2024-03-29 22:23
From a series of stories in the Provo Daily Herald in July and August 1985 warned of satanism in Utah County.
By Wertbag ~ The Satanic Panic was at its peak during the 1980's, where p… Read More
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2024-03-23 08:30
By Wertbag ~ What is a true Christian? What are you required to believe or practice, and which parts can be skipped while remaining a Christian? The majority of Christians will poin… Read More
2024-03-21 08:30
By Wertbag ~
Cognitive Dissonance is the fascinating ability of humans to hold two beliefs at the same time which are contradictory to each other. This is commonly done by simply ne… Read More
2024-03-19 08:00
By Wertbag ~ Heaven is classically described as a place of pure happiness, where there is nothing negative ever and you live with the angels for eternity. This does sound very much l… Read More
2024-03-17 08:00
By Wertbag ~ Within Christianity there is a split in how Jesus is viewed. By far the most popular position is the Trinitarians, who believe that Jesus was God, while the other, the U… Read More
2024-03-16 08:00
By Wertbag ~ The simplest version of a God is the deist version, that is an unknown force behind the universe. Such a definition doesn't claim certain features, powers or even a mind… Read More
2024-03-14 18:35
By Wertbag ~ Some religious folks will say their belief is due to them feeling the presence or actions of their particular God in their lives. The immediate problem raised by this cla… Read More
2024-03-08 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Many apologists will quote several bible verses where it says that God wrote His moral code on our hearts. Verses such as Hebrews 8:10 "This is the covenant I will establ… Read More
2024-03-06 16:57
By Wertbag ~ Firstly, it must be said that Ron Wyatt is a scam artist who lies to make money. Any of his many claims should be considered false until such a time as more reputable so… Read More
2024-03-04 09:00
By Wertbag ~ In the modern western world, most people would have no problem saying slavery in all its forms is evil. This is a non-controversial position to take, but one which runs co… Read More
2024-03-03 16:33
By Marlene Winnell ~
Recently in our online Release & Reclaim support group'>Release & Reclaim support group (which has multiple monthly meetings over Zoom as well as… Read More
2024-02-29 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Most modern Christians will look at the more extreme examples of believers as following false teachings or being led astray, but with numerous different interpretations an… Read More
2024-02-27 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Humans are bad at determining reality. We have limited senses, limited views and imperfect minds. Our memory, even short term, can be horribly wrong, while long term we… Read More
2024-02-25 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Apologists will often point to Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia as examples of atheistic societies, showing what will become if atheists take control and apply their terrible… Read More
2024-02-23 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Blood is an important part of life and seen throughout history as a source of life and power. Medically people have tried leeches and bleeding to remove bad blood, human… Read More
2024-02-21 09:00
By Wertbag ~ Apologists love to say we see signs of design in nature and design requires a designer, however this is usually done by cherry-picking a couple of examples and ignoring the… Read More
2024-02-19 18:35
By Wertbag ~ The Christian God is claimed to have all of the omni traits, that is that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present, all-good and all-loving. It is only this insistenc… Read More
2024-02-15 10:00
By Wertbag ~ The crucifixion of Jesus is seen by many as the core of Christian beliefs. He died for our sins and rose after 3 days back to heaven having proven himself the Messiah. Ho… Read More
2024-02-14 10:00
By Wertbag ~ Occam's Razor is a problem-solving technique where it is suggested that in the majority of cases the solution with the least elements, or basically the simplest… Read More
2024-02-13 10:30
By Wertbag ~
There is a long history of the religious teaching bigotry as part of their tenants. Gays have been at best shunned, but often arrested or even killed for their victimless… Read More
2024-02-12 09:30
By Wertbag ~ While Christians will say God is self-evident, or known by His works, this leads to the question why are apologists required at all? Things which are known and proven do n… Read More
2024-02-11 10:00
By Wertbag ~ The first book of the bible is Genesis, and it tells us a creation story. Christians are split in what to make of this, with Fundamentalist types saying it should be taken… Read More
2024-02-10 10:00
By Wertbag ~
Indoctrination is to be taught what is true, with the belief formed due to the authority of the teacher rather than the truth of the claim. Everybody has this in their lives… Read More
2024-02-09 10:30
By Wertbag ~
Believing in the Christian God isn't a single belief but comes with a whole range of other fantastical elements that need to go hand in hand. All of these elements have not be… Read More
2024-02-08 10:00
By Wertbag ~
The Problem of Justice
There is not agreement on salvation or hell within Christianity, but there is the classic and most common view, which is that salvation is via faith in… Read More
2024-02-07 19:18
“Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word of God was given by God to Moses face to face; the Christians… Read More
2024-02-06 19:36
By Wertbag ~
Many apologists will say that the arguments for God’s existence should be seen as a cumulative case rather than any single argument being a reason for belief on its own… Read More
2024-01-15 22:20
By Rebekah ~
Some people seem to feel very insecure about the idea there's no objective morality by which to control others. Yet, the question isn't if we want there to be some transcenden… Read More
2024-01-03 17:48
By Rebekah ~
I stumbled across this verse in the New Testament...
