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
Perhaps an Apolgy Is in Order
In my last post I talked about the outlook shared by many of the people in the church of Christ -- the group of which I was once a member. It was pointed out to me in the following comments that I had been unfair in my treatment of my ex-brethren. While that was not… Continue reading Perhaps an Apolgy Is in Order
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
Reblogs… What Do You Think?
So I'm considering reblogging some of the posts I did when I first came back to my blog in 2011. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've been in a bit of a slump lately -- some of the things I want to post on will take some significant research time that I… Continue reading Reblogs… What Do You Think?
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