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The Beginning of My Long, Regretful, Unfinished Story (Rough Draft)
.: posted Saturday, November 29, 2003 :::
sent in by Aaron Alahverde
Sometimes I wonder how accurate life stories can be. Some people play up one aspect of their life and the rest just seems to disappear into nothingness. As of now, this story seems to end with the subject being incredibly dissatisfied with what he's done with the first twenty-three years of his life. He, like many, hasn't even reached up even to the level of mediocrity...
I was raised primarily in Assemblies of God and Rhema churches. Like a typical child raised in a hardcore Christian home I didn't take church very seriously. I had my reasons. I had the typical unanswered questions such as "Why did God make Lucifer?", "How do I know I'm worshipping the right god?" and the like. Eventually I ignored my questions; assuming that the scholars had good answers for them. "I'll leave them to handle questions like that." I thought to myself. Making that conclusion I let myself get sucked into the culture of it all.
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Hey
.: posted Saturday, November 29, 2003 :::
Really like what you've done here! Quite an exhaustive site . . . okay, enough of the BS. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind linking my site on yours -- whereever you deem appropriate (just not under the nude pictures section, please! LOL!). I will do the same for yours on my next web-update.
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Hello Webmaster
.: posted Friday, November 28, 2003 :::
I love your site; it's been very helpful to me in trying to leave christianity. I say trying to, because it's very difficult. My main fear is that I'm making a huge mistake. It is causing a huge deal of cognative dissonance - my mind doesn't believe a word of it but my emotions are harder to convince. You can read my 'testimony' under your forums page. It is called Still trying to Leave.
The thing I have a huge problem with is speaking in tongues. Everything else from Christianity I can see as a lie, or sometimes as a story, along the same lines as Father Christmas, and Fairies. But why can I still speak in tongues?
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Forum is Back Up
.: posted Friday, November 28, 2003 :::
Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!
The forums are back up and running. Hopefully the server issues have been effectively resolved.
I’ll take your freak and your heretic and raise you a sheep
.: posted Thursday, November 27, 2003 :::
sent in by Erin
You could say that I was raised in the church. I was christened as a baby, I attended scripture classes at school on Thursday mornings from Kindergarten to Year 5 (church and state are not separate in Australia by any means), and my family attended church regularly when I was in Year 4 (yes, it was only for one year). I was even yanked out of the local public school at the age of eleven and a half and enrolled in the local campus of the largest Christian school in the area. At that highly impressionable age, I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. I ‘knuckled down’ and worked hard, I even willingly attended the start-of-year church service four years in a row, and I went to the local youth group every Friday night from Year 7 to Year 10 (at two different churches mind you – the Anglican church down the road and the Uniting church in the middle of town). But at the very beginning of 2000, my impressions of the church began to change.
For those of you who never attended a Christian school, take my word for it – it is not all it is cracked up to be. Religion is a part of each and every lesson. And I mean each and every. English, Mathematics, languages, Science, it doesn’t matter. And we were FORCED to sit in our roll call rooms while our roll call teachers dished out lie after lie. The teachers at the school I attended are hypocrites and completely insensitive to the students’ needs. They would tell the students to act like good little Christians, and when the students’ backs were turned they themselves would do the complete opposite. And for someone like me, whose self-esteem had already been destroyed by six torturous years in the public school system, who was far too trusting for their own good, and who was insecure both psychologically and emotionally, it was hell on earth. I contemplated suicide in the middle of Year 9, was depressed (but never diagnosed) for the remainder of high school, and tried my damnedest to be sent back to public school from Year 8 onwards. I pretty much just gave up on school – I didn’t want to be there, nor did I care whether I passed or failed.
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Black Heathen
.: posted Thursday, November 27, 2003 :::
No need for a long story.I just observed that no one could boast being any better off than the next Church,Temple,Mosque or Synagogue. It was apparent that we are all just spinning our wheels in intellectual dishonesty.
Combine this with the fast that the Happiest people ive ever seen are Children before the God disease takes root. It was plain to see we try too hard to find things that are not lost.
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Leaving Charismania/leaving Christianity
.: posted Monday, November 24, 2003 :::
I am a 23 year old from the Dallas area. I have always been drawn to religion, even as a child. I would prefer as a kid to read a good book about world religions than to go play baseball with the other boys. In any case, this extreme fascination with "spiritual things" has also inflicted a lot of psychological damage, I am convinced.
