tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post4336299800147521825..comments2023-06-01T14:08:49.977+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Doubting Thomas: Conversion and deconversionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post-49752189167100976022014-10-15T23:40:17.740+00:002014-10-15T23:40:17.740+00:00You're not alone on this journey, many others ...You're not alone on this journey, many others will have walked the path before you, and will follow after too.<br /><br />I made my step of faith at age 11 at a children's camp, and became more involved at University and then through various charismatic and conservative evangelical churches.<br /><br />Over thirty years later, with wavering faith, I went through a similar period of reassessment and more detailed study of the origins of the Bible, and of communion, asking myself questions I hadn't dared to ask since my teens. My faith was deconstructed, like Jenga, until the final straw brought it down.<br /><br />That experience was like crossing a bridge to a new part of life. Like others, I hung around the bridge a while to chat with those making similar transitions, but now I've moved on to establish my life in its next phase, making new friends and sorting out what I do believe in the process.<br /><br />Best wishes on the journey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post-31514530400803958032014-10-15T00:22:28.112+00:002014-10-15T00:22:28.112+00:00You can be a cultural Christian. If you feel that...You can be a cultural Christian. If you feel that communion is silly, you're already a non-Christian, but there are many reasons to go to church and I suspect most people there don't actually believe most of the church's teachings. They just like getting together on Sunday morning and maybe singing or dancing, depending on the denomination. (There is proof of the neurological benefits of music, so go for it even if it's all in your mind)LadyAtheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132821431322748921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post-35437083524200199002014-10-14T23:49:29.024+00:002014-10-14T23:49:29.024+00:00Hi, I understand how you feel. I also remember whe...Hi, I understand how you feel. I also remember when I became a Christian (summer of 1998, I was cajoled into joining a Bible camp for young adults, was slain by the spirit, and was immersed in water for my believer's baptism). I tried living the evangelical life but got lost in the world of the flesh. <br /><br />I cannot pinpoint when I stopped confessing my faith. I still go to church, and I even partake of the communion wafer and grape juice "wine". Now I just see myself as a cultural christian, someone who still identifies with christian culture but no longer believes in the creeds.Dannynoreply@blogger.com