6.9.19 Sunday School Horror Stories: Adam & Eve

Join us this summer as we revisit those classic bible stories adults love to tell to children: David & Goliath, Jonah & the Whale, Noah’s Ark, and more. We love to tell these stories to kids because they feature children and/or animals, but on closer examination, these stories are MESSED UP.
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Child soldiers, whales who swallow people whole, and (let’s face it) God’s genocide of basically the entire planet. We’ll revisit these stories with a more critical lens and discover that while the horror is real, so is the grace, beauty, and love of God.

THIS WEEK: Adam and Eve is a totally chill, normal story about nudity, the origins of evil, and a trickster talking snake with legs. If that wasn't enough horror for you, we'll dive into the centuries of abusive theology that uses this story (incorrectly) to promote misogyny, heterosexism, transphobia, anti-science/7 day creationism.
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Is there anything beautiful and redemptive about the creation story? Absolutely. We'll reclaim the beauty of God's artistic hand, the truth about gender and body expression, and the power of myth to speak truth.