My Mid-Faith Crisis: Why I Don’t Believe in Christianity Anymore

April 17, 2013 By 15 Comments
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by Mari The title of this post is very provocative and I hope people take the time to read what I have to say rather than simply rejecting me because they believe I’ve turned heathen. Because I haven’t turned heathen.

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Changes

December 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
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by Mari The summer after I turned 10, a lot of things changed. My dad was informed that he would be laid off for a total of 5 months while the plant he worked at was being remodeled. (or something!!) Just a few days before my dad’s last day of work before

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Leaving Part 1

November 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
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by Mari Meanwhile, at church…. Because the church had consisted mainly of single people for quite some time, my brothers and I were part of the first batch of babies to be born into the church. There weren’t any offspring of attendees/members that were older than us, so it was kind of ambiguous what would [...]

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