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November 16, 2017
Review – Book by Clergy Project Member & his Famous Preacher Dad
Editor’s Note: After meeting Bart Campolo at the first Clergy Project Conference, I read this...
November 13, 2017
My Secular Atheist life – Past and Present
Editor’s Note: Mason Lane, well known here for his clever comebacks and passion for secularism,...
November 09, 2017
My Secular Life, So Far
Editor’s Note: Knowing that “RJ Twain” left the clergy before his doubt became disbelief, I...
November 06, 2017
Compelling Conversation through Deconversion
Editor’s Note: Clergy Project member Gretta Vosper offers striking insight and analysis about experiences different...
November 02, 2017
The Centered Life
Editor’s Note: This is second in a series in which members of The Clergy Project...
October 2017
October 30, 2017
My Life Now
Editor’s Note: Recently in The Rational Doubt Blog comments section, the Christian educator, author John...
October 26, 2017
Controversy Sells!
Editor’s Note: Speaking of Bart Ehrman, as our most recent poster did at length, here...
October 23, 2017
Why Biblical Inerrancy is Not Intellectually Sustainable
Editor’s Note: Check out the convincing arguments against Evangelical Christian pastors’ insistence on biblical inerrancy....
October 19, 2017
Losing Our Religion – The Documentary
What a thrill it was to see the stories of so many Clergy Project members...
October 16, 2017
Sharing Reality: How to Bring Secularism and Science to an Evolving Religious World
Editor’s Note: Here’s another carefully thought-out and well-written book review by Clergy Project member, Alexis...
October 12, 2017
Exposing The United Methodist Church’s LQBT Rift
Editor’s Note: As we’ve see many times, “The Church” in all its iterations, can get...
October 09, 2017
Regrets? Yes. Annoyance? Yes. Guilt? NO
Editor’s Note: More of Madison! Not only does he accuse the Apostle Matthew of lying;...
October 05, 2017
Who the Hell Hired Matthew to Write a Gospel?
By David Madison Editor’s Note: While I know David Madison to be a mild-mannered guy....
October 02, 2017
Loyalty in Cult-Family
Editor’s Note: Here’s a look at cults from the unusual perspective of a former self-realization...
September 2017
September 28, 2017
Inspiration from the First Clergy Project Conference
Editor’s Note: Yes, you heard that right – There’s recently been an in-person Clergy Project...
September 25, 2017
Are People Interested in the Afterlife?
Editor’s Note: This Clergy Project member, Religious Studies professor and best-selling author broaches a subject...
September 21, 2017
Homo sapiens, meet Homo Naledi
Editor’s Note: Alert! If any readers of this blog do not accept evolution, you may...
September 18, 2017
Welcome to Evangelical Purgatory – Heaven Waits
Editor’s Note: Here’s an opportunity for non-believers, including clergy, I presume, to eventually arrive in...
September 14, 2017
The Atheist Muslim – Book Review
Editor’s Note: This thoughtful and comprehensive review kept my attention throughout with its careful explanations...
September 11, 2017
An Incredulous Creed
An Incredulous Creed Editor’s Note: Chris Highland, Clergy Project member and frequent essayist for the...
September 07, 2017
Two Creeds for One Good Life
Editor’s Note: When I asked Mason Lane to write a personal “Credo,” he sent me...
September 04, 2017
My Credo – Locating Myself Religiously And Spiritually
Editor’s Note: It’s “Back to School” time. This Clergy Project member, Dennett-LaScola pilot study participant...
August 2017
August 31, 2017
Lesson #4 Vacation Bible School: Biblical Inspiration? Not So Much
Editor’s Note: Our VBS teacher picks out some of the ugliest parts of the Bible,...
August 28, 2017
Lesson #3 Vacation Bible School: Paul Never Quotes Jesus
Editor’s Note: Here Mike questions how the Apostle Paul can know what Jesus said at...
August 24, 2017
Lesson #2: Vacation Bible School – Tweaking the Translation Alters the Meaning
Editor’s Note: This is the sequel to “Dishonest Bible Translations” in which Mike Aus, a...
August 21, 2017
Vacation Bible School, Lesson #1: Good Reasons to Read the Bible
Editor’s Note: Welcome back to that summertime staple – Vacation Bible School, VBS for short....
August 17, 2017
Getting Away from the Craziness of the USA
Hello all – I want to let you know what I’ve been up to. My...
August 14, 2017
Where is the Virgin Mary When You Really Need Her?
Editor’s Note: We are marking the Feast of the Assumption with this essay about the...
August 10, 2017
Why Even Bother Being a Liberal Christian?
Editor’s Note: This is a question I wish more people would ask themselves. As a...
August 07, 2017
If You Don’t Believe in Jesus Anymore, Who Called You Into the Ministry?
Editor’s Note: I bet a lot of people have this question when they meet a...
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