This week’s show is a Deconversion Anonymous episode.
My guest this week is Brette. Brette was so serious about her Christianity in junior high her goal was martyrdom. In her young adulthood, she followed her pastor’s advice and attended Master’s Commission, similar to a discipleship training program. Her experience there was nothing short of psychological torture.
Her faith began breaking down as did her physical and psychological health at Master’s Commission. It included deliverance sessions and enumerating her demons. It wasn’t until she saw her younger brother being treated poorly that she began to question. She and her brother left: “leaving was the BEST feeling!”
After a brief stint in “spiritual but not religious” land, she finally admitted she no longer believed in god. She let go of “trying to make it be true.”
Brette has since discovered naturalistic and psychological explanations of her experiences that have given her more closure and comfort.
Interact
Sam (When Belief Dies) GoFundMe for a laptop
https://gofund.me/9bed67a7
Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/?gaid=gap72
Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/?gaid=gap72
Deconversion Anonymous
https://gracefulatheist.com/category/podcast/deconversion-anonymous/?gaid=gap72
Attribution
Picture by Brette’s daughter A.
"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/

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