Sep 09 2009
If I knew then what I know now I would have:
Questioned the church leaders a LOT more, and made them actually answer my questions
Stopped being friends with people just because I thought I had to be (even though I didn’t like them!)
Told that church going asshole that he WAS an ASSHOLE
Dated that nice non-christian guy [...]
Sep 01 2009
In high school, it was pretty much known that if you were a Christian at our church you were pro-life. Pro-life in a decently conservative way… thinking that even in a circumstance of rape, one must at least consider having the child. I remember being somewhat uncomfortable with the pro-life movement (perhaps this was my [...]
Aug 11 2009
Okay, wait a minute. You must be kidding right… there is church… at night!? What kind of amazing utopia is this? I get to come in on Sunday morning, sing, worship, study the Bible, hang with friends… then I get to have lunch with my friends… then I get to hang out with my friends [...]
Aug 06 2009
Okay, so you’ve heard the beginning… I’m going to fast forward just a little bit, becuase the really interesting stuff is from my high school and early college years. I could practically write about every single day during these years. I was intense… and it was for good reason. I had gone through a lot, [...]
Aug 03 2009
Found this funny… especially after I read the article about promoting marriages at a young age. The fact is, most don’t wait, and those that do can have just as many issues as those that don’t. It’s hard to believe that this is considered an answer to the failing abstinence message. How about you tell [...]
Jul 25 2009
This is the next in the series I’m writing about my personal experience in becoming, being and ultimately not being a Christian. This ’series’ is really the heart of my blog, as it is really why I started it. To share with others who may be going through what I did (and to share with [...]
Jul 13 2009
To get to why I left Christianity, I probably need to start with how I became a Christian. I grew up in a suburban family, went to church every Sunday, attended vacation bible school, and participated in other church activities. When I was 8 years old, I decided to ‘pray the prayer’ and become a [...]
Jun 26 2009
So, why shouldn’t I. Michael Jackson had a major impact on my music choices when I was a kid. My poor mother had to watch me moonwalk and turn and go up on my tippy toes. I just wanted to dance like him… and I couldn’t. Not at all. I was horrible. I remember a [...]
Jun 23 2009
This summer I will relive some of my summer camp memories. I remember the excitement I had for camp when I was a kid. I loved packing, getting all of my things together, and thinking about which cabin I’d get, which bunk I’d get, and who my cabin mates would be. We’d all meet up [...]
Jun 20 2009
During my youth group years, the one way I was able to ‘rebel’ was to listen to music that was not Christian. I mean, I always said I like bands like DC Talk, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, etc. But really… I like Depeche Mode, Nirvana, The Cure, even some Naughty By [...]
