{"id":2900,"date":"2011-03-15T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2015-03-13T16:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T21:58:24","slug":"theism4lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2011\/03\/15\/theism4lent\/","title":{"rendered":"#Theism4Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Last week, I challenged Peter Rollins, a notorious Christian a\/thiest, to give up atheism for Lent<\/a>.\u00a0 Pete and I have had a bit of fun with each other on Twitter<\/a>, which I plan to keep doing throughout Lent.\u00a0 Pete\u2019s told me that he is writing a post on the subject for his blog<\/a>, which should be up this week.<\/p>\n

But in the midst of the fun we\u2019ve been having, I also heard from Nate McKay on Facebook.\u00a0 Nate let me know that he\u2019s an atheist, having giving up on Christianity in his late teens.\u00a0 But he took my challenge to Pete to heart, and he decided to give Christianity a try for Lent<\/strong>.\u00a0 He\u2019s using my book, The Sacred Way<\/em><\/a>, among others, and he\u2019s blogging about his Lenten journey on his Tumblr<\/a>.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the intro to his first post, and I strongly encourage you to click through and read what else he\u2019s written:<\/p>\n

In the back of a bus, on a cloudy winter afternoon, was where I first confessed my disbelief in God. The year was 2008 and I was 19 years old, freshly plucked from a safe existence, under the care of my parents and their worldview. I was in a place that each young adult needs to experience in order to participate in \u2018the real world\u2019; a place that is cold and lonely, a period where definition is brought to the blurry but assured views of reality. At the time I was not only a Christian, but planning on entering the ministry and playing a central role in God\u2019s plan for humanity. I had hoped to bring the gospel to a lost and hurting world and have a great time in the process. My relationship with God was a firmly placed reality, and one that needed to be defended. So what was it that revealed the cracks in the foundation? What was it that led me away from this relationship? It was the simple realization that my faith was never my own, but constructed for me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Christianity For Lent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Pete has posted on his own \u201cincarnational a\/theism<\/a>,\u201d and how he will not give it up for Lent.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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