What the Year’s Best Horror Movie Reveals About Life After Religion
I’ve always loved long road trips with friends, but I haven’t always been able to fully enjoy them… particularly if alcohol was involved. During spring break of my junior year of Christian college, I traveled with four classmates to a friend’s home in South Carolina, where we spent a week exploring the city of Charleston,…
7 Reasons to Stop Hiding Your Atheism & Start Speaking Up
When I stopped attending church and started calling myself an atheist in the winter of 2022, there was only one ex-Christian who I knew personally: me. Almost all of my friends and family members were devout believers, many of whom were deeply shocked, saddened, and worried about my decision; the few non-Christians who I occasionally…
Hope Leaps: How a Native American Chief Helped Me Leave My Religion
Life doesn’t have to end when your world does. Several weeks ago, at an outdoor pub on the Chicago Riverwalk, I asked a close friend what he’d do if his religious belief suddenly collapsed. Taking a sip of soda, he leaned back in his chair and said, “I’d probably kill myself.” This reply might sound…
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Hi, I’m Jesse! Thanks for checking out my blog. Here, you’ll find essays that reflect on life after religion. My writing attempts to answer the question: How does one rebuild their worldview in the wake of deconversion? When I’m not pondering faith and skepticism, I enjoy analyzing contemporary literature, cinema, and music, so many of my older posts (and hopefully some future ones) cover that territory. Whichever topics interest you, and wherever you may come from, I’m so glad that you’re here!
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