I grew up in a split home. On certain weekends, I would attend the religious science church, Christian Science Church, and Unitarian church with my Mother. On other weekends, I would attend the non-denominational Charismatic/pentecostal Church with my father. Dad became a "born again Christian" after the divorce. Pain will lead you to some absurd extremes.
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Where are the pictures?
.: posted Sunday, November 23, 2003 :::
All Picture Galleries are temporarily down due to a server issue. The problem is being addressed.
Betrayal of Heart and Mind
.: posted Sunday, November 23, 2003 :::
sent in by Maria
This is quite a long and terrible story, and I hope readers will forgive any lack of articulation or misspellings.
>From the very beginning, I was born into a life of difficulty and hardship. I was born the oldest child, into a household of domestic abuse, alcoholism-- my father was in and out of the picture after age 4-- in and out of jail for drugs, abuse toward my mother, ect. Due to these troubles, my mom temporarily decided to seek help and counsel by attending a local Baptist church. The pastor, a real Man of God, instructed my mother to do the will of god and submit, to reconcile with my abusive father-- at least until he finally put her head through our back door and she was rushed to the hospital after fleeing with myself and my younger brother and sister-- the church didn't quite know how to respond to that, though they would eventually come up with some very interesting solutions. Sometime in the middle of these happenings, I remember attending an "adult" service for the first time-- there was no one there to do children's church that evening and so I sat with my mother, at 5, and listened to the preacher scream. I do not remember what compelled me to go up to the altar at that age. But I did. And I remember praying with the ministers wife. O Please Forgive My Five Year Old Sins!
Anyway, after my father was sentenced to 45 days in jail (reduced sentence) for putting my mother in the hospital, and after my mother felt that she was temporarily safe from him (we had gone to a women's shelter for almost the entire second half of my first grade year-- I completed most the assignments at the shelter and my mom would mail them back to the elementary school) we stopped going to church on Sundays and begin going to a beach about an hour north. For awhile, I forgot about god, but before long I was wondering why we stopped going-- a mystery that would remain so for several more years. In the meanwhile, my father was in and out of jail for various things-- mom had a restraining order against him but he still came around. There were several things going on at the same time-- I for one, was diagnosed with a rare syndrome and had two major reconstructive surgeries before age 11- meanwhile my dad did things like-- jump our car and try to kidnap us on memorial day, then broke into the house one night and beat my mother nearly unconscious against the bathroom door--
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Psychology of Deconversion
.: posted Saturday, November 22, 2003 :::
sent in by Kevin
I’m wondering if anybody else out there has experienced anything similar to what I went through when I renounced “the Faith.”
When I first realized that I had sold my soul to a lie and was living my life for a future promise of everlasting life that was probably bogus I found myself with a problem. On the one hand, I felt wonderfully liberated from an enslaving mythology. I had become the captain of my own ship, and aside from chance circumstances that I cannot control, I was more or less back in charge of my life.
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Doggie Nativity Set
.: posted Saturday, November 22, 2003 :::
Just in time for Christmas! It's the Doggie Nativity Set.
Now if ExChristian.Net had come up with an idea like this, it would undoubtedly be boycotted or at least accused of being purposefully blasphemous. I get the distinct impression that there are a whole bunch of cuddly Christians out there who think this Nativity is just the cutest thing.
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Hell's Expanding Borders
.: posted Saturday, November 22, 2003 :::
sent in by Hawman
I have heard more than one preacher make the statement that “ Hell’s borders are constantly having to be expanded because so many are dying in their sins!”
After reading the front-page article of my local newspaper and seeing its corresponding web page, I know it’s true. At least the expanding borders part. The headline trumps, Hawkins County Commission Set To Consider Resolution Recognizing God.
Just recently our state legislators wisely denied a state resolution, so now our wonderful local elected officials think they need to take up the cause. I wish that I could shortly report that they decided the state officials were right, but I fear that won’t be the result in this god-fearing little town! Just like terrorists, you get rid of one and three more pop up!
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What Would Jesus Drive?
.: posted Friday, November 21, 2003 :::
At first glance this seems like a joke, but the people at whatwouldjesusdrive.org are totally serious about it. It appears that the Environmentalist's message has found a home in modern Evangelicalism.
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A Professor's Defence, Give some help for me friend
.: posted Friday, November 21, 2003 :::
I've been debating for a while with a friend who's at college. This a response to an email I sent him. He had a professor answer the questions I asked he couldn't reply to (props to my skills!) I'd like some of you guys to look at it and add in your thoughts before I send the response. My replies are in three aserisks.
