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b'"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats https://makaihbeats.net/ "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/ This week\\u2019s episode is Matt Oxley. Matt has what he calls a \\u201cBapti-costal\\u201d background\\u2014mainstream Southern Baptist with \\u201csome extra flair and drama.\\u201d At six, he was saved, by thirteen he was \\u201chardcore about faith\\u201d and by high school, his beliefs were his whole world. However, when he was nineteen he left church over doctrinal issues, for a called it a \\u201csabbatical\\u201d and took a few years to genuinely examine his convictions. He knew he had to believe the \\u201ccardinal doctrines,\\u201d if he was to accept all the other beliefs. But how much could he see was wrong and still ignore it? He was no longer one hundred percent sure he believed in God, much less Christianity, and it didn\\u2019t feel like God was doing anything to help him believe. Eventually he admitted to himself that he was an atheist. At first, he became an \\u201canti-apologist,\\u201d spreading a different gospel, but over time he has found a balance. Now that eternal retribution is no longer a possibility, Matt holds his beliefs lightly. He is able to parlay with both Christians and humanists, asking hard questions and stirring up all kinds of discussion\\u2014Biblical history, Jesus versus Paul, fundamentalism, capitalism, sexuality, and more. Today, Matt\\u2019s gospel is love. He no longer believes in a god or in struct doctrines, but he is optimistic about the church\\u2019s future. He\\u2019s influencing it for the better, once kind and hard conversation at a time. Links Raging Rev
https://ragingrev.com/ Pastor With No Answers
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pastor-with-no-answers-and-friends-podcast/id1046402610 Interact Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/'