Graceful Atheist
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A secular humanist podcast about Secular Grace after deconstruction and deconversion. The podcast takes an honest look at stories of faith transition from a life-altering faith, to doubt and deconstruction, to deconversion, and finally, to a thriving graceful life post-deconversion. My name is David, and I am trying to be the Graceful Atheist. Join me and be graceful human beings.
Graceful Atheist
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Mathew Taylor co-host of Still Unbelievable! returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast ..read more
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Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived. ..read more
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This week’s guest is Beth. Beth grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that revered James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and all those who created the “Moral Majority ..read more
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Andrew is a self-named atheist “paleo-nerd" who writes on Dino Dad Reviews ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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 ..read more
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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. ..read more
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Jeremy is currently a “licensed marriage & family therapist with additional specialties in religious trauma and sports performance ..read more
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1y ago
Or so wrote William Shakespeare. But in the late 1990s–at least according to Evangelical Christians–hell was full to overflowing and yearning for more souls. The Satanic Panic was in full swing. Here are some stories from our Facebook community. It’s almost unbelievable what religious people will teach their children. If any of these superstitions resonate ..read more
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1y ago
This week is a solo episode with David talking about the state of the podcast ..read more