Thomas,
I don't quite follow the context of your discussion. It seems as though Rick is hitting several issues. What is his own position? It is always easier to criticize other positions than to promote your own.*** I'm an atheist who believes that Christianity is a very dangerous relgion.***
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Tract Marks
.: posted Thursday, November 20, 2003 :::
sent in by ~Fox Mackenzie
This was a piece I wrote for my college (Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ) newspaper - bet it won't get printed. ;)
I do my best to be open-minded about paper advertisements on campus. I put up with over-photocopied work-from-home flyers tacked on top of important things like internship information. I turn a blind eye to the glossy droves of club-whoring postcards littering the common areas of the campus, mostly on the floors and sidewalks. I even help out from time to time by taking down papers from our crowded bulletin boards for events that have already happened. I even put up posters for my club when I get the chance. We're a public campus, and I respect that. Everyone should have a say, because everyone pays tuition, right?
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Bob's Journal
.: posted Thursday, November 20, 2003 :::
sent in by Bob
This is a very short diary of my thoughts from about the time I started to have doubts about the genuiness of my Christian faith, to the time of my deconversion.
I had been a Bible believer for about 6 years when I began writing down thoughts. Toward the end, as you will see, I was one miserable and confused SOB.
If anyone has any thoughts, let me here from you.
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10 dollar paypal
.: posted Thursday, November 20, 2003 :::
Hey, I borrowed your "10 dollar paypal" idea, and wrote this post on a christian apologetic message board.
"Jesus said, that 'any who claim to love me will do as I say'. Those who claim to love me but do not keep my teachings are liars, and the truth is not in them. The Bible also says that liars and lukewarm will NOT inheiret the kingdom of heaven, God will SPEW them out of his site on judgement day...so you better LISTEN UP.
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Contradiction between I Kings and Acts
.: posted Thursday, November 20, 2003 :::
sent in by Bill Henness
The Bible says the work on Solomon's Temple began 480 years after the exodus from Egypt.
"And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah." (I Kings 6:1)
Paul made a speech in Antioch in which his math contradicted this statement by the writer of Kings.
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Pat's Age-Defying Protein Pancake
.: posted Wednesday, November 19, 2003 :::
Guilt-free pancakes? Yes! Try Pat's Age-Defying Protein Pancakes for a breakfast that fights disease, protects your heart and tastes great!
America loves pancakes! Pancake houses across the country are packed. But what are those syrup drenched, hot cakes doing to our bodies? Putting us on a fast track to weight gain, high cholesterol and adult onset diabetes.
But now there is hope for everyone who loves this early morning treat. Pat's very own Age-Defying Protein Pancakes! These delicious pancakes give you energy, help your heart and provide a substantial boost of muscle-building protein.
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The Cross in Space
.: posted Wednesday, November 19, 2003 :::
The bizarre nature of modern Christianity just keeps getting more and more irrational. As a few of the recent posters have noted, in order to believe in Jesus and the message of the cross, you have to put your reasoning abilities on the shelf.
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The Book of Mormon
.: posted Monday, November 17, 2003 :::
It was bound to happen eventually.
The Book of Mormon is now a movie for your viewing pleasure. No, this is no joke, apparently, although there is a disclaimer that the movie is not officially sanctioned by the Church of Mormon. Oh, and this guy? He's Nephi -->
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Death of a 16 year old
.: posted Sunday, November 16, 2003 :::
sent in by Bill Henness
Jesus allegedly said:
"Ask and it SHALL be given you,..."
"Ask anything in my name and I WILL DO IT."
"Greater works than these (raising the dead) shall you do,..."
There was a 16 year old boy, whose entire family attend a fundamental Baptist church. The boy had just gotten his license to drive, and he had a serious accident on a black top road, driving at high speed.
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Dear Christian (Freedom From Religion Foundation)
.: posted Saturday, November 15, 2003 :::
Dear Christian:
I have heard the message of salvation many times: we are all sinners, and we can have forgiveness and eternal life if we confess and accept Jesus as Savior and Lord. I have heard that there can be no morality outside of God's laws, and that no one can be truly good without being transformed by the Spirit. I have also heard that there is no peace, love, joy, or meaning without Christ. Christians feel that unbelievers are empty slaves to carnality and selfish pride, unable to grasp truth, and must humble themselves before God's plan. I have heard that the bible contains the "inspired word of God" --a message of ultimate importance -- and that may scholars claim to have proven its uniqueness and reliability. Some Christians say that they have verified the truth by personal experience.
