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It didn't use to be. I remember most churches on the 80s had a message of, "try to be a good person" and then everyone would hang out and chat. Pretty chill space. Can't stand going to any churches now.
I guess you were never guilt tripped after being forced to watch Hell's Bells.
Also, Chick Tracts were huge in the 80's and those are not "chill and be a good person" kind of things. Nor is slut shaming. I could go on.
Chick tracts are still around. Someone left this awful one on my car last year after this latest war in Israel and Palestine started up. The short version is it starts with environmental disaster fears over pollution and food shortages and ends with needing a world war against Israel to bring Jesus back from the dead to save our souls.
https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/chick-tracts/chick%20tracts/End%20times/The%20Great%20Escape%21_text.pdf
Yeah, I think the experiences vary. I rejected xtianity as dogma very early on, so I would have noticed people trying to push narratives. Yes, there were the kooks and the zealots, but I remember some of those types of churches the other poster mentioned where they'd put on things that were teen and/or family-focused and I'm not sure I remember hearing any god-talk when you'd walk in. Some of them were my friends' church, some of them were friends of my parents who invited the family over for a potluck in the basement kind of thing...it could be parents would get the pitch, but I was not getting any of that as a kid/teen...
Then there are the cases where you'd go to some VBS (Vacation Bible School) - I don't think it went craaaaazy into the pitch, but the religion was definitely there and are projects would involve something with the name of Jesus in it....