Show Notes

Sara: Christian Humanism

Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived. 

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Racquelle: Deconversion from SDA and Conspiracy Theories

Arline interviews this week’s guest, Racquelle. Racquelle grew up in Canada in the Seventh Day Adventist church. Conspiracy theories were common in her household. Some of them she bought into. Throughout her life she went through periods of doubt but something kept bringing her back to Church. A sense of obligation and expectation never left…

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Andy Neal: Andy Films And Hikes

Arline interviews this week’s guest, Andy Neal of Andy Films Hikes fame. He tells his story of deconstruction, acceptance of his body and his joy in nature.

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Natalie: Pentecostal to Mormon to Atheist

Natalie from New Zealand tells Arlene here story. She grew up Pentecostal participating in church. In her young adulthood she converted to Mormonism. She saw that as woman her role was limited and was finding it difficult to accept the church’s perspective on LGBQT issues. Eventually Natalie deconverted. She is thankful for her kids’ sake…

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Jeff: Deconstruction of a Southern Baptist Minister

Jeff grew up in his words “a very religious household.” He attended a large Southern Baptist church. In college he fell in love with the seriousness of Calvinism after reading John Piper’s Desiring God. He left seminary early to become a minster because he felt time pressure to be “on mission” for God. After three…

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Megan: Catholic to Evangelical to Atheist

Megan grew up in a fundamentalist Catholic home with an irrationally religious mother and an absent father. As a teen, she was invited to an evangelical bible study after school and after some serious “love bombing” by the youth group, she was a part of a community. 

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