de-conversion

May 2008

• The Christ-Centered Marriage - thechaplain

April 2008

• Analogy of a Marriage - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Branding an Adolescent Mind - Lyndon
  
• The thrill of discovery - ExEvangel
  
• Abstinence and Education - ExEvangel
  
• My Abstinence Education - writerdd
  
• Lunch With A Liberal Christian - thechaplain
  
• Why I still study the Bible - Gary
  
• God and the IRS (part II) - Richard
  
• Why doesn’t God make things clearer? - Richard
  
• Go ahead. Blow away my free will. - LeoPardus [HOT]
• Inconvenient categories: The really real reasons de-cons leave the faith - LeoPardus
  
• Satan: The Greatest Bible Myth? - Roopster
  
• The fall of literalism in my life - Gary
  

March 2008

• Should we challenge every theistic argument? - Quester
  
• Postcards from the Apocalypse - Richard
  
• Spirituality Without Superstition - writerdd
  
• The Christian God Is Not a God At All - Bobovore [HOT]
• Convenient categories: The “real reasons” de-cons leave the faith - LeoPardus
  
• The Double Standard of Christian Skepticism - TheApostate
  
• Experiencing The Wonders Of Nature Post De-Conversion - writerdd
• Is He Live or is He Memorex? - HeIsSailing
  
• Creating Our Own Purpose Driven Life - writerdd
  
• The 10 Commandments are an extremely weak basis for morality - Roopster
  
• De-Converting? Embrace Nietzsche’s “Say Yes to Life!” - Richard
  
• God, Zombies, and the Meaning of Life - Richard
  
• Learning Balance - LeoPardus
• What if I behaved toward Christians like they behave towards me? -Stellar1 [HOT]
• Would You Please Reschedule Your Crisis? - thechaplain
• Lost Gospel of Herschel Goldman - QuestionMonkey
  
• Opposing the God of the Gaps - Quester
• Why I am Not a Liberal Christian - Thinking Ape [HOT]
• Blind faith or blinding faith? - QuestionMonkey
• I might have become an atheist - Mike Clawson (guest commentary)
• Fundamentalism Psychotherapy, and De-Conversion - Richard
• Happy 1st Anniversary to d-C - Roopster

February 2008

• My contempt for religious answers to psychological issues - A Thinking Man [HOT]
• The need to help each other, regardless of faith or creed - Jersey
  
• The point of Christian faith in a secular world - ExEvangel
  
• Defending “Doubting Thomas” - Quester
  
• Bart Ehrman, Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer (NPR) [HOT]
• What’s So Bad About Religion? - thechaplain
• Fundamentalism: A Disease of the Mind? - mysteryofiniquity [HOT]
• Theocratic Evangelicals: Forgetting History - ThinkingApe
• Reasons I Remained Faithful (for so long) - carriedthecross
  
• The True Origins of a Specious Argument - paulmct
  
• For The One Life We Have - evanescent
  
• A Short Blurb on Theism vs Atheism - ThinkingApe [HOT]
• Atheist or Anti-Theist? - evanescent [HOT]
• On Dealing With Christians - carriedthecross
  
• You Know What They Say About Assumptions… - Justin

January 2008

• “You’re Just Angry at God!” - Richard
  
• Part of the Problem (the way I see it, anyway) - lostgirlfound
• The Problem With Pastors: Too educated? - carriedthecross
  
• The Bible does not contain a guideline of moral absolutes - HeIsSailing
• Some People Should Never Be Forgiven - mysteryofiniquity [HOT]
• Changing the way you think (renewing the mind) - Roopster
  
• Does public prayer go against the Bible? - Jersey
  
• Jesus Is The Weigh - AThinkingMan
• Is religious belief healthy? - carriedthecross
  
• Is “bright” a more negative term than “atheist”? - Jersey
• Discovering meaning after de-conversion - Richard
  
• 8 Reasons why I no longer believe - confusedchristian [HOT]
• “Which God?” Re: Sermon on worldview criteria - carriedthecross
• Spiritual cross-dressing - ExEvangel
• The Myth of Judeo-Christian America - ThinkingApe
• Are de-converts doomed to live in the pit of existentialist despair? - Karen
  
• Is there a transformative power in Christianity? - carriedthecross
  
• Rationalizing Faith - confusedchristian
  
• Why is Humor Not a Christian Virtue? - mysteryofiniquity
  
• Joel Osteen upgrades God to God version 2.0 - Roopster
  
• So what is the process from damnation to Christian salvation? - QuestionMonkey
  
• You might be a Fundy if… - LeoPardus
  
• How to discover counterfeit Christianity - Roopster [HOT]
• SuperChristians: More Pious than Jesus - ThinkingApe
• Christianity is Confusing - confusedchristian
  