This is all very interesting. I want the best for my life. If there is an eternal paradise, I would hate to miss it: and I definitely would not want to roast in a literal hell. It would be unwise to ignore something like a god, especially one who takes interest in my life. I would ask a thousand questions of an all-knowing mind.
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The Regrets Of A Brainwashed Baptist, why I left the cult of Christianity
.: posted Friday, November 14, 2003 :::
I was born into a Baptist Family, though my mother and father never seemed to take the religion seriously. For my father, Christianty was something he had been forced into by his parents, the same way they would eventually indocterine me into the fold. He had been pushed kicking and screaming to church all his life and damned if he was going to continue to go after moving out of his parents' house.
My mother, being a liberal and much more casual about spirituality, did not care much for church except that it gave old people something to do and arranged a nice service for you when you died.
So I did not actually hear about Christianity until I was ten years old and staying with my grandmother for the summer. Upon realizing that my parents were not "helping me establish my faith" she immediately enrolled me into Bible Camp where I spent the long summer months learning verses and parroting them back in order to get candy from our counsellors.
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The "Why I'm not Christian" letter
.: posted Friday, November 14, 2003 :::
Hello, all. My name is Loren.
My testimony will follow in the form of a letter which I wrote to a Christian online friend of mine who asked me why I identify as a former Christian. Isn't cut and paste a beautiful thing? She also asked me what I thought a Christian was, but I didn't answer that in this letter.
I am definitely a deist of some sort, but I now feel that Christianity is absolutely one of the worst things that ever befell us. It is an atrocity, a moral abomination, heresy, sacrilege and blasphemy all coated in honey. There is no excuse for it. It makes my blood boil.
Christians say they have the good news. Sorry, but my news is far better than any I ever heard from any Christian.
The letter follows:
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Man, 91, dies waiting for will of God
.: posted Wednesday, November 12, 2003 :::
from LarkNews®
TUPELO — Walter Houston, described by family members as a devoted Christian, died Monday after waiting 70 years for God to give him clear direction about what to do with his life.
"He hung around the house and prayed a lot, but just never got that confirmation," his wife Ruby said. "Sometimes he thought he heard God's voice, but then he wouldn't be sure, and he'd start the process all over again."
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The Awakening
.: posted Tuesday, November 11, 2003 :::
sent in by Rachel Adams
I came to Christ long before my mother and father ever thought it necessary to talk about such things. We had a school CIA (Christians in Action) that met once a week before class and some of my friends pulled me into it. A lot of what they were trying to accomplish seemed doable and very ethical. I had been born Catholic and taken to church at a very young age. It had left an impression that I could not forget. The memories of incense and the beautiful stained glass and the singing and the Latin all made me wonder once again.
I decided to attend church with one of my friends. From there I was lost. I believed every word of the preacher's sermon and it all seemed to point directly at me. I was a sinner and though I had never dismissed Jesus or God, I had never asked Him into my heart. I left shaken and worried. Was I going to hell? I had read many myths and legends of Celtic nature and Greek and Roman Mythology was my favorite. After attending a few Sundays at that church, however, I felt like I had been doing wrong in even thinking that some of that could be as important as reading my trusty Bible! I began to recite the Lord's prayer at home before bed and trying to hear the voice from outside rather than from within.
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Church promotes Haunted House as good family fun... but...
.: posted Monday, November 10, 2003 :::
Abundant Living Ministries is dedicated to saving people from their evil, heathen ways, and from the eternity in Hell that they believe comes with such sinfulness. What better way to attract the pagan, devil worshiping public, than with a haunted house on Halloween? After all, as the pastor says, "Halloween is the high holy day for Satanism."
The house, called "Scream House", is promoted as an ordinary haunted house, appropriate for children as young as 10, and featuring, in addition to the house itself, food, a climbing wall, a dunk tank, etc. Good family fun!
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New Testament Water into Wine Coolers
.: posted Sunday, November 09, 2003 :::
Now here's a gimmick no one has previously thought of. Someone with a little too much time on there hands made a little movie. I guess if the supposed birth of Christ can be such a money maker, well...
Click the image to see the movie clip.
