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Anne: Deconversion Anonymous

Published: May 9, 2022, midnight

b'This week\\u2019s show is a\\xa0Deconversion Anonymous\\xa0episode. This week\\u2019s guest is Anne. Anne grew up in a loving and happy Christian home in a large city where her father pastored a small reformed church. As a teen, her faith was very real to her, and a few years later, she attended a Christian college, but struggled mentally and physically. Anne left that school and attended a Bible college, but she quickly realized she would be excluded from most ministry opportunities because of her gender. After a short and sometimes insulting experience in children\\u2019s ministry and then a sickness that went on for man years, Anne felt like God had \\u201cbenched\\u201d her, but she continued praying and hoping. Over the next many years, Anne\\u2019s family met one obstacle after another\\u2014toxic or cult-like churches, physical and mental illnesses, Christians backing Trump and even loved ones passing away. Finally, she couldn\\u2019t take any more. \\u201cI couldn\\u2019t hear from God\\u2026I couldn\\u2019t worship. I couldn\\u2019t hypnotize myself with the piano. I couldn\\u2019t do anything\\u2026[I was] done.\\u201d Then during the Pandemic, Anne read a single book that made her stop and think for a moment. Then, her questions started coming and couldn\\u2019t be stopped. From the outside, it may seem like Anne\\u2019s deconversion was quick, but she had given God plenty of time to reveal himself. Recommendations

Books #AmazonPaidLinks
Jesus & John Wayne by\\xa0Kristin Kobes Du Mez
https://amzn.to/388uqxl Interact Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion Full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/05/08/anne-deconversion-anonymous/Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Deconstruction
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/'