In a previous post (here), I asserted that FG people are more modern than they realize. One reader responded: “…As a Catholic working in an evangelical institution, I can see this very clearly, but I’d love to know more about what underpins it, aside from what looks like a need for certainty, being told what to do, and a real discomfort with complexity.” There is much that underpins it, much more than I could put in even several posts, but... Read more
Unfundamentalist has published a submitted essay. Please find it here. Read more
After Las Vegas, I certainly didn’t think it would be this soon we would see another event like it–like the one in Sutherland Springs Texas. Did I think we would see that type event again? Yes. I just didn’t think it would be this soon. And these will keep happening. Why? I’m sure for many reasons, but my own view is they will keep happening because we love our rights, our guns, more than we do people. But that isn’t... Read more
I know we are a few days past the 500-year anniversary of the Reformation; I’ve been reading and processing the many things written noting the milestone. I find myself still at a loss. If you had asked me 10 or 15 years ago what I thought about the Reformation, I would have answered in the positive without hesitation. Of course it was a good thing. Of course it was necessary. Duh. Now, I’m not so sure. My background is completely... Read more
Just to clarify something. When I say I no longer inhabit the FG narrative, it is not to say I don’t still have friends and even family who still do. Since I came from that world, grew up in it, I of course still have many ties and links to those in that world. I didn’t turn my back on friends and family because I had found another path. However, some friendships and family relations have certainly grown cold because... Read more
In two prior posts I noted the two “gateway” influences that helped take me out of the Funda-gelical (FG) world, which were Reformed theology and postmodernism. As noted before, this is what they did for me. What they might do for someone else, I can’t say. I do believe however that anyone taking either seriously, and understanding them honestly, would have a very difficult time remaining in the FG world, if such is the current world they inhabit. There was... Read more
Even a perfunctory perusal of most media (social or otherwise), and serious respected commentary (and now even some conservative commentary) reveals an almost total negative take on the current Presidency. And, I think an over-all negative view is justified and accurate. However, I think there is one very positive result of the current state of affairs relative to the current occupant of the White House: it has revealed the deep divide within Evangelical Christianity. Students of modern American religious history... Read more
Many of you learned of my writing from Patheos and the Unfundamentalist blog on their platform. I’ve just learned they’ve decided to move away from Patheos and operate their own, stand-alone, blog. You can find it here. I have to admire their reason for leaving too, which you can read about on the “welcome” part. I would encourage you to book-mark their page and peruse it often. These types of platforms and efforts are sorely needed in our time. Read more
Here’s a thought: Since we don’t wait one second to condemn and move against foreign terrorists who act violently here or abroad, especially if we learn there were things we could have done to prevent the act or greater loss of life, let’s not wait now in light of what happened in Las Vegas. We should respond accordingly and immediately begin a discussion on future prevention. Here’s another: Since we don’t wait one second to condemn and move against corporations... Read more
In a prior post, I wrote about Reformed theology and how it was an initial gateway for me out of funda-gelicalism (FG). However, I didn’t stay there for long. And I want to make clear that I am not suggesting anyone need go the same route I have to get out of FG. There are Christians from all faith traditions, Reformed, Catholic, and Orthodox who are either not in that world (FG), left that mentality/belief system, or were never there... Read more
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