When I started speaking up about my negative experiences with the church and Christianity, I immediately felt the backlash. Family and friends unfriended me on social media platforms, and distanced themselves from me personally. In the beginning, I spoke from a place of pain. At times, I spoke more harshly than I would now. Sometimes I generalized and attacked subjectively. At other times, I think I should have been more assertive, and less afraid to own what I thought enough to say it straight. It took a while for me to find a balance, and decide what message I really wanted people to hear from me.
Stubborn Selfish Woman 