When Losing Your Faith and Becoming an Atheist Can Cost You Everything. Some Stories From Reddit of De-conversions in Evangelical or Fundamentalist Families

The other day I discovered a Reddit forum of former religious to include many evangelicals in their late teens or in college whose parents learned they they became an atheist. What happens next is heart breaking and hard to process. Stories of being disowned, even some violence and how some evangelicals and followers of Jesus act in fear toward their own flesh and blood. 

Grieving the Death of Evangelical Faith and Realizing Its Cost and How Much of Your Life Was Wasted

There was a tweet by Adrian Gibbs recently that looks at how leaving the evangelical system is like grief for many former evangelicals. Indeed, when you walk away from evangelicalism you do grieve as you comprehend how much of your life was stolen and wasted. Its a hard process and its akin to mourning a death. But grieving the loss of evangelical faith is a process everyone must do on their own.

Another Reason Why Atheists Should Be Respected: Their Commitment to Science

Science recently found a vaccine for the dreaded coronavirus. Its a modern miracle especially when you consider that it took Jonas Salk seven years to find a vaccine against polio. This blog wants to acknowledge atheist and their commitment to science.  Some of the most successful researchers and scientists have been atheist. Their work has bettered humankind and this blog would like to pose the question. Would they have made scientific breakthroughs if they were wrapped up in religious dogma? 

In a Sign of Growing Secularization of the United States Humanists For Biden Launches

Both religious and political history took place this afternoon. In the United States for the first time the non religious and secular organized a group to support a presidential candidate. Humanists for Biden launched and is revealing the organization of the nones to find people to speak for them and push back against evangelicals who are loud in politics. 

Secular Student Alliance Features Katherine Stewart on the Threat Religious Nationalism Poses to Democracy

At the recent Secular Student Alliance National Conference the event ended with Katherine Stewart talking about religious nationalism and the threat it poses to democracy. This is a good listen that is about an hour long that deals with her most recent book form this accomplished journalist. 

A John Hopkins Professor Admits Error and the Beauty of the Skeptical Mind Which Evangelical Christians Can Learn From

In the spirit of science amidst a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine a John Hopkins professor falls back on science and admits error when corrected. Its a beautiful example of what happens with a person when a mind is grounded in science. This blog posts compares this example with evangelical culture with how evangelicals just double down amidst conspiracy theories and how they dismiss facts they don’t like. 

An Evangelical Christian and an Atheist Write the Los Angeles Times on COVID-19

A Los Angeles Times story about evangelicals worshiping during lockdown elicits a response. An Evangelical Christian and an atheist write a letter to the editor that is quite revealing. Those letters are preserved in this post. 

Recommended Read: Jon Steingard Tells Esquire Magazine Why He No Longer Believes in God

From Christian rock artist Jon Steingard who de-converted from Christianity gave an interesting interview with Esquire magazine. In the interview he discusses his de-conversion and the problems with faith and the Christian music industry. 

#LettersToMe The Genetically Modified Skeptic Writes Letters to His Former Christian Self, and How I Did Something Similar in 2019

Drew McCoy who has the Genetically Modified Skeptic wrote a letter to his earlier Christian self. And encouraged others to do so as well. Back in 2019 I wrote an open letter to myself to warn myself about the problems of religion and fundamentalism. Such letters open the door to incredible journeys of finding yourself and what you are. 

Jon Steingard’s De-Conversion and a Frank Discussion on Doubt, Evangelical Culture and Pulling the Threads of Your Sweater

The lead singer for the Christian rock bank Hawk Nelson became an atheist. After reading his letter on Instagram this post looks at some of the issues raised in evangelical culture and wants to provide some commentary on doubt and evangelicalism.