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One of the Things I Miss about Christianity
Kutless. That was my favorite band when I was a Christian. I had four of their albums. I miss them. I know that I can still listen to them, if I want, but it’s just not the same. It was … Continue reading
More Than a Mother
On my facebook profile, in that space under the profile picture where you can write something about yourself, it says: I am a blogger, a homeschool teacher, a soap maker, a grammar nerd, a lover of technology, and so much … Continue reading
Halloween
I dressed up as a witch for Halloween this year. It’s been a long time since I dressed up as anything for Halloween, let alone something so obviously of the occult. We didn’t observe Halloween while we were Christians because … Continue reading
Posted in Religion & Atheism
Tagged Christianity, Halloween, my deconversion, Satan, spiritual warfare
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God’s Silence
I recently moved my cooking/craft/soap blog to a new domain, charitytensel.com, because the blog I had been using for my creative posts had also been where I posted about my faith. And it was called, All Things Hold Together, as … Continue reading
Hole Hearted
The amazing Greta Christina regularly posts an “Atheist Meme of the Day.” Today’s was one that really struck a chord with me. Atheists do not have a God-shaped hole in our hearts. People evolved to yearn: to explore, to be … Continue reading
Atheiversary
Gah, I can’t believe I missed my atheiversary! October 19, 2009 was the day that I finally admitted out loud to another person that I no longer believed in god. It was JD Ryan from Five Before Chaos. After that, … Continue reading
One Thing That I Miss About Christianity
I talk a lot about how much happier I am since I left Christianity, but there are some things I miss about the Christian community culture. As annoying as I find it now that people pray for each other for … Continue reading
Meaning and Purpose Do Not Need to Come from God
I am finally finished going through the last of my Christian stuff. It took forever because it was a very emotional process for me and I could only do so much in one sitting. One of the last things I … Continue reading
Posted in Religion & Atheism
Tagged finding meaning, life, my deconversion, Purpose Driven Life
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Things I’ve Learned, And Things I Haven’t
I was just going through a box of old notebooks and I found a journal that I kept during the summer of 1999. I was a 23-year-old single mom of 3- and 1-year old boys. I worked full time, while … Continue reading
Yoga: The Devil Makes You Do It
There’s a short piece over at Time NewsFeed that asks, “Is Yoga an Anti-Christian Practice?” To some, this may seem ridiculous. But, it’s a very common belief in fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity that anything that is based on another religion or presents … Continue reading