Purity Rings and Broken Dreams - All Things Reconsidered Ep. 12

Become a Patron and join our Discord! - patreon.com/allthingsreconsidered Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok! https://linktr.ee/AllThingsReconsidered Welcome to All Things Reconsidered - where we navigate through deconstructing and reconstructing our faith together. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb are exfundamentalist exvangelical Christians who have deconstructed away from Bible literalism and other harmful theology like the Rapture, Creationism, and purity culture. In episode 12, Joey Trieb and Brandon McAlpine start a conversation on purity culture and how it has affected a generation of evangelicals. Through events like the Silver Ring Thing and True Love Waits, and music like Modest Is Hottest by Mathew West and I Don't Want It by DC Talk, youth pastors unintentionally fostered shame and self-loathing in the lives of teenagers across the country. Brandon McAlpine and Joey Trieb break down the harmful effects of this teaching, the patriarchal structure it is rooted in, and how we can move on from it.   New episodes every Monday! Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google, and more!