A safe place to come and doubt your faith
I am a first time poster, but a long time sufferer. But if you’ll indulge me a little I’ll climb down from my cross. They need the wood for something else anyway! I have some thoughts, but I’ve never actually been brave enough to engrave them into words before. I still think, in the back of my mind, that lightning will probably strike me before I hit the “submit” button. Why is it so important to externalise one’s worth? Why…
These are some of the answers I got when I asked questions about God, or the church, or religion as a child. Simple answers for not so simple questions. I remember asking who made God and where heaven was and getting vague responses or being flat out ignored. Once I asked why God would let children suffer and starve after I saw one of those Feed the Children commercials. I was shocked by the small children with their extended stomachs…
I was born into a Christian family. We went to church on Sundays and I would go to bible youth groups and things like that. When I was growing up I had a neighbor friend whom I wanted to try to be better friends with, so I begged and begged my mom and dad to let me go to her school. She went to a Lutheran school.She had been going there since kindergarten and had already established a clique by…
This is probably the most difficult thing I’ll ever share about my life. In my book It’s Life Jim… I shared the complexities of my life with as much honesty, openness and integrity as I could except for the 22 years of marriage. I gave it a general, neutral sort of appraisal, mostly out of respect for our families. I have no wish to tarnish Min’s memory, but in sharing this I hope to be able to bring light on…
Used with permission: The shortened deconversion story of Alex from the Atheist Jesus facebook page. A year ago, I realized that my preconceived notions of religion were bogus. Not long ago, I was a bible believing Christian. That is, until I got into college, and took a class in comparative mythology. In that class, we discussed about the major Indo-European myths, from Mesopotamian mythos to the Rig Vedas. It was during the analysis of the Rig Vedas and other Hindu…
As a former believer I used to enjoy extensive discussions with one of my work colleagues about God and his kingdom. I have since stopped believing, but my colleague and I still talk… Only now, about how it’s possible for me to have lost my faith, the meaning of life, evidence of God and the origins of the universe etc. I particularly enjoy our discussions, because unlike most believers I have reasoned with, he is very tolerant, patient, and secure…
By Mike Johns Deconversion is a process, not a switch. Very rarely does someone stop believing overnight. Mine took a few tries before it stuck. During the last go-around, I know I had to convince myself to spend as much time with church stuff as I possibly could, because subconsciously I knew I didn’t actually buy this crap. I had to immerse myself in the church culture as much as possible in the hopes of not slipping. The last go…
Written by Ilva Pieterse This isn’t for the extremists, the over-the-top, or the bullies. This is for those sensitive religious people who care what impact their words might have on someone not of their faith, who is grieving. Most of us understand and appreciate that times of bereavement are times of humanity, not of judgement and cruelty. Understanding this, however, does not automatically exempt us from saying the wrong thing. And as far as I’m concerned, people are neither exempted…