(or click here to see the movie)
Crushing Blow
.: posted Sunday, November 09, 2003 :::
sent in by Everett
I am pleased to have the opportunity to share my story. It's nice to find a website of likeminded people.
First a little background: I confessed Jesus as my savior when I was about 8 years old. I didn't get baptised until I was 20. I became apostate just prior to my 31st birthday.
My childhood was very rocky. The "Creator" deemed it good to bless me with an obvious birth defect. Although not severe, it was enough to get me into a fight just about everyday of my young life. I didn't let that get me down though, I live by "turn the other cheek". I overcame it all, by the time I reached high school I was friends with just about everyone and was well respected. I found expression through the theatre. Most were comedies. I thought I had found my thing. Then my father died at the age of 47. I was 15. He was my best friend and it stole my fire. That ended commic theatre for me. My closest friend at the time was a Pentecostal. My father was a regular Joe. He loved his children, he told jokes and he drank beer. Because my father, who grew up in christ, didn't attend church and had the lifestyle of "sinners", my friend told me he was in hell.
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What are our teachers up too?
.: posted Saturday, November 08, 2003 :::
sent in by Carolyn
Back ground info!
I am 17 years old and currently attend high school. I am a senior. This is what happened on Friday Nov. 7 in my first period Ag class.
Chapter 1
Mr. Jones THE DEVIL!
First period I walked in to class and started working on my record book for Ag, right, all calm and peaceful. I had a question, so I asked my teacher Mr. Jones what a professional organization is, to see if PFLAG(Parents family and friends of lesbians and gays) fits the description. PFLAG did fit his description, so I asked him if I should put an organization in my resume that I might not be hired because of. He said sometimes you should be picky about what you put in your resume, but also if they wouldn't hire you for this organization you have to wonder why not. (There is a really big speech here don't want to put all of it so I'll give you the basics) The people in this organization may not be good people. So I told him the people in the organization were the best friends I have every had! Then he said, why wouldn't a job hire you if you were in that organization? then I said,"because it is a gay organization." Then he said "of course they wouldn't hire you all gay people are going to HELL!" I was dumb founded by this statement! Then he proceeded to preach for 10 minutes about Sodom and Gomorrah and why gay people are going to hell.(he most likely hasn't read Sodom and Gomorrah, it says nothing about gay people just gang rapers!) He then asked me what my religion believed about an after life and I said I don't believe in hell. So he said "Look at it this way, If your religion is right and mine is wrong then nothing will happen to me, but if my religion is right and yours is wrong then you are going to HELL" that was when I had enough I know when someone is trying to convert me! I picked up my record book put it in the stack and then grabbed my bag and said I'm going to the principals office.
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Make your own Church Sign
.: posted Friday, November 07, 2003 :::
Okay, its been so serious lately, I figured it was time for some fun. Someone decided to take the time to build a script that would allow people like you and me to make their own Church Signs. Make the funniest one you can think of, right click on it to save it to your hard drive and post it on the message board HERE.
If there is a good response we will make a poll and vote on the best one.
Prizes to be announced....
Click on the image above to go to the Church Sign Builder.
(Click here to go directly to the message board.)
Dead on Arrival
.: posted Friday, November 07, 2003 :::
sent in by Brian
My father never had any religious influence on me; it was my mother's responsibility. My maternal Grandmother, who is still alive and kicking at 82, is a strong catholic, raised seven kids, Mildred (deceased), Mary (Converted to JW), Michele (Mom), Monte, Mark, Marvin, Mike. As you can tell, she is an interesting character.
While her beliefs in Catholism are strong, she has an unusually open mind. I recall this one day this discussion with her, when I accidently slip the word "Atheist" in there. As inquisitive as she is, she asks what it means. Of course, I am bewildered that she does not know what Atheist means. So I tell her, and instead of an expected response of condemnation, she tells me she was never really sure and that my late grandfather had told her that one notable trait of atheists was that they were exceedingly honest. (Leaves me wondering if he ever intended for her to know the real definition).
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In Desperate Need of Biblical Guidance
.: posted Friday, November 07, 2003 :::
I am at what seems to be a very pivotal point in my walk with Christ and I am in desparate need of some serious Biblical guidance.
I can't seem to get good answers to my questions from my churchfellows or clergy and I was hoping to find some insight on the internet.
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Brainwashing, Thought Reform
.: posted Friday, November 07, 2003 :::
posted by Kevin
As I have posted earlier, I used to be an ordanied, Fundamental Baptist preacher.
