:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryna26ol22c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrr5s65nzs2n</link><description>Conservative Christians have ALWAYS been on the wrong side of history. they ALWAYS lose because their stance is NEVER Biblical.</description><pubDate>16 Jun 2025 23:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr5s65nzs2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrr7ghl5222e</link><description>I have a substack now. I want to reach more people and be able to dive a little deeper in my thoughts. Hope to see you there!&#xA;#progressivechristian #christian&#xA;&#xA;https://substack.com/@theprogresschristian?r=5vcva5</description><pubDate>17 Jun 2025 00:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr7ghl5222e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrr5s65nzs2n</link><description>Conservative Christians have ALWAYS been on the wrong side of history. they ALWAYS lose because their stance is NEVER Biblical.</description><pubDate>16 Jun 2025 23:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr5s65nzs2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrr4r57pcc2r</link><description>I highly recommend this podcast, specifically the “It’s in the Code” segment on Love and Empathy. it’s a brilliant rebuke of so-called “toxic empathy,” in a way that clearly demonstrates its inherent manipulation, hypocrisy, fallacy, and simplicity. &#xA;&#xA;https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hjKA6GnGK5QaT7S4CbQ1g?si=eovdieJsTk20UdA6_gc3PAi</description><pubDate>16 Jun 2025 23:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrr4r57pcc2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lros2rb2nk2e</link><description>In all the talk of toxic empathy, I urge everyone to battle toxic Christianity. In perverting Holy Scripture to fit a demonic narrative, conservative Christians have perpetuated toxic Christianity over those who seek to affirm Jesus’s radically progressive teachings.</description><pubDate>16 Jun 2025 01:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lros2rb2nk2e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrelxer6oc2y</link><description>pro-life people celebrate pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶</description><pubDate>11 Jun 2025 23:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrelxer6oc2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lk4mpedqyk2b</link><description>🧵 the lie that male &amp; female are the only genders and no one is born in the wrong body and/or every body is perfect the way God created it is an obvious lie scientifically, morally, and spiritually by Biblical standards.</description><pubDate>11 Mar 2025 17:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4mpedqyk2b</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lkqlblkbhs2v</link><description>one of the most demonic people I’ve heard and read is someone claiming to be Christian doing righteous work. be careful. look at words, intentions, and actions.</description><pubDate>19 Mar 2025 16:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqlblkbhs2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lrel7cmjrc2q</link><description>conservative Christians are ALWAYS on the wrong side of history &amp; the Bible.&#xA;&#xA;they have used the Bible to support &amp; defend:&#xA;- assault of all kinds&#xA;- human rights abuses of all kinds (including slavery)&#xA;- every (failed) cout attempt&#xA;- excluding those they don&#39;t like from God&#xA;- bigotry of all kinds</description><pubDate>11 Jun 2025 23:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrel7cmjrc2q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lkqlblkbhs2v</link><description>one of the most demonic people I’ve heard and read is someone claiming to be Christian doing righteous work. be careful. look at words, intentions, and actions.</description><pubDate>19 Mar 2025 16:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkqlblkbhs2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/progresschristn.bsky.social/post/3lk4mpedqyk2b</link><description>🧵 the lie that male &amp; female are the only genders and no one is born in the wrong body and/or every body is perfect the way God created it is an obvious lie scientifically, morally, and spiritually by Biblical standards.</description><pubDate>11 Mar 2025 17:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:46nj24emql42pfwffb2bcse2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4mpedqyk2b</guid></item></channel></rss>