The actual definition of Evangelism is to preach to others about the 4 gospels of the New Testament. No brainer right? But symbolically, this word has meant a lot of things to all of us. For those who are a part of evangelical Christian religions, it means “spreading the good word”.
For those who are not there, it means being annoyed by others trying to sell you on something. And for those who have been there and are no longer, well, I’m not going to pretend to know exactly what that means, I’ve not been there. But when I talk to many who have left, it seems like a really dark place, something that I can either guess is a pang of guilt for having done so in the past, mixed with a ton of anger that they feel that they were manipulated into such a life/lifestyle/belief. I may be very wrong, but it’s simply what I see watching from the outside.