• A matter of process - QuestionMonkey
  
• Christian Education or Indoctrination? - thechaplain
• The De-Conversion New Years Sermon - Roopster

December 2007

• Who, really, is a Christian? - Richard
  
• Public Prayer and Implications of Agreement - ExEvangel
  
• Time Is on My Side - lostgirlfound
• I weep for the children who are victimized by their spiritual leaders - thechaplain
  
• The Myth of God’s Unconditional Love - Roopster
  
• The Good of the Church - LeoPardus
  
• Coming Home for Christmas (after de-conversion) - Richard
• Jesus and Politics
• Challenging Religious Myths 2: Atheism is just another Religion - AThinkingMan
  
• God is not Omnipotent - bryan0000000 (Guest Commentary) [HOT]
• The call for miracles - LeoPardus
  
• How smart does one have to be to know Jesus? - QuestionMonkey
• Slain in the Spirit… by an Atheist? - ThinkingApe
  
• Atheism vs. Theism 2: Independence from Persons - thechaplain
• God is cruising down US I-35
• Atheism vs. Theism 1: Independence of Thought - thechaplain
• My purpose is clearer now without religion - Roopster
  
• Challenging Religious Myths - 1: No Morality Without Religion - AThinkingMan
• I’m a better Christian now that I’m not a Christian - Roopster
  
• Praying my way to losing faith - LeoPardus [HOT]
• The route from belief to unbelief - QuestionMonkey
• Respect, Religion, and the Teddy Bear - A Thinking Man

November 2007

• Suspend your belief a while… - QuestionMonkey [HOT]
• Total Depravity of Humanity – The Outer Darkness - HeIsSailing
  
• God is great, God is good… - LaShawn
  
• Manipulating Others Into the Kingdom - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Video Clip - The Adventures of Mark Twain - HeIsSailing
  
• Reactions to truth - LeoPardus
  
• My Security Blanket - lostgirlfound
• Thinking About Boxes - thechaplain
• The Myth of Bible-based “Family Values” - ThinkingApe
  
• Affirmation of faith and thanks giving - QuestionMonkey
• d-C Blog: Heartbreaking, sad, frustrating, but thought-provoking
• Worthy of Damnation - A Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth - HeIsSailing
  
• From faith to non-faith - QuestionMonkey
  
• Humor break anyone? - LeoPardus
  
• I want to go back, I want the blue pill! - QuestionMonkey
• In Fear and Trembling - The Peace from Our Lord - HeIsSailing
• Reasons why I can no longer believe: 3 - Unchanged lives - LeoPardus
• Unless you are sinless, lay your stone down and walk away - Stellar1
  
• The stages of grief over my loss of faith - thechaplain
• Reasons why I can no longer believe: 2 - God as a ‘no show’ - LeoPardus
  
• Religion and Atheism: Cultures in Conflict - A Thinking Man
• Where does Atheism fit in my life? - LaShawn
  
• Reasons why I can no longer believe: 1 - God is “we know not what” - LeoPardus
  
• To sin or not to sin: Is it even possible? - Lyndon
  
• Questioning the very notion of faith itself - HeIsSailing
  
• Why me, Lord? Why did I de-convert? - Karen
  
• Why do unbelievers care so much about belief? - Simen
  

October 2007

• Book Review: Parenting Beyond Belief - thechaplain
• A Hobbit’s Tale of the Soul - Lyndon
  
• By the way, who are the de-cons? - LeoPardus
  
• Does God love everybody? - CarriedTheCross
  
• Deconstructing My Faith & Retrieving My Personhood - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Reflections: Where was God on 9/11? - Roopster
  
• The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks - A Thinking Man
• Living According to my Conscience - MysteryOfIniquity
• Ok! Ok! Maybe I never believed… - Roopster
• A Mixed Marriage - Agnostic and Catholic - HeIsSailing & RoseMary
• Another Brick in the Wall … - lostgirlfound
  
• Another Look at Homosexuality and Christianity - HeIsSailing
  
• Tink’s manifesto - LeoPardus
  
• Excerpts From a Dark Night - Thinking Ape
  
• The Historicity of Jesus - Roopster
  
• Divine Protection or Just Plain Lucky? - Roopster
  
• I Know Why … - lostgirlfound

September 2007

• Today’s Sermonette - on Spiritual Experience and Worship - HeIsSailing
• Why Do You Believe What You Believe? - Thinking Ape
• A Personal Relationship with Jesus? - LeoPardus
  
• Fahrenheit 451 - HeIsSailing
  
• What’s a Good Reason to Reject a Belief as False? - Simen
  
• YHVH - Conqueror of the Chaos Monsters - HeIsSailing
  
• Christianity vs. Christianity: Who will win? - Roopster
  
• The secret to living free from sin - Roopster [HOT]
• The Best of the Blasphemy - HeIsSailing
  
