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b'This week\\u2019s guest is Nora. Nora grew up in Argentina, the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, and Argentina still has her heart.

When Nora was in middle school, her father believed God wanted him to become a missionary to the US. The family\\u2019s move to California was all loss, culture shock, and homesickness for Nora.

Between church doctrine on divorce, enduring an abusive marriage, Christian Nationalism, and questions that kept coming, Nora stayed in Christianity as long as she could stand it. She truly tried to make it all work.

\\u201cI did it on my own\\u2026I can say, for sure, God was not there for me, not emotionally, not spiritually, obviously not practically.\\u201dNora is now \\u201callergic to spirituality.\\u201d

She\\u2019s an atheist, no longer needing any god or religion to dictate her life. She lives out secular grace, aligning her life with her deepest values.

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Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/'