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The de-conversion journey of a Christian musician
My story isn’t strange—born into a Christian home, raised into a Christian lifestyle and led a faithful Christian life as an adult. I was a missionary for six years, both living overseas and operating from a stateside base from which to travel. ...
Hot-For-Jesus Former Fundie de-Conversion Story… abridged
I've been meaning to submit this story for a long time. However, whenever I feel the urge to testify regarding my former life as a born-again evangelical fundamentalist christian, I head to my blog and throw a little piece of my former self onto my ...
A Silent Departure (my de-Converstion story)
I have been reading articles here for awhile now, intending to share my own de-conversion story eventually. I must say, I’ve been impressed with the tone of this site. It seems like a great place for thoughtful interaction. For someone who is jus...
Religious Disenchantment Narratives and the Arts Dissertation
My name is Philip Francis, a doctoral student at Harvard Divinity School, writing a dissertation on religious disenchantment narratives and the arts. I am posting here to see if there are any readers who would be willing to contribute to my project ...
Dear God,
I realized sometime ago that I don't talk to you like I used to. The most praying I do these days is the same nighttime prayer I've prayed since I was a child. I don't even say grace before meals anymore. Not out loud, anyway. It's just the little rh...
Reconciling the reality of my experiences with church teachings on life
My de-conversion came about as a result of trying to reconcile the reality of my experiences with what I had been taught by the church about life. In reading others' stories I see a lot of common threads. So I know that I am not alone in that my sl...
Suppose God does exist. I don’t need god. God doesn’t need me. I’m okay with this.
Leaving "the faith" was a long process for me, around seven years to be exact (the universe has a funny sense of humor). It started with my questioning the concept of sin. At many times during my Christendom, I wondered why something I did was wrong....
My Stumble into Agnosticism
When I first started blogging, I found it difficult to articulate my current perspective on religion. Thus, I wanted to use my blog to explain my spiritual development, my journey, and how I got to such a complicated, cosmological place. Through writ...
My Conversion and De-Conversion Story
I had a conversation with someone lately via email and they were asking about how I became a Christian and how I ended up leaving the Christian faith. In most cases, Christians do not see how someone could have been a "true Christian" if they end up ...
De-converts: Are Christians Really as Bad as You Think?
I am a Christian who reads this blog quite a bit. However, I find that the debates seem to always go back to the uselessness of faith. This is kind of strange - on a personal level - like Christian faith is ‘bad’ or something. It is this issue th...
Book Feature: Christian No More by Jeff Mark
This book is written primarily for Christians who are questioning their faith. It mixes a story of my own de-conversion with facts about the Bible that, in my opinion, basically show that the Bible cannot possibly be real; it couldn't have been writt...
Reasons why I de-converted and now consider myself an atheist
I would like to share with the d-C readers, the primary reasons why I de-converted and why I no longer have to consider what some mysterious, mythical, and hideously confusing god feels about me. Watching my religious mother and both aunts die of ...
The de-conversion story of an Ashkenazi Jew
Hi everyone! My name is Shai, I am 23 years old, I live in a city near Tel-Aviv, Israel, and I am an atheist. As an atheist, I lack the belief in a god, gods, or any other supreme/supernatural being. I believe that everyone on the planet earth are g...
My de-conversion: A discovery of deliberate lies
I was born into a very religious Christian family. My maternal grandfather was a former Baptist pastor and leading elder of his church, which he also founded. He and my grandmother had been heavily involved in Campus Crusade, especially during the 19...
A Christian Pastor influenced my de-conversion
The most influential event for me in my de-conversion was actually talking to a Christian pastor. I was visiting my brother in Kentucky, and prior to going to see Pirates 3 Saturday night, we all went to watch him perform at his megachurch where he ...
33 Reasons why I left the Mormon Church
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to ackn...
From Gospel Preacher to Good Atheist
My Early Years - Growing up, I was a typical American kid. I had a brother and a sister, a loving mom and dad, and we were taught to believe in Christianity, America's status quo faith. Mom and dad were not religious fanatics, but they were mild fund...
The question of suffering and my de-conversion
"Oh God, you are my God, and I will ever serve you..." I grew up singing all the lame-ass church songs that you know are lame at the time, but you are too afraid of eternal condemnation to even whisper a critical comment about them. I grew up with c...
I never wanted to be an Atheist
Since de-converting from Christianity, many who claim to follow Christ have accused me of wanting to lead a life of sin or wanting to hide from God, or just plain turning my back on God. I had one Christian named Dan, after I said the sentence that i...