• There are elves in Iceland and killer fans in South Korea - Stellar1
  
• My 9/11 Prayer - HeIsSailing
  
• Myths and the Creation of Meaning - A Thinking Man
• There was no baby in the bathwater! - Roopster
• And so it goes on … - lostgirlfound
• The Power of Belief - A Thinking Man
• Christian Feelings Toward Death - HeIsSailing
  
• Atheist Feelings Toward Death - Justin
  
• Noah’s Ark - FOUND!! - HeIsSailing

August 2007

• Is the Bible Historically Accurate? - Roopster
  
• Coming to Grips with Christian De-Conversion - HeIsSailing
  
• On what basis do Christians reject other gods? - HeIsSailing
  
• Driving a Wedge - lostgirlfound
  
• God may have created you to be an apostate! - Roopster
  
• Don’t Mock the Second Coming of Jesus Christ… - HeIsSailing
  
• What Is My Problem (with the church)? - lostgirlfound
  
• Just how high did YHWH fear the men of Babel would build their Tower? - HeIsSailing
• My Fall From Grace - de-conversion.org Article
  
• Rejecting the Obvious Truth of the Gospel - HeIsSailing
• The Vagueness of “Divine Guidance” - A Thinking Man
  
• Take THAT, God of the Gaps! - Simen
  
• The Meaning of Life: Part II of II - Thinking Ape
  
• The Meaning of Life: Part I of II - Thinking Ape
  
• Announcing our new Community Site
• New Age Christianity - Simen
• A Coming Out….. - A Thinking Man
  
• The hypocrisy of today’s Christian Leaders - Roopster
  
• What would Jesus blog for International Blog Against Racism Week? - Roopster
  
• Perfecting God’s “Perfect” Law? - Thinking Ape
• My life of proselytization - HeIsSailing
  
• Which God is “clearly seen” in creation? - Roopster
  
• God: An imaginary friend for grown-ups? - Roopster

July 2007

• Jesus: Man, Myth, or Misunderstood
• The Persecution Complex - Thinking Ape
  
• Hip-Hop, Religion and the Subjection of Women - Stellar1
• The Astronomical Cheesologist - Simen [HOT]
• A Christian on the Sidelines - Justin
  
• Declaring War on ‘Saint’ Paul - Thinking Ape
  
• Ignorance Is Bliss: The Origins of Languages? - HeIsSailing
  
• Garden of the Gods - HeIsSailing
  
• C.S. Lewis’ Trilemma - Liar, Lunatic or Divine? - Simen
  
• Is the New Testament an improvement on Old Testament morality? - Roopster [HOT]
• Is Heaven Bogus? - Thinking Ape
  
• A Commentary on De-Conversion
• Christian Reaction to Atheistic Books becoming Best-Sellers - backburner001
  
• Purity Balls promote unrealistic expectations - Stellar1 [HOT]
• Standing for Jesus or Demonstrating Bigotry? - Roopster
  
• On The Edge - lostgirlfound
  
• My HomoErotic Relationship with Jesus - HeIsSailing
• I’m not religious, I’m a Christian! - Thinking Ape
  
• A Carnival on Holy Books: To Read or Not To Read
• Diagnosing Pascal’s Wager - Simen
• How Creationism Destroys Faith - Thinking Ape
• A Nostalgic Trip Down Pentecostal Lane - HeIsSailing
  
• So You Do Want Me To Read Your Holy Book (a FVC) - Simen
• You do not need religion to be moral - Stellar1
  
• God’s Secret Handshake - HeIsSailing
• Don’t Ask Me to Read Your Holy Book - Simen [HOT]
• Talking to Fundies: A Day at the Beach - Thinking Ape

June 2007

• Christianity and the use of Anecdotal Evidence - Karen
• This one is for the ladies - Stellar1
• Calvinism reconciles the character of the God of the Bible - Roopster
• Preaching Atheism - Mary
• Is the Crucifixion derived from Prophecy or Mythology? - HeIsSailing
• Science’s Overlooked Problem - Justin
• Are we ready to take on the responsibility we once gave to God? - Roopster
• The book that made me doubt my Christian faith - HeIsSailing
  
• I can finally die in peace - Stellar1
  
• You can reap what you did not sow! - Roopster
  
• Spiritual Abuse - Roopster
  
• Have a Jesus Day! - HeIsSailing
  
• Christian Fun Facts: Heroes of the Faith - Roopster
  
• The Journey of a Deconverting or Skeptical Christian - Roopster
• 2M Jews spent 40 years making an 11 day trip and left no evidence
• Spiritual Depression and Various Offers of a Cure - MysteryOfIniquity
• The Confessions of a Former Christian (V)
  
• A Confession - I Want to Believe - HeIsSailing
• Inconsistent beliefs within Christianity - Roopster
• I still have beliefs, do you? - Karen
• Modern Christianity: Believe in a loving God in spite of the Bible - Roopster
• Evangelism at Its Best - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Freethinkers will save humanity - Roopster
  
