Graceful Atheist Podcast

Dec 30 2023 198 ep. 70 mins 648

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A secular humanist podcast about Secular Grace after deconstruction and deconversion. Member of the Atheists United Studios podcast network.

The podcast takes an honest look at stories of faith transition from a life-altering faith, to doubt and deconstruction, to deconversion, and finally, to a thriving graceful life post-deconversion.

My name is David, and I am trying to be the Graceful Atheist. Join me and be graceful human beings.

https://gracefulatheist.com/
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Matthew Taylor: Why We Podcast

Dec 30 2023 68 mins

Mathew Taylor, co-host of Still Unbelievable!, returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast.LinksMatthew on Twitter:https://twitter.com/vteclimeyConfessions of a YEC blog:https://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/"God takes the good people early” post:https://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/god-takes-the-good-people-early/Reason Press:https://reasonpress.net/"Still U

Sara: Christian Humanism

Dec 17 2023 61 mins

This week’s guest is Sara. Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived.As a young adult, she married and followed her husband into ministry. While he led, she helped as was expected of her. It didn’t occur to her until years later how little her own leadership skills had to be set

Beth: Deconstruction from the Moral Majority

Dec 10 2023 50 mins

This week’s guest is Beth. Beth grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that revered James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and all those who created the “Moral Majority.” Her father was a pastor whose sermons centered on the End Times and protecting their families from the “shifting culture,” (read: all the movements happening in the 60’s and 70’s).As a teen, she lived a dou

Andrew: Dino Dad Reviews

Dec 03 2023 54 mins

Arline interviews this week’s guest, Andrew. Andrew is a self-named atheist “paleo-nerd.” He grew up home-schooled in a fundamentalist church in southern California. His whole schooling was religious and that included Young Earth Creationism.In high school, Andrew struggled with his shy nature and some depressive episodes. The church didn’t seem to have room for people like

Racquelle: Deconstruction from SDA and Conspiracy Theories

Nov 26 2023 68 mins

Arline interviews this week’s guest, Racquelle. Racquelle grew up in Canada in the Seventh Day Adventist church. Conspiracy theories were common in her household. Some of them she bought into.Throughout her life she went through periods of doubt but something kept bringing her back to Church. A sense of obligation and expectation never left her.Eventually, Racquelle deconverted f

Andy Neal: Andy Films and Hikes

Nov 19 2023 65 mins

Arline interviews this week's guest, Andy Neal of Andy Films And Hikes fame. He is self described as a "plus size hiking influencer."Andy tells his story of deconstruction, acceptance of his body and his joy in nature. He is an inspiration to all to get outdoors and experience nature.LinksInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/andyfilmsandhikes/Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/AndyNeal Inter

Natalie: Pentecostal to Mormon to Atheist

Nov 12 2023 63 mins

Natalie from New Zealand tells Arlene here story. She grew up Pentecostal participating in church. In her young adulthood she converted to Mormonism.She saw that as woman her role was limited and was finding it difficult to accept the church's perspective on LGBQT issues. Eventually Natalie deconverted. She is thankful for her kids' sake who later came out as queer. Natalie now fin

Jeff: Deconstruction of a Southern Baptist Minister

Nov 05 2023 73 mins

Jeff grew up in his words “a very religious household.” He attended a large Southern Baptist church.In college he fell in love with the seriousness of Calvinism after reading John Piper’s Desiring God. He left seminary early to become a minster because he felt time pressure to be “on mission” for God.After three pastors he knew committed suicide in one year, Jeff began to

Megan: Catholic to Evangelical to Athiest

Oct 29 2023 63 mins

This week’s guest is Megan. Megan grew up in a fundamentalist Catholic home with an irrationally religious mother and an absent father. As a teen, she was invited to an evangelical bible study after school and after some serious “love bombing” by the youth group, she was a part of a community. “You get ‘loved bombed’ when you walk into a new church or into a new youth g

Kris: Former Christian Leader to the Least of These

Oct 22 2023 64 mins

This week’s guest is Kris. Kris grew up in a home with much wounding and suffering, an irreligious home that would shape her desire for God as a young adult. She became a christian when she was 22—a “poor, broken young mom.”For years, Christianity worked well for her. She found community, built a family, made friends. Church gave her a place to use her abilities and passion