The first part of this series can be found here. By the Fall of 2010, I no longer considered myself a Christian, even though I hadn't admitted that to anyone other than my wife and one or two others. We still attended every church service, but that was beginning to wear on us more and… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 8
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How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 7
The first part of this series can be found here. Once my parents and in-laws were aware of my doubts, the clock was ticking. Doubts as serious as mine obviously needed to be resolved, or I would be in danger of apostasy. Family get-togethers became weird at this point, because my doubts were always the… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 7
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 6
The first part of this series can be found here. Around April of 2010, I finally decided to talk to my parents and in-laws about my growing doubts. Though I was now aware of several problem areas in the Bible, I thought the best approach would be to tell them about the articles I had… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 6
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 5
Links: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 // Part 4 I'm reaching a part of this story that's very difficult to write about. In my last post, I mentioned that my doubts about my faith had reached a point that I knew I needed to talk to my parents and my wife's parents… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 5
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 4
Links: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 In early 2010, my questions took a different track that I hadn't expected, and it happened quite by accident. I was writing material for the adult and high school Bible classes. We were about to begin a study of Christian Evidences, and I was writing a… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 4
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 3
Links: Part 1 // Part 2 For most of 2009, I remained unsure of some of my beliefs. Doctrinally, I had a firm foundation -- I knew what I believed and why. But when it came to the subject of who would be saved and who wouldn't, I felt like I was at a loss.… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 3
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 2
Part 1 can be found here. In studying the doctrine of Hell, I found some interesting things. First, Hell is not talked about in the Old Testament. The King James Version mentions "Hell" a number of times, but that's just a translation issue. The actual word used in the Old Testament is Sheol. Now, we… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 2
How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 1
Lately I've been reading The Bittersweet End, and I've been quite engrossed in the way his story is unfolding. He began the blog as a place to gather his thoughts about a few doubts he was dealing with. Over the last year, he has moved further and further away from belief, until he now pretty… Continue reading How It Happened: My Deconversion Part 1
Missing the Point
I got a facebook message that's been on my mind today. It was from someone very close to me who is still part of the church of Christ -- the sect of Christianity of which I was a member. As I've said before, my immediate family no longer associates with me or my wife because… Continue reading Missing the Point
Buffet-style Religion
I read a post over at Thomas Verenna's blog tonight that I found very interesting. He had been discussing the historicity of the gospels with a friend recently, and at one point he posed these two questions: (a) It *may* be true that portrayals of ancient figures have some historical kernels, but not always. How… Continue reading Buffet-style Religion
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