• Gender Equity - Roopster
• The Bible’s Object Lessons in Church Fund Raising - HeIsSailing
• Tithing: The Church’s Greatest Lie - Roopster
• Bible Literalism ala The West Wing (V)
  
• Does God deserve the credit he gets? - Roopster
  
• My Miraculous Hangup - HeIsSailing
• What’s the Point with Prayer? - Simen
  
• God & Women’s Mental Health - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Who wrote the Bible? (V)

May 2007

• Jeezus - The American Jesus!
• Apostasy - it’s not just for Christians anymore - HeIsSailing
• Top 10 Bible Stories for Children - Roopster
  
• Religion: Natural Phenomenon? - MysteryOfIniquity
• God and Science: Oil and Water? - Justin
• Harmonization by Omission - HeIsSailing
• Humans: A pattern seeking species
• Speaking in Tongues: Shandalahai! - HeIsSailing
• The Supernatural - Another One Bites the Dust - Simen
  
• When a scientist interprets Scripture - HeIsSailing
  
• The Blood Of Jesus: Views from the other side (V) - Roopster
• Agnosticism & Atheism - Simen
• The History of Religion (V)
• I Blasphemed before Blaspheming was Cool - HeIsSailing
• My thoughts on Brian Flemming’s The God Who Wasn’t There - MysteryOfIniquity
• Were the Gospels eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus?- Roopster
  
• Is Jesus mentioned in the Talmud? - HeIsSailing
• Hot, Cold, Lukewarm? Or not at all? - HeIsSailing
  
• Theist response to the Atheist vs. Christian Debate - Justin
  
• Christian Patriarchy and Women’s Self-Censorship - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Why I (a Christian) Admire Atheists - Justin
  
• And man said, let there be God- Roopster
  
• Christianity: Believe first, answers will come- Roopster
• Does American Idol cares more about starving children than God does?- Roopster
  
• Militant Atheism: Good or Bad? - LaShawn
  

April 2007

• Christians Can’t Handle the Truth of Deconversion - MysteryOfIniquity
• Rejecting Christianity helped me realize my independence - Stellar1
• Why I believe the Blasphemy Challenge is a bad idea- Roopster
  
• Getting Drunk in Church! (V)
• Religion will not prevent mass killings (such as VT) - Stellar1
• Why Do Christians Try So Hard To Convert Others? - MysteryOfIniquity [HOT]
• Is there something after death?- Roopster
  
• Humans owe their long existence to women - not men - Stellar1
• Practicing the Presence of God - Roopster
  
• Bono, U2 and Christianity (V) - Roopster
  
• Do Christians worship the Bible as God?- Roopster
  
• Reading Too Much Scripture Is Detrimental To Our Mental Health - MysteryOfIniquity
• Creationism ala Penn and Teller (V)
  
• A summary of the beliefs of Christianity- Roopster
• The Bible Myth ala Penn and Teller (V)
• Was Jesus successful in his mission? - Roopster
• Reversing the damage caused by the Religious Right - Stellar1
• Survey: Is there a “Robin Hood impluse” in human nature? - Roopster
  
• Christianity and the Role of Women - Barefoot and pregnant - Stellar1
  
• Using the Bible to support Hinduism - Roopster
• Prayer: A woman’s perspective - MysteryOfIniquity
• Prayer: Communion with yourself - MysteryOfIniquity
  
• Christianity and the Role of Women - A Woman’s Place - Stellar1
  
• Taking the Resurrection Challenge this Easter- Roopster
• Is the rise of atheism and feminism destroying the “traditional family?” - Stellar1
  
• 10 Commandments (V)
  
• Why should we be good? - Mary
  
• If Christians are wrong, they have everything to lose!- Roopster
• The Circular Reasoning of Christian Apologetics - Roopster

March 2007

• Theism, agnosticism and atheism - Mary
• Christianity and the Axis of Immorality - Roopster
• Cultural Christianity - Mystery of Iniquity
• WWJD Series - Jesus and Family Values - Roopster
• Jesus - to be or not to be, that is the question! - Roopster
• I found out what is wrong with Christianity: It’s been Feminized! - Roopster
• The case against teaching the Bible in public schools - Roopster
• Is Christianity for peace? - Roopster
  
• Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior - Roopster
• The God of Christianity is not merciful - Roopster
• A clean sheet of paper…. - Roopster
• Love is my religion!
• Enough with the bigotry against gays! - Roopster
• The real definition of a godly woman - Stellar1
• Christians do not believe in the God of the Bible - Roopster
• A positive aspect of faith? - Roopster
• With sincere apologies to the ladies - Roopster
• Redemption - Roopster
• The Creation Story? - Roopster
• Welcome