leaving religion
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Theological questions
Read more: Theological questionsReaders of Changing Paths may wonder why I chose not to address theological questions like the existence of God, what happens in the afterlife, and related questions. The first part of the book is aimed at people seeking to leave a variety of high-control traditions, which could be anything including fundamentalist Christianity, fundamentalist Islam, high-control…
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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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Cover reveal
Read more: Cover revealChanging Paths by Yvonne Aburrow will be published by 1000 Volt Press on 11 April, 2023. Stay tuned for preorder details.
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Rise of the Nones
Read more: Rise of the NonesInteresting article by Adam Gabbatt in The Guardian exploring how the pandemic has accelerated a trend of church closures in the US: Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline“As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year – probably accelerated by Covid”
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Leaving the Mormons
Read more: Leaving the MormonsAn in-depth resource on leaving the Mormons: Recovering Agency: Lifting the veil of Mormon mind control. Luna Lindsey Corbden was born into the LDS Church and left the faith in 2001, at age 26. They live in Washington State and write about topics of interest, including psychology, mind control, culture, and autism. They also write…
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De-baptism
Read more: De-baptismThere’s been a discussion on the internet recently about de-baptism. Here’s an excellent article about it from John Beckett over at Patheos: Debaptism: You Probably Don’t Need It, But It Can Be Done …you can’t unpour water. The baptism happened and we can’t pretend it didn’t.But we can reverse its effects. John Beckett Further thoughts…
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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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Review: Cultish
Read more: Review: CultishThis book is an excellent overview of the languages of cults, and what attracts people to them.
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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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