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b'Content Warning: miscarriage; traumatic birth; mental health problems; hell anxiety This week\\u2019s guest is Julia. Julia is the clever mind behind @painfulpostchristianprayers on Instagram. Julia grew up in a German mostly-atheist environment. The hostility, however, she saw for religion made it all the morning appealing.\\xa0As she came of age, she found herself confirmed in the German Lutheran church but attending\\xa0and loving\\xa0a very American Baptist church. Julia was all-in but soon found some doctrines were a bit much, especially the teachings about Hell. For years, Julia threw herself into American Church World\\u2014she read the entire Bible, went to university to become a missionary doctor, met her spouse at church, even read Joshua Harris\\u2019s books! But life has a way of forcing some to wonder if the God they believe in really is as kind as they\\u2019ve been told. After one incredibly trying event after another, Julia could no longer see God\\u2019s \\u201cgoodness.\\u201d She began to see through the \\u201cincredibly ridiculous explanations\\u201d people gave when God did not come through. Julia is in a very different place now, and her online presence provides an outlet for the anger that had been pent-up for so long. It has also brought her community. She is far from alone, thousands are waking up to the lies and empty promises of Christianity. And that is what is what humans truly need\\u2014not a distant pretend deity but real human connection and relationship. Interact For quotes, recommendations and more see the full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/09/25/julia-deconstruction-of-a-doctor/ Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversionSecular 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
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