Changing paths
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Old friends
Read more: Old friendsChanging Paths challenge day 9 — old friends. Although Unitarianism * / Unitarian Universalism wasn’t my path, I still value many of their ideas and values. They’re green, they’re LGBT+ inclusive or at least welcoming, they were the first to ordain women ministers (the Universalists in 1860, the English Unitarians in 1904), among the first…
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Available for purchase on all ebook formats
Read more: Available for purchase on all ebook formatsChanging Paths is now available for purchase in all major ebook formats! Changing Paths – Universal Book Links Help You Find Books at Your Favorite Store Changing Paths on Apple Books Changing Paths on Google Play Bookstore Kindle edition Goodreads.com 🌍 Kobo edition Stay tuned for the paperback announcement. Changing Paths is published by 1000Volt…
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Exvangelical podcasts
Read more: Exvangelical podcastsThere’s a huge variety of exvangelical podcasts helping people deconstruct from toxic churches. Check out this list to discover some helpful ones.
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“a little bit of a weird outcome”
Read more: “a little bit of a weird outcome”From six-year-old Tibetan monk to teenage Ibiza raver: a Spanish boy’s incredible journey. Osel Hita Torres joined a monastery after the Dalai Lama declared him a reincarnated spiritual leader, but at 18 he broke free and moved to Ibiza. A new TV series tells his story. Ashifa Kassam
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Escape from Scientology
Read more: Escape from ScientologyTW: Scientology, religious trauma. ‘At 52, I abandoned everything, every friend, every family member’: the top official who escaped Scientology (The Guardian) When he was certain that he wasn’t being followed, he caught the tube to the National Portrait Gallery, where he sat on the grass outside and let his heart rate slow to its…
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Repost: My spiritual journey
Read more: Repost: My spiritual journeyI came to terms with being gay in 1996. At the time I was an evangelical Christian and tried to keep my faith for two and a half years. It didn’t work. I realized that even if I accepted I was gay, my upbringing had taught me to hate myself and see myself as worthless…
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A change of perspective
Read more: A change of perspectiveThere was a guy in one of my classes — let’s call him Jonathan — who was openly gay. I had never knowingly interacted with, or even seen, anyone gay before. … He just stood and sang, a capella. It was honestly beautiful in its own right — Jonathan has a great voice. But, as…
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Reblog: Marking the seasons
Read more: Reblog: Marking the seasonsA really nice post about discovering that you can enjoy the cycles of the seasons without needing to believe in the gods: you can be an AtheoPagan. I realized I could do anything that I wanted to do. For someone raised in an oppressive religion, this thought is life changing. And what did I want…
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Knocking on doors
Read more: Knocking on doorsFascinating article in The Guardian about two guys who started out atheist comedians and ended up becoming Christians with a priestly vocation. I’m including it here because it shows how changing paths is a very gradual process, not usually a sudden change, and that sometimes these changes are quite insidious and hard to resist. I…
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Escaping fundamentalism
Read more: Escaping fundamentalismA few years ago, John Becket wrote a couple of really useful articles on escaping fundamentalism, which I recommend reading if you are an ex-evangelical or an ex-fundamentalist. I also made a video on this topic, entitled Recovering from Fundamentalism.
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About the book
Read more: About the bookAre you entering Paganism, leaving Paganism, or changing traditions within it? How do you explain your new path to friends, family, former co-religionists, and yourself? How do you extricate yourself from your previous tradition and its associated ideas? How do you unpack your complex feelings about your path, and why you are changing direction? If…
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