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The following section of Bohemian Humanist is dedicated to articles and write-ups on Ex-Christianity. Welcome to my site, Bohemian Humanist. My name is Abby and I am a passionate writer, poet, musician, and generally creative creature. I set up this website in October 2016, after discovering my love of blogging when writing about my travels. I hope the content of my site makes you think and..
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
5M ago
Three and a half years on from Confronting Sexual Purity Culture part one - where do I sit? How is my relationship to my sexuality, and how have I continued to confront sexual purity culture Where am I at now? Nowadays, I'm fairly free of the guilt, anxiety and fear that was once a crippling ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
1y ago
I honestly never expected to be posting about this, but here we are. Being Post-Christian This year marks eight years since I left the church and began my de-conversion journey. This means I’ve been 'post-Christian' and outside of the church (2015-2023) as long as I was a Christian in the church (2007-2015). It was hands ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
This may surprise some, but I don't write-off my entire Christian past as negative. The relationship I have with that life stage is a complex and nuanced one, and I learned a lot through this time - through people, experiences and community. Autistic Burnout My mental health as a Christian teenager regularly fluctuated. I had ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
We're throwing it back hardcore, to my first ever blog post on this site, God is Good?. I was still living Bahrain when I wrote this. God is _______. Fill in the blank for me. Seriously, do it. I'm interested in this as an exercise. As a part-time boat-rocker and full-time philosophiser, I would like ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
Let's talk about death ba-by, let's talk about you and grief, let's talk about all the big things and the bad things that may be... let's talk about death My previous post, Things Hospital Taught Me, is shaping up to be one of the most popular blogs I have ever written. Re-reading it puts me ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
This is a belated chapter loosely branching from the four part series I wrote mid-last year, detailing my unorthodox conversion to Christianity, coming to terms with my sexuality, and subsequent deconversion. [Parts one, two, three and four available here] I hadn't initially planned to write further on the series, but there is so much more ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
While the word 'humanist' makes up half of my namesake on this blog, I realise that I have never directly discussed or addressed Humanism, what it means to me, and how I interpret and identify with it. Again, I'm not going to do the movement justice, so here is a good resource if you want ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
Idk about you, but in my classroom, I'll be out here doing my best to create thinkers and celebrate their diversity, for it is the spice of life (#stolen - oops). I know a spectrum of people: diversity is enlightening, brilliant and phenomenal. I have friends who are queer Christians (amazing). I know people who ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
Turn and Face the Strange As a young teenager, I was very timid, very awkward, and very in love with words, sounds and songs. I was fascinated by the lyricism, poetry and prose of the bible. My favourite verses are probably: Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for ..read more
Bohemian Humanist » Ex-Christianity
2y ago
So I'm now saving my discussion of teenhood with Jesus and leading kids to Christ for part three, just because it makes more linear sense - and there is a colossal amount to unpack. Philosophising at Twelve I begin with an excerpt from my 2016 blog post, The Beauty of Religion. "The unraveling of my ..read more