My salvation from that religion/worldview/lifestyle began when my mind was freed just enough to study psychology.
For years, I adhered to the teachings of the Bobgans, i.e., that psychology is antichristian. I denied the existence of mental illness and openly stated that psychotherapy was a tool of Satan.
Because my religion was highly abusive, my family suffered greatly. My relationship with my wife and children became very strained as I stifled their individuality. My family was not made up of individuals: I viewed all of them as an extension of myself. Their behavior reflected upon me, and I had to please the "brethren."
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A somewhat different story :)
.: posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 :::
This is a somewhat "different" story, compared to most other texts one can find on this website (as far as I can tell). The main reason (probably) is that I'm a German, and Christianity in Germany seems to be a VERY different thing than the Christian faith in the U. S. But some of you may find my contribution interesting... :)
(I apologize for any bizarre errors you will probably find in this text - though I keep receiving compliments about my command of the English language being very good for a German I'm far from perfect and I know it ;) )
For those who have never been to Germany let me first explain that nominally, Germany is a Christian nation (well, divided between Catholic and Protestant Church, but who cares)... but in everyday life you usually won't notice that. Faith here has a basically social function - you are a Christian because, well, that's the church your whole family belongs to, and anyway, (almost) everyone around you is one too so just go with the flow. There is very very little "fundamentalism" here, which looks like a blessing to me when I compare my home with what I read on the net about the United States.
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Top Ten Signs, You're a Christian
.: posted Thursday, November 06, 2003 :::
posted by nightbreeze & BillJ
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were
created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
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Does God Want Everyone Saved?
.: posted Wednesday, November 05, 2003 :::
DOES:
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (I I Peter 3:9)
"Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." (I Tim. 2:4)
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Disillusioned means no longer illusioned
.: posted Wednesday, November 05, 2003 :::
sent in by Tom Dixon
My deconversion was gradual but became complete 3 years ago after moving to Abilene, Texas, the most fundamentalist little town you've ever been to.(In several Guinness Book of World Records it has the most churches per capita anywhere) When I first got here, there was a sign in front of Mr.Gatti's Pizza that said, "Mr.Gatti says Jesus loves you! "I couldn’t believe my eyes. Later there was a billboard with a huge Jesus on it that said "Abilene belongs to Jesus "Local Jews became upset and made the city take it down. But I was a Christian, albeit a liberal one ,when I moved here in 2000.
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Stupid, Scary and Ignorant quotes
.: posted Tuesday, November 04, 2003 :::
AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that *tolerates* homosexuals."
--Jerry Falwell, 1993
"The right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example."
--R. Furman, Baptist, of South Carolina
"The doctrine that the earth is neither the center of the universe nor immovable, but moves even with a daily rotation, is absurd, and both philosophically and theologically false, and at the least an error of faith."
--Catholic Church's decision against Galileo Galilei
The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching.
- Assyrian Stone Tablet, c.2800BC
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I'm Free
.: posted Tuesday, November 04, 2003 :::
(My name is Margaret, I'm Kevin's daughter.)
Ever since I can remember, I have attended church. I never really liked it, but I would have never told my parents that at the time. Those sexist fundamentalists made girls wear dresses all the time, and the only alternative to pants was coolotts. I got made fun of for wearing those.
As I got older, I began having doubts about my religion. These doubts scared me so badly that I stayed up late every night in the dark, praying for god to forgive my sins, and to not let our house burn down. That was pretty stressful for someone so young.
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You were never a Christian!!!!
.: posted Monday, November 03, 2003 :::
I was digging around in the archives and rediscovered this priceless tidbit from the past. For those who have not seen it before - enjoy. I also found out that the old bulletin board is still out there with all the old posts. Enjoy the read:
You....an ex-Christian? Gasp! Wrong! You can call
yourself whatever you want. But you were never truly
a Christian. It was in name only. I'm not going to
sugarcoat it for you. You're lost, and you are
condemned already. Even non-believers know John 3:16,
but that does not apply to you. What does apply to
you is John 3:18b...but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.
You don't believe in Hell either, but you're headed
there regardless of what you think. Atheists truly
amaze me. You don't believe, but you spend so much
time trying to convince others that you are right.
I have a clipping from a newspaper about an atheist
who used to live hereabouts. He always wrote the
editor of the paper whining about Christ and
Christians. He did that right up until he was dying.