"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed… Read More
2023-12-21 20:40
By Rebekah ~
Evil isn't some force that actually exists, it's a concept we assign to events that we find undesirable. Such events occur because evolution is the survival of those that are b… Read More
2023-12-10 16:28
By Rebekah ~
There are many layers to the reasons for my disbelief, most of which I haven't even touched on here...
When I think of Evangelical Christianity, two concepts come to mind: in… Read More
2023-12-06 19:23
By Webmdave ~
A relative suffering from Type 1 diabetes was recently hospitalized for an emergency amputation. The physicians hoped to halt the spread of septic gangrene seeping from an in… Read More
2023-11-10 17:10
By Marlene Winell ~ After going through your own deconstruction of religious belief, it can feel like a challenge to reveal your change to your religious parents. You might have a… Read More
2023-10-17 19:53
By Carl S ~Is Dumbo more real than Jesus? The answer depends on who you ask. Doesn't every culture have fantasy-fabricated individuals, often with lives of heroic proportions? Haven't celebr… Read More
2023-10-09 16:46
By David Andrew Dugle ~
October. Halloween. It's time to visit the haunted house I used to live in.
When I was five my dad was able to build a big modern house. Moving in before it was… Read More
2023-09-07 00:42
By David Andrew Dugle ~ Settle down now children, here's the story from the Book of David called The Parable of the Bent Cross.
In the land Southeast of Eden – Eden, Minn… Read More
2023-08-22 19:21
By Webmdave ~ As a Christian, living virtuously meant living in a manner that pleased God. Pleasing god (or living virtuously) was explained as: Praying for forgiveness… Read More
2023-08-16 18:33
By Bob O ~
I'm an atheist and a 52-year veteran of public education. I need not tell anyone the problems associated with having to "duck" the "Which church do you belong to?" with my studen… Read More
2023-08-16 17:51
By David Andrew Dugle ~
In an era long before televangelism and megachurches, before the Age of Muscular American Fundamentalism, my grandfather made sure that all of his grandchildren had… Read More
2023-07-23 21:37
When I was Christian, one of the paradoxes that I pondered was the question of why bad things happen to good people. The unsatisfying (at least to me) explanations from many true believers i… Read More
2023-07-11 14:38
By Carl S ~
Dear readers: This was composed over a period of several days of re-writing, revising, adding and subtracting entire paragraphs, etc., in order to convey my thoughts and conclus… Read More
2023-05-01 15:01
By Merle Hertzler ~
Jeremiah steps to the plate. Here’s the pitch. Jeremiah swings–“After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit&nb&hell…Read More
2023-04-02 13:41
By Dr. Marlene Winell ~Leaving my faith was a very slow process.
I was raised by missionary parents and was devoutly religious for my entire childhood. Journal entries from my college yea… Read More
2023-01-31 19:02
By Carl S ~ The American Psychological Association site features an interview with Karen Douglas, PhD. on "Why people believe in conspiracy theories." Wondering why I'm tying beliefs in co… Read More
2023-01-10 18:26
By G.M. Gates ~ What if Christianity is lying about the Bible? What if the original Bible in Hebrew was manipulated by the Church? What if the Old Testament was still being still… Read More
2022-12-31 18:11
By G.M. Gates ~ It was the spring of 2003. I had broken up with my then girlfriend for what was, probably, the fifth or sixth time in the span of a year. The cause of the break up wasn't inc… Read More
2022-12-06 19:05
My name is Ines W. Jindra, and I am an assistant professor of Social Work at Idaho State University. We are conducting a study that examines the biographies of those leaving various Christia… Read More
2022-12-05 16:13
By Carl S ~ Wizened Sage and I entertained the idea of writing our own obituaries. We don't want others taking advantage of our deaths to impose their superstitious absurdities. We don't wan… Read More
2022-12-05 15:59
By Carl S ~ If you've watched videos of police interrogating suspects, you'll understand. Sometimes there's a time of relief for both questioner and suspect. It's when the cop reaches a poin… Read More
2022-11-29 21:36
By Paul Hannah ~Every year articles appear in the mainstream press and magazines speculating on the 'real' explanation for the Star of Bethlehem. Given our modern understanding of astronomy… Read More
2022-11-17 17:28
By Jason7 ~ Recovering x-Christian here. Struggling spiritually. My life used to revolve around church. All my friends were from the church. My ex-wife & 4 kids were all heavily involve… Read More
2022-10-10 20:05
By austinrohm ~When I stopped turning a blind eye to all the problems with the Bible and Christianity and started applying the same skepticism that I applied toward other religions, the usua… Read More
2022-09-29 20:19
