Analyzing Christianity
Disaffiliating: When leaving religion means leaving your entire life behind
Some religions don’t make a lot of demands on their adherents. Others demand everything. And then somehow, they take even more when someone leaves.
Analyzing Christianity
Knowledge: Starting from scratch after deconversion
Unlearning all the faulty logic and pseudoscience I’d learned while Christian was tough. But I had a much tougher time with unlearning how I’d learned how to learn and what knowing something actually means. I’d thought I had a handle on how to assess and absorb knowledge, but I was completely wrong.
Analyzing Christianity
Deconversion: No, actually, we don’t need to try every flavor first
Today, let me show you the Christian salesman who insists we must try his product before he’ll even come close to considering our deconversion valid — and why we do not actually need to try every flavor of Christianity first before deciding it’s not for us.
Analyzing Christianity
Ex-Christians and the Myth of the Virtuous Deconversion Excuse
Today, let me show you what a virtuous excuse is, and why you’ll find none of them in the evangelical conceptualization of deconversion.
Analyzing Christianity
Deconversion: How Reality Drained My Faith Pool
Hi and welcome back! Lately, we’ve been talking about a Christian book called Atheist Overreach. In particular, yesterday we discussed the ways that Christians mangle and negate science — and even deny reality itself — to make their claims look more valid. That line of thinking led me to memories Read more