What's it like to attend a Christian school? And what happens if you've never had any experience of Christianity or the Bible?
This week's guest, Tim Malins, is an old friend from way back--he moved up from Southern California to Washington State at the tender age of just 12 or 13. We met at the Christian fundamentalist school I and several other church friends attended.
This is Tim's story: how fundamentalism affected his mental health; introduced conflicted thinking via the concepts of "secularism;" scared him with end-times prophecy; avoided evolution and touted creationism, and more.
He's since become an atheist...
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022: Christianity: Is There Anything Worth Salvaging After Deconstruction? (with Sam Morse) Part 1
021: When Evangelicalism No Longer Works for You (with Josh deKeyzer) Part 2
020: When Evangelicalism No Longer Works for You (with Josh deKeyzer) Part 1
019: Finding Rest on Your Spiritual Journey (with Stacie Rae) Part 2
018: Finding Rest on Your Spiritual Journey (with Stacie Rae) Part 1
017: Burning Down Patriarchy (with Sarah E. Smith)
016: Women v. Religion (with Karen Garst)
015: Black Women & Christianity in the United States (with Deanna Adams) Part 2
014: Black Women & Christianity in the United States (with Valerie Wade) Part 1
013: Coming Out In A Hostile World (with Dana Stinson) Part 2
012: Coming Out In A Hostile World (with Dana Stinson) Part 1
010: Did Jesus Exist? Or...Was He A Myth (with David Fitzgerald) Part 2
009: Did Jesus Exist? Or...Is He A Myth (with David Fitzgerald) Part 1
008: From Evangelical Christian to Angry Atheist to...Paleolithic Cave Art (with Andrew Gurevich) Part 2
007: From Evangelical Christian to Angry Atheist to...Paleolithic Cave Art (with Andrew Gurevich) Part 1
006: Unbuckling the Bible Belt: Deconstructing Christianity in the Deep South (with "Seamus Clarke") Part 2
005: Unbuckling the Bible Belt: Deconstructing Christianity in the Deep South (with "Seamus Clarke") Part 1
004: MindShift - Can There be "Christianity Without Churchianity?" (with Richard Jacobson)
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