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by Darrel Ray, Ed.D, President, RfR Board As I read religious recovery comments from time...

My belief in God, and my introduction to religion, began when I was four or...

I am a 27 year old Pakistani woman. Just over two years ago I was...

On a cold January day in 1973 I was born into a mind controlling doomsday...

One of the most important epiphanies I had about the Bible had to do with...

Reposted with permission from The Journey of Doubt I’m now suspicious of any ideology with...

Recovering from Religion celebrates 10th year with first-of-its-kind weekend getaway Mars Hill, North Carolina, January...

I was born with a deformed heart valve. My parents brought me in for an...

  By Gayle Jordan, executive director of Recovering from Religion The National Suicide Hotline recently...

By Susi Bocks In your eyes god exists so I was told my mama said...

A practical test of an abstract idea People have long debated the philosophical feasibility of...

By guest author Suze Ambs. The reasons why I have left my old religion are...

By an anonymous author I’m a big Disney music fan. In the Broadway version of...

By guest author Richard "Lifelong" might be a slight exaggeration: I abandoned Christianity when I...

By guest author V. Montgomery Thorp I was like a pilgrim wandering in the wilderness....

By guest author Don R I grew up in the church. Well, actually, the first 5...

By guest author Kit Summers I used to be a world-class juggler. Then I was...

By Joe Omundson Everyone experiences dysfunction to some degree – insecurity, weakness, and trauma, which...

By guest author Dennis Lurvey The Invention of "Spirit" I don't know what "spiritual growth"...

How do our religious beliefs – or lack thereof – influence our sexuality? Dr. Darrel...

Mainstream Christian pastors want to make it as easy as possible for guests in their...

Guest post by Tassja For as long as I can remember I’ve had this paralyzing...

Before I get into my deconversion story, let me introduce myself: my name is Joe...

The Hotline at RfR exists to put hands and feet, or in this case, eyes...

Maybe your doubts have piled up slowly, like dust on the furniture until one day...

And there it was. With just a few sentences, I had changed forever who my...

Compared to the vastness of space and time, the Bible God is a trivial thing....

So what was I left with? Innocent people experienced pain and suffering, prayer seemed to...

I know that most of the people in the churches I grew up in would...

The more I got involved in leadership, the more frustrated I became with the “ungodlike”...