He had a press conference with several local papers
from his bed at the hospital the day before he died.
He confessed Jesus as his Lord, and said the Bible was
the Word of God.
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The Secret in the Bible
.: posted Monday, November 03, 2003 :::
Hello Webmaster,
One of our authors, Tony Bushby is about to release his second book "The Secret in the Bible".
www.thesecret.thebiblefraud.com
His first book "The Bible Fraud" has been a huge success and is still in strong demand.
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Objects Of Wrath?, Romans 9
.: posted Monday, November 03, 2003 :::
This passage has always threw me for a loop when I was a xtian. I remember one period of time when nearly every time I heard that "God loves everybody" I would hear the little voice in my head: "Esau I hated".
Christians, how do you accept this? Apparently from this passage, god can save anyone but actually chooses to "harden" certain people. And how can human beings be compared to a lump of clay?? Living, breathing, feeling humans compared to an inanimate lump of clay??
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Why I left the Jehovah's Witnesses
.: posted Monday, November 03, 2003 :::
posted by Mindchild
Think FAST... you are standing near the edge of the Grand Canyon admiring this wonderful view when suddenly you are bit on the rump by a mean rattlesnake! In your pain, shock and agony you stumble towards the edge and fall against the only two other people there, and you push them over the railing. But just in the nick of time, as you are falling flat on the safety of the edge, you manage to grab both men you accidently pushed over.
You quickly explain to them it was a terrible accident and that you got bitten by an evil snake and you want to save them both but don't have the strength to pull them both up, but you can save one. The man on your right immediately cries out, "Save Me, Save Me!" I'm a doctor and I can treat your snake bite!
The other man says, "Save Me, Save Me!" I'm a Minister, and I have the work of saving many people here, and while the doctor can save your life, I can save many more lives.
You have to choose one. Which one will it be?
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My Deconversion, A condensed version
.: posted Sunday, November 02, 2003 :::
posted by Shadfox
Here's a brief summery of my experiences. I've procrastinated writing it as I feel it would turn out to be the length of a book, but given its audience I won't discuss my conflicts with the theology aspects as I'm concurrent with the prevailing interpretations here.
In context of why I rejected the belief system, since I was a child I've felt a deep alienation with humanity. Not so much a painful feeling of being below it, but being above all its petty bullshit and behaviors. I hope that doesn't sound too arrogant, but I think we've all looked at the past and the current direction of humanity with disdain. I've always preferred the companionship of animals over humans for friendship because I felt a deep empathy and understanding with them. I took it upon myself at an early age to support animal welfare and environmental concerns.
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Covert Apostate, Are you hiding from your family?
.: posted Sunday, November 02, 2003 :::
posted by Kevin
I served as an ordained, fundamentalist, Baptist preacher for almost 10 years. 6 of those years I served on the foreign field (Chile) as a missionary. Fundamentalism almost destroyed my family. Serving in Chile gave me some time away from the "brethren" in the US. I began to gradually re-examine everything I had learned, and it wasn't long before I realized I no longer believed.
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Buried My Dead Dogma - Part 1
.: posted Sunday, November 02, 2003 :::
sent in by H.A.Walker
Let me start by saying what a great web sight I think this is. Though I am not a registered user, I visit the sight daily and find comfort and courage continually from all the testimonies and other content. I thank you webmaster.
Of course when it comes to information that casts great doubt on the validity of the Christian message, the Internet is nothing but a tool of the devil! This is often the response I get if I mention any articles or sights that I find useful to help deprogram the brainwashed sheeple. The double standard of Christianity is quickly applied though when Christian webs sites are brought into play, as they are where the real truth lies! (HA!)
Ok, now for my story. I’m sorry for the lengthiness of it and have tried to give the basics. Hope it doesn’t bore you too badly, so here goes!
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Compassionate Indifference.
.: posted Saturday, November 01, 2003 :::
Christianity advertises itself as espousing the epitome of love. Ist John 4:16, We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Then we are taught that although people can experience love outside the framework of a Christian understanding, the love people have is inferior to the love of God. Romantic, or brotherly love is within the experience of the average person, but Agape love, the highest form of love, can only be experienced by those who have a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
When I was a Christian, I accepted this message. I believed that the Love of God was far superior to "base" human love. Human love was characterized as self-serving, looking for selfish advantage for the individual accompanied with little real care for any other person. In contrast, God’s love is giving and selfless, always looking for the best for others.
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