An open letter to the self-proclaimed messenger of God on campus last week who openly called me a whore in front of the crowd because my shorts came above my knees:

As the girl you just verbally harassed, I have this to say to you:

I’m really sorry for you. I’m also sorry for everyone who has listened to your obnoxious, blatantly false representation of what it is to be Christian this week.

But at the root of it, I’m really sorry that somebody taught you that God was unforgiving, wrathful and full of spite. I’m sorry for whoever taught you that hell is the only destination for all those who sin by listening to rock ‘n’ roll music, wearing strappy sandals or showing their kneecaps.

I’m sorry your relationship with God is so broken, so flawed in perspective that you feel it is necessary to come to the campus of a school you don’t attend and yell at students who are busy trying to learn and discover solutions to change our futures and help the world.

That’s what I have to say to you as the woman you just verbally harassed. This is what I have to say to you as a Christian:

I pray that you stop representing my faith like this, but until then, shame on you.

Shame on you for coming here every day this week preaching about a hateful and wrath-some God. Shame on you for never once, in all of the rants I’ve heard from you this week, speaking of the forgiveness of God or his kindness. Shame on you for your condescending, narrow-minded, disrespectful and cruel behavior day after day after day.

Shame on you for responding cruelly to non-Christians asking genuine questions about the Bible and how its stories relate to their life’s experiences. Shame on you for telling a girl who sought to understand how she could find a relationship with God after losing her faith after years of abuse, neglect and violence from her parents that it was her fault.

Shame on you for telling the girl who asked if she would be forgiven by God because she was raped that she should have lived a less sinful life so that wouldn’t have happened to her.

Shame on you for preying on other people’s insecurities and way of life just to say you are a “preacher.” You and your judgmental, condescending and harassing behavior are not welcome here.