Deconversion stories from Biblical Errancy

DH

Letter #655 from DH of Lebanon, Oregon

Dear Mr. McKinsey. Thank you for sending, at my request, the sample issue of your fine publication. You are doing a great service. Count me as a subscriber.... I am a longtime freethinker who, in my early youth, had sights set upon the ministry. Fortunately, I came to my senses before I'd gone too far down that road. You would be interested to learn, however, what the dean of an Episcopal cathedral said to me when I was in college. I told the dean that I was thinking of not pursuing a clerical career because I honestly didn't believe the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. How could I do the liturgy, say all the things the priest had to say and simultaneously know in my mind that I didn't believe a word of it. His response was, "You shouldn't worry about that; most of us (other clergy) don't believe it either!" Despite my freethinking point of view, I have always maintained a strong interest in the Bible and have been looking for years for publications like those you produce....

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