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b'This week\\u2019s Deconversion Anonymous guest is Bethany. Bethany grew up in the Pacific Northwest, attending an Assemblies of God church. It was an insular experience of their brand of Christianity against the world. The older Bethany got, the scarier the church doctrines\\u2014eternal torment, losing one\\u2019s salvation, the Apocalypse, faith healing that doesn\\u2019t always work and even demons under her bed. Bethany was a conscientious and sensitive teen. She ardently believed what she was taught and would believe even if it led to martyrdom. In college, Bethany got exposed to reformed theology and progressive Christianity. She began to think, \\u201cThere is no, \\u2018God says,\\u2019 or \\u2018Scripture says.\\u2019 These are all interpretations.\\u201d After college, Bethany moved to California. She immediately joined a church, but it wasn\\u2019t the same. She was no longer tied to it the way she had been; she finally had space to think for herself. In California, Bethany\\u2019s been able to think, hike, read and realize who\\xa0she\\xa0is without outside influence, but it hasn\\u2019t been easy. She\\u2019s been afraid and uncertain, still haunted by some of her old beliefs. But she is free and life is full even while she is still \\u201cin process.\\u201d Book Recommendations #PaidAmazonLinks Untamed by Glennon Doyle
https://amzn.to/3IHW945 Educated by Tara Westover
https://amzn.to/3tHRif2 Wayward by Alice Greczyn
https://amzn.to/3JHKFi5 Interact Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion My interviews with Alice Greczyn
https://gracefulatheist.com/2021/01/31/alice-greczyn-wayward/
https://gracefulatheist.com/2019/07/25/alice-greczyn-dare-to-doubt/ Full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/03/27/bethany-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/ Picture of Mt. Rainier by Bethany'