By austinrohm ~ I wrote this article as I was deconverting in my own head: I never talked with anyone about it, but it was a letter I wrote as if I was writing to all the Christians in my l… Read More
2022-09-17 21:17
By Austin ~ This will be my first time posting here. As a matter of fact, this will be my first time in a long time that I will be able to be completely honest with people regarding my true… Read More
2022-09-15 19:42
From Dr. Marlene Winell ~ Announcing our 2022 Religious Recovery Retreat! Join us in-person December 8-11. Pack your bags, we're off to beautiful Nine Mountain Retreat Center in western Mass… Read More
2022-09-13 16:07
By Carl S. ~ Over the span of my 80+ years on earth, I have read many historical and spiritual accounts of the life of the Apostle, St. Paul. Only recently have I read of discovered ancient… Read More
2022-09-11 13:32
By Guncher ~ I have been a believer for over fifty years. During Covid I sat down and looked at what I believed. Once I questioned things, I realised that I had no evidence to stay a Chri… Read More
2022-08-22 19:24
By Carl S ~ Lucky you to see what humans have never seen in the entire history of humanity! The James Webb Space Telescope is gushing out a constant stream of pictures from the farthest reac… Read More
2022-08-14 20:15
By Brad N ~It is rare when I find someone with a common testimonial for their de-conversion out of religion, mainly Christianity. I hope to find others who have found freedom from a similar… Read More
2022-08-04 14:17
By MTC ~ In late 2020 I started talking to my sister again after being on non-speaking terms for several months. She had struggled with alcohol and substance addiction (I was on non-speakin… Read More
2022-07-06 15:35
By Pinkbunion ~Hello everyone, this is my first time to post on this forum, and I'm quite nervous about it. I am a former Christian, specifically, Roman Catholic, who fell in the rabbit hole… Read More
2022-06-23 19:16
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ The believer insists that the universe requires a maker, a god. I would ask him, "How do you know there is only one god?" From what we can see and measure in th… Read More
2022-06-19 21:08
By Carl S ~I'm married to a Christian woman. We've been married for over 26 years now. I'm just now asking myself how she puts up with my outspokenness. Our relationship began when she respo… Read More
2022-06-18 17:15
By Merle Hertzler (https://mindsetfree.blog/) ~ I learned early that I was not to question my religion. I was to simply have faith. And yet somehow the questions would still come. I wo… Read More
2022-06-14 14:30
By Neal Stone ~ So, you finally got to where you realized what you believed all these years has turned out to be nothing more than man made crap. You have decided to take the big leap and fi… Read More
2022-05-29 23:46
By Neal Stone ~ From about age 12 to around age 33, I attended church. I attended a strict Baptist church that focused a lot on “Soul Winning”, as in going door-to-door annoying… Read More
2022-05-25 14:33
By Tyler ~ OK, so there is a heaven and there is a hell. On the way to heaven: a person must be of good character and not break any rules On the o… Read More
2022-05-24 21:33
By Mark FI always used to think that I was the problem. Growing up I was always painted as something of an outsider. I was that annoying kid in youth group that always took the opposite opin… Read More
2022-05-22 18:44
By Neal Stone ~ It has been years since I've posted here. A huge upset about my atheism caused me to panic (I was in an awful place then) and then I soon faced divorce in 2012, which was com… Read More
2022-05-20 19:25
By Jerry ~ I just wanted to bring a bit more clarity to my earlier post. All my life I had been searching for God. I remember at seven years old going into a religious book store and askin… Read More
2022-05-10 20:22
By Andrew Pledger ~ (*Trigger Warning - Topics of depression, trauma, and suicide)Hello, my name is Andrew Pledger, and this is my story of religious trauma. My story is long and complex whi… Read More
2022-05-05 23:06
By Webmdave ~Reality for my dog is uncomplicated. She understands life to be a series of eating, sleeping, running, sniffing, barking, guarding, trusting some and distrusting others, and abo… Read More
2022-05-03 17:25
By Jerry ~I am a senior man who would consider himself an agnostic when it comes to belief in a creator of the universe, but an atheist who rejects the idea that there is a loving being wish… Read More
2022-04-28 17:11
By Tyler ~ Luckily, I was not born into a religious family! However, I was born into a family that lived around religious Catholics and Jews. Oh no! When going to school with people… Read More
2022-04-07 18:40
By Webmdave ~ It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it. Life is long enough, and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achiev… Read More
2022-03-23 23:29
