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26-05-2014, 08:39 PM
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Hi!
I'm Justin. I grew up christian by the time i was a senior in highschool felt called into ministry. I went to bible college and then seminary. I never finished seminary because in my second year there, seeds of doubt started creeping up into my mind and i felt like i was being dishonest and so i started asking myself how i was going to be able to preach or go do mission work if i myself was having issues believing the bible. I decided to take a short break and have some "god time" where I stepped away from academia and just focused on revitalizing my relationship with god. However, during that time I came to terms with the fact that I didnt believe anymore. Only one person knows that i'm an atheist. I feel a bit trapped because i'm back in the south where i'm from... and when i left this place, i left this place in order to come back a preacher ... or something idk... but now everyone knows that I went to seminary and bible college and at one time was an unashamed calvanist but.. now i dont believe anymore. |
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26-05-2014, 08:55 PM
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RE: hi
Welcome,
Hopefully you will find things that will help you figure it out around here. See here they are the bruises some were self-inflicted and some showed up along the way. - JF We're all mad here. The Cheshire Cat |
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26-05-2014, 09:00 PM
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Welcome to the madhouse Justin. Thanks for joining us! If you wouldn't mind, being that you are someone who's been through seminary I'd be interested in a bit more detail about where it was that you really started giving serious thought to your questioning of your faith. This thread is a good place for it (http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...on-story), or you could just post here.
Or if you'd rather hang back and just get to know us first, that's cool too. Welcome aboard! 
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth. ~ Umberto Eco |
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26-05-2014, 10:18 PM
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RE: hi
Hello Justin.
Welcome to freedom, and the group! It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. ~Mark Twain |
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26-05-2014, 10:34 PM
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RE: hi
Hi Justin, welcome!
I'm new here myself, it's a great place. I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.
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26-05-2014, 11:21 PM
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RE: hi
Hi Justin! Welcome to the forums!
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27-05-2014, 12:06 AM
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RE: hi
Welcome
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27-05-2014, 12:17 AM
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RE: hi
Hi Justin!
As evenheathen so aptly said, "welcome to the madhouse." "If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." Orson Welles |
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27-05-2014, 07:06 AM
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RE: hi
Sounds like those seeds of doubt crept in Justin time....Welcome!
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself” ― José Martí |
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27-05-2014, 07:48 AM
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Welcome.
Nice to have you here.
NOTE: Member, Tomasia uses this site to slander other individuals. He then later proclaims it a joke, but not in public. I will call him a liar and a dog here and now. Banjo. |
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