Reimagining Life Outside Religion
“To be a revolutionary is to be in possession of an imagination capable of leaping across the frontier of the familiar to envision a new order in which what is gained eclipses the ill-serving comforts of what is lost.”
– Maria Popova
Have you recently left the church of your upbringing? Are you currently in the process of deconstructing your beliefs? Do you practice a religion but wish to understand struggles faced by the ex-religious? If so, you are welcome here. May these essays provide solace and strength as you navigate life’s winding road, on which we are all wayfarers.
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God, the Sea, and Me: How I Found Peace in the Chaos of Unbelief
I still love the sea, despite the fact that it almost ruined my life. On a windy day in the fall of 2017, while bodysurfing in the Indian Ocean, I was caught off guard by a huge wave that slammed my head against the seabed and swept the rest of my body over it. The…
5 Things “Severance” Gets Exactly Right About Religious Deconstruction
This post contains spoilers from episodes 1–5 of Severance: Season 1. No spoilers from episodes 6–9 or from Season 2 are discussed. A powerful organization with deep historical roots, founded by a charismatic leader, that demands unquestioning obedience from its members, restricts access to information, stokes fears of the world outside its walls, and inspires…
Close Your Bible, Save a Tree: Why Christianity is bad for the environment
What if it’s true? That would be amazing! I’m standing in front of the chimpanzee enclosure at my local zoo when this thought flits through my mind. For the past five minutes, I’ve been gazing at the young ape just beyond the fence — at the lines on his palms, the shape of his nose and mouth,…
Fire, Foes, & Failed Prophecy: Why Jesus was wrong about the end of the world
We were bound for the Badlands, and I couldn’t have been more excited. When I was a kid, many of my heroes were pulled straight from TV Westerns. There was Davy Crockett from Disney’s King of the Wild Frontier, grinning a grizzly bear into submission. There was True Grit’s Rooster Cogburn, riding into battle with…
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