By Sean ~ I became a born again Christian when I was in the Air Force in 1986. I didn’t have a big, spiritual conversion experience. I was told to pray for God to reveal himself to m… Read More
2022-02-03 02:27
By Barrett Evans ~ Indeed, it is proper to doubt, Kālāmas, and to be perplexed. When there is a doubtful situation, perplexity arises. In such cases, do not accept a th… Read More
2021-12-15 03:26
By Carl S ~ It's that time of year when people hear the story of a star traveling right above Earth, leading men to a structure, where it stops and hangs around for hours! ( Global Position… Read More
2021-10-29 19:08
By Ellie ~Hi all. I'm a UK journalist and ex-Christian with experience of UK purity culture in the Church of England and evangelical church/events. I'm keen to speak to men and women 25-40 w… Read More
2021-10-07 19:08
By Barrett Evans ~ There’s no subject on which there is more difference of opinion among both the learned and the ignorant. But in this medley of conflicting opinions one thing is cert… Read More
2021-09-14 17:19
By Carl S ~ One man made a very astute observation. He said before the ten commandments came to be, there were tribes. Mankind, therefore, already had social laws in place. People co-operat… Read More
2021-06-29 17:06
By Valerie Tarico ~ Perhaps it’s been years or even decades since you left biblical Christianity behind. You may have noticed long ago that there are human handprints all over the… Read More
2021-04-12 14:51
By Blackfreethought ~ It is such a relief to know my actions do not have eternal consequences. My mistakes will not condemn me to damnation and my good deeds will not propel me into heavenly… Read More
2021-04-05 14:07
By Yak ~ I want to talk about anger. Just a short spin through these forums reveals a constant undercurrent of strong anger. I don't believe that our anger is misplaced, and I think it is de… Read More
2021-03-16 19:09
By Carl S ~ I live in a country with a motto “In God We Trust” on its currency. It's a stupid motto, since the “God” it refers to, as every Christian ch… Read More
2021-03-16 18:49
By Rational Logic ~ Some Christians say that the atheist viewpoint on life is that it is ultimately meaningless. They quote Richard Dawkins in Unweaving the Rainbow who hints at such when he… Read More
2021-03-16 18:38
By Carl S ~ Do fundamentalist Christians buy vibrators, condoms, birth control pills, pornography? Amazon, ebay, Paypal and Home Shopping Network won't tell. Do they have abortions? But they… Read More
2021-03-16 18:25
By Carl S ~ I'll never back off from saying that churchgoers, “are only telling each other stuff.” I once told a man in his church's parking lot, “You don't really believe… Read More
2021-03-05 13:16
By Rational Logic ~ Time and again common questions are asked of non believers by Christians. I answer these in this section. Note, many of these questions contain a personal perspective so… Read More
2021-02-08 18:00
By Rational Logic ~ Religious HistoryI was a Christian from birth for 32 1/2 years of my life. When I was born my parents were in a non denominational church which followed the teaching… Read More
2021-02-03 20:18
By MarkStephen ~ My name is Mark. If I move to Mexico my name does not become Marcos, it will always be Mark. I understand that Jesus’ name was Yeshua in the Hebrew language, wh… Read More
2020-11-26 17:33
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coming this January 2021, Journey Free is excited to offer Religious Recovery Bootcamp. A 5-month immersive online course to provide rapi… Read More
2020-11-26 17:05
By Carl S ~ Got some emails from a Fundamentalist Christian woman recently. They were products of fundy organizations. I couldn't download them, and told her so, adding: “If you voted… Read More
2020-10-21 18:54
By Benjamin Wharton ~ Following the evidence wherever it may lead should be an axiom for all people of good will but that journey of discovery is not free from its perils. A sincere evaluat… Read More
2020-10-13 19:33
By OnlyAGhost ~ I was an Apostolic Pentecostal who left Christianity after 30 years. I was born and raised in it. Now being a bit of a nerd and antisocial I had a hard enough time making f… Read More
2020-10-13 19:22
By Harmonic Atheist ~ Today I spoke with Susan, a friend whom I have known for over 30 years. We met in kindergarten, and remained good friends for many years as we attended Christian schoo… Read More
2020-10-09 16:15
By FlyingOverTr0ut ~ I was raised under the backwards teachings of Christianity which, when I took them seriously, left me confused, alone, sick, and disabled. I talk about how painful it w… Read More
2020-10-09 16:02
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2020-10-09 15:54
By Donny Owens ~ Starting your life over and dealing with regret are the two most challenging aspects of deconverting from Christianity that I have dealt with. In this video I describe what… Read More
2020-10-